Youth Ministry Budget: Tips for Creating a Workable Plan

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4. Prayerful Stewardship

With budgeting and spending, church workers must keep stewardship front and center. This article explores budgets through that lens. Plus, it offers more youth categories to consider. Other tips include exploring potential resources and engaging with stakeholders.

5. Invest in People

Check out these helpful insights about budgeting priorities. The author emphasizes that growing people is more important than growing a ministry.

6. Budgeting Worksheets

This site offers a variety of spreadsheets to download and adapt. So you’ll find the template that works best for your situation and needs. And if money management just isn’t your gift, enlist the help of a volunteer. Someone in your congregation who’s good with finances might happily assist with your youth ministry budget.

7. Small-Budget Know-How

Discover how to operate with a youth ministry budget of just $50 per month! (Yes, that is possible!) Penny-pinching church workers everywhere will appreciate these tips.

As we mentioned, the internet is filled with advice about maximizing each ministry dollar. So you’ll find tips for affordable decorating, refreshments, trips, and more.

What’s the best advice you’ve received about creating a youth ministry budget? Please share with your colleagues via the comments section!

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Stephanie Martin
Stephanie Martin, a freelance writer and editor in Denver, has spent her entire 30-year journalism career in Christian publishing. She loves the Word and words, is a binge reader and grammar nut, and is fanatic (as her family can attest) about Jeopardy! and pro football.

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