Student Leadership Archives - YouthMinistry.com https://youthministry.com/student-leadership/ Daily Wisdom for Youth Workers. Thu, 23 May 2024 18:45:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Thoughts on Internships and Interns https://youthministry.com/thoughts-on-internships-and-interns/ https://youthministry.com/thoughts-on-internships-and-interns/#comments Mon, 27 May 2024 10:00:27 +0000 http://youthmindev.wpengine.com/?p=41826 I’ve worked with a lot of interns over 30 years. Internships are critical, because they allow people to experience and engage with the environment and responsibilities of the area they are considering vocationally. I handle internships differently than most people I know, but that’s not to say my way is correct.…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/thoughts-on-internships-and-interns/feed/ 1 https://youthministry.com/wp-content/upload/ymprod/600-x-300-px-43-270x196.png270196 Are Your Students OWNING Their Ministry? https://youthministry.com/are-your-students-owning-their-ministry/ https://youthministry.com/are-your-students-owning-their-ministry/#respond Mon, 13 May 2024 10:00:02 +0000 http://www.simplyurbanministry.com/?p=785 A couple of times a year I survey my teen students about our programming. What do we do well? What needs to change? What topics are we missing? There was a time when I recieved an overwhelming response that there was a desire to do more and be more.…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/are-your-students-owning-their-ministry/feed/ 0 https://youthministry.com/wp-content/upload/ymprod/600-x-300-px-38-270x196.png270196 Student Leadership: Three Approaches. https://youthministry.com/student-leadership-three-approaches/ https://youthministry.com/student-leadership-three-approaches/#respond Mon, 16 May 2022 10:00:58 +0000 http://youthmindev.wpengine.com/?p=42021 Wrestling with the idea of student leadership in your ministry? Having trouble landing on a model/strategy that feels right? Here are three possible scenarios:
ORGANIC
Organic student leadership doesn’t rely on a program; there are no monthly gatherings, no “requirements” etc.…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/student-leadership-three-approaches/feed/ 0 Bi-Believer Ministry https://youthministry.com/bi-believer-ministry/ https://youthministry.com/bi-believer-ministry/#respond Wed, 18 Sep 2019 15:00:16 +0000 https://youthministry.com/?p=76195 Not long ago I got off the phone with a “profoundly unhappy” mom whose daughter is a regular in our youth ministry. 
She launched into a long, emotional tirade about our ministry’s openness to “those kids”—teenagers who don’t yet love or follow Jesus. …

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]]> https://youthministry.com/bi-believer-ministry/feed/ 0 It’s a youth ministry dilemma—how do we build a ministry that reaches both disciples and “pre-disciples”? Here's three priorities to a bi-believer ministry.https://youthministry.com/wp-content/upload/ymprod/franck-v-miWGZ02CLKI-unsplash-270x196.jpg270196 Listening to the Natives https://youthministry.com/listening-to-the-natives/ https://youthministry.com/listening-to-the-natives/#respond Tue, 13 Aug 2019 22:18:09 +0000 https://youthministry.com/?p=76093 How often is a “reinvention” really, well, something new? I mean, Apple upgrades the battery life (supposedly) and takes away the headphone jack and suddenly we have an “all-new” iPhone. Mostly, “new” really means a relatively unimportant gimmick is added as a feature, forcing us to upgrade. …

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]]> https://youthministry.com/listening-to-the-natives/feed/ 0 No one can reach teenagers like, well teenagers. No one. If we’re going to reinvent youth ministry, we need to look start by looking at the natives first.https://youthministry.com/wp-content/upload/ymprod/H4W9925-YM-Size-1-270x196.jpg270196 Save Your Thoughts and Prayers? https://youthministry.com/save-your-thoughts-and-prayers/ https://youthministry.com/save-your-thoughts-and-prayers/#respond Wed, 07 Aug 2019 19:25:13 +0000 https://youthministry.com/?p=76067 Type “teenagers” into Google, then spend 30 minutes browsing the links. I did this the other day and was confronted (over and over) by one overriding reality—Gen Z teenagers are suffering from more depression, anxiety, and stress than ever before. EVER before.…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/save-your-thoughts-and-prayers/feed/ 0 In a Gen Z culture fed up with a passive response, how can we walk with teenagers into the mess of a tragedy while shaping positive action?https://youthministry.com/wp-content/upload/ymprod/Save-Your-Prayers-270x196.jpg270196 Unleashing Student Leaders https://youthministry.com/unleashing-student-leaders/ https://youthministry.com/unleashing-student-leaders/#respond Thu, 08 Nov 2018 17:43:39 +0000 https://youthministry.com/?p=61487 Let the students lead…
Claire is a sophomore in my ministry. Last year, she and her mom bought tickets to the Jason Aldean concert in Las Vegas—yes, it was that concert. A gunman in a hotel room above the concert venue opened fire, killing 59 people.…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/unleashing-student-leaders/feed/ 0 Claire is a sophomore in my ministry. Last year, she and her mom bought tickets to the Jason Aldean concert in Las Vegas—yes, it was that concert...https://youthministry.com/wp-content/upload/ymprod/unleashing-student-leaders-270x196.jpg270196 Mentoring in Reverse https://youthministry.com/start-right-reverse-mentoring/ https://youthministry.com/start-right-reverse-mentoring/#respond Wed, 03 Jan 2018 23:52:23 +0000 http://youthmindev.wpengine.com/?p=59994 Recently my teenage daughter Lucy and three of her friends completed a six-minute documentary exploring the worldwide human-trafficking problem, then submitted it for a school assignment. They designed a full-color trifold brochure as a companion piece and created a stress ball with the word “Enough” printed on it as a “sellable item.”…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/start-right-reverse-mentoring/feed/ 0 The basic strategy is to take an inventory of your ministry, then find ways for your students to practice "reverse mentoring"—giving in significant ways.https://youthministry.com/wp-content/upload/ymprod/norman-toth-177973-270x196.jpg270196 Student Leaders or Knights and Dames? https://youthministry.com/knighthood-in-the-kingdom/ https://youthministry.com/knighthood-in-the-kingdom/#respond Mon, 13 Nov 2017 12:18:28 +0000 http://youthmindev.wpengine.com/?p=59780 Knighthood. Kingdoms. Castles, kings, and queens. They’re all very noble—very The Crown. After binge-watching that show on Netflix, I spent some serious time on Google to discover what it actually means to be knighted by a royal. Because if the Kingdom of God is, well, a kingdom, then surely some parallels must exist.…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/knighthood-in-the-kingdom/feed/ 0 Knighthood is a very noble concept with a rich and noble tradition. Begin to view your youth ministry as a place to confer honor to your teenagers.https://youthministry.com/wp-content/upload/ymprod/chess-691437_640-270x196.jpg270196 How to Morph Into Student-led Youth Ministry https://youthministry.com/student-led-youth-ministry/ https://youthministry.com/student-led-youth-ministry/#comments Sun, 25 Sep 2016 22:03:56 +0000 http://youthmindev.wpengine.com/?p=57191 How one longtime youth pastor has morphed his ministry into a “student-led, adult-mentored” culture, where there are no adults leading small groups or, really, any ministry.

By Brandon Kennard“These middle school kids have way too much energy for me; I think I may be in over my head.”And…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/student-led-youth-ministry/feed/ 1 How one longtime youth pastor has morphed his ministry into a “student-led, adult-mentored” culture, where there are no adults leading small groups or...https://youthministry.com/wp-content/upload/ymprod/student-leaders-e1474840912817-270x196.jpg270196