Last weekend, I took 7 teenagers with me to give out food to the homeless, and the experience proved far more memorable than any lesson I taught recently...
Tony, a high school boy in our ministry, begged me to let him speak at youth group. He said that he felt like he needed to tell his friends about Jesus and the incredible difference Jesus made in his life...
When COVID shut down our in-person youth ministry, I challenged my youth to record a one-minute devotional video, and each day I would send one of them out to the group...
If we are too focused on program (I’ve gotta set up these games, let’s practice this worship set one more time and get it perfect, let me just finish the PowerPoint slides on my talk…) that we miss people…we’ve done nothing. Again, none of these practices: setting up games, practicing worship songs, perfecting a talk) are bad…until they distract...
If you are feeling “zoomed out,” I promise you – many of your teens are also. Here are some of the key practices I have done to fight my own lack of connections...
How can you help an already stressed out generation, now hurting more than ever before, when screens aren’t fulfilling? Here’s three foundational practices helping lonely kids...
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