Youth Leaders Blogs

Planning ahead is crucial for almost all elements of youth group programming. This is especially true for any kind of camp or trip. Here are three key ingredients for successful summer camp planning.

Here’s a few things I’ve challenged our team to keep in mind when discipling.

Scripture attests over and over again that the Christian life isn't meant to be lived or cultivated in solitude. In fact, “incubator for discipleship” is the biblical community definition.

Kids are bombarded by words, but what loud-and-clear teenage messages are they receiving in the process? The teenage messages we convey as youth leaders can let kids know that they matter. The words we use can make a difference.

I've heard a question asked by curious and well-meaning board members, camp directors, youth pastors, and leaders when hiring a female youth leader or speaker.

Every now and then you read a book that changes your life. It doesn’t happen often, but it happened to me this weekend as...

We may not always like it, but part of our job as youth leader is to manage our youth ministry. For some of us,...

When we started as youth small group leaders in our church, we didn’t know any of the young people. We’d been visiting this church...