About a year ago we started doing dances for middle school students which I disc jockey at our local youth center. (You spoke at our facility in Waupun.) I have read the lyrics of hundreds of songs to try my best to have appropriate music (both secular and Christian). These dances have been a huge success not only with...
I have been an adult volunteer in the high school student ministry at my church going on six years. My mom suggested that I take a break from youth ministry and go back to attending a young adult Bible study to meet people my age. She said by doing this, I will avoid from being "burned out". How do...
What do you know about suicide? One young man just took his life in my area and a girl I was talking to until about 11 last night told me how she had tried to last year. Do you know of some good resources that can be given to kids after they've had to experience someone else's...
I have a delicate issue within our youth group. For a while now I have suspected that a certain young man may be the victim of abuse at home. While I know it's my job to report it, I personally didn't have enough information to make a report. However recently, several of my students have come to me stating...
Dear The Source:ÒI am hearing more and more teens are into cutting themselves as part of the "Emo" fad going on. Obviously, cutting is not cool from my view point, but several of my students know kids who are into it. Do you have any insight on this activity from a youth culture perspective?ÓAnswerDear Michael,My name is...
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Is it possible to plan the youth calendar a year in advance and does it need to aline with the Sr. Pastor's topics as well?
Being pulled in a million different directions; youth needs, important issues to cover, church agenda, parent agendas, etc... oh yeah and breathing.Sooooo in planning your yearly curriculum (if it's even possible to plan a year in advance... and then stick to it), how much focus do you put on trying to aline youth agenda/topics with the pastors speaking topics...
Our church is initiating abuse policies for our ministries. One of them is that I can have one-on-one contact with a student at church (with parent's permission) even if no one else is in the building, but I can't pick up kids (by myself) and transport them to do this or for any event. I also can't...