Articles for Youth Leaders

Managing Family Time While Doing Ministry

It’s not easy to “bring up [our] children in the training and instruction of the Lord” (Ephesians 6:4). It’s harder if we’re don’t give them our attention when we’re with them. It’s even harder to do via Skype.

This Is Your Brain on Marijuana: What to Tell Teens

Researchers are finding that marijuana effects on the brain are serious. A study from the University of Maryland School of Medicine found teenagers who regularly smoke cannabis suffer long lasting brain damage and are in much greater danger of developing schizophrenia.

5 Ways Jesus Witnessed to Others

We read about 40 examples in the Gospels of how Jesus witnessed to others. Each is unique. What can we learn from a 30,000-foot look at these?

Why We Take the Summer Off Youth Events

If you don’t take summer off for youth events, or you have different reasons for taking summer off, please share in the comments section as I would love to hear about what you do!

Youth Ministry May Be Hard, but It’s Not Difficult

Student ministry is hard—but it’s not difficult. It’s simple really. Pray that God would give you a heart for the basics today. Love teens into the Kingdom.

How to Do Youth Ministry With $50 a Month (In 3 Simple Steps)

We do Youth Ministry on a budget of $50 a month. There’s around 40 teenagers on our roll and we average 15-20 on a...

5 Steps to Starting a Student Leadership Team From Scratch

Starting a student leadership team can be scary, hard, intimidating and confusing. You may have no clue where to even start, but hopefully you know that having a student leadership team is necessary.

How to Address the Student #MarchForOurLives With Your Church

Students and adults participating in the #MarchForOurLives this weekend have outlined three main goals they are hoping to accomplish when it comes to gun...