One of the down sides to being a bi-vocational youth minister is that you wear two hats. You have your ‘other job’ which if your like me occupies the majority of your time, but God has called you to minister to students right? So when I find things to help […]

As I sit on my couch still processing everything that has happened this week, I really fell compelled to write a review of my experience. Which you can gather from the title, is on Group Mission Trip’s Week of Hope. We just returned from a 5 day mission trip to […]

Hey guys and gals! I’m writing this from my camp cot. We are at Group’s Week of Hope mission trip in Nashville TN. It’s the last night and I’m prepping for our Parent Connect meeting when we return. Which got me to thinking about what are some parent ministry things […]

I consider myself a fairly smart and well trained youth minister. I’m no expert, but I am constantly learning about youth ministry. I hold youth ministry certificates, I am studying youth ministry in college, I constantly read youth ministry magazines and books, I attend conferences, and I consistently participate in […]