Jonathan,I just took a full time youth pastor position a few months ago and this is my first time. I'm still learning how to do everything, including preaching. I'm getting better at preaching but I don't know how to effectively end the service. Right now I usually conclude with reviewing my points and giving people time...
I had a question, and was looking for your opinion on - Tattoo's, I had a student ask me about them, and me being a person of 2 tattoos, was maybe looking for someone else's opinion on the subject. thank you inadvance for your time.CharisseAnswerCharisse,I think that anyone that has a tattoo is going to Hell! Oh... you...
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How do we meet the needs of both outreach kids and growth kids for our weekly youthgroup meetings?
Jonathan,HELP!!! I am the Youth Director at our church and we just had our first youth meeting for the year! We had a great turnout in terms of numbers! We had about 30 kids. Our church is small and we did not know how many young people to expect. Here's the problem/opportunity:9 youth from...
The leader of our men's fellowship has asked the youth leaders for some ideas as to how we can involve the Men in our church with the youth. Do you have any ideas?AnswerBrad... thanks for the email.What an awesome situation to be in. That's great when someone in the church comes up to you and asks you...
Jonathan,I have a small junior youth group and we always run out of games to play. Can you help? There are about 5 people on a small night and 15 on a good night. Please help???Chad Alexander, Maple Ridge, CanadaAnswerChad,Thanks for e-mailing me and allowing me to MAKE AN EXAMPLE OF YOU!!! :)First- you're not alone. I get TONS...
Dear Jonathan,My husband and I attended your advanced staff development seminar at Youth Specialties in Sacramento. We were wondering if you could email us a copy of the interview sheet you use when you meet with prospective youth workers? Our church held its first risk management meeting yesterday and the topic of a volunteer interview came up. It would...
Jonathan,I am a youth director outside of Washington DC. I just finished up my first year at this church. There has been an "issue" that got brought up. One of my volunteer leaders is a little bit to affectionate to the girls in the youth group. Nothing like sexual harassment or anything like that, but girls have expressed they...