Leneita Fix, Author at YouthMinistry.com https://youthministry.com/author/leneita-fix/ Daily Wisdom for Youth Workers. Fri, 21 Jun 2024 16:41:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Time Between Graduation & Leaving For College https://youthministry.com/time-between-graduation-leaving-for-college/ https://youthministry.com/time-between-graduation-leaving-for-college/#respond Mon, 24 Jun 2024 10:00:38 +0000 http://youthmindev.wpengine.com/?p=42310 We have been in the throes of graduations galore. Hats are thrown in the air, celebrations had, and gifts given. Then it’s over, but it’s not. The pomp and circumstance has died away, but students are still in a waiting space for the future to arrive.…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/time-between-graduation-leaving-for-college/feed/ 0 https://youthministry.com/wp-content/upload/ymprod/600-x-300-px-56-270x196.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 A Stressed-Out Generation https://youthministry.com/a-stressed-out-generation/ https://youthministry.com/a-stressed-out-generation/#respond Mon, 15 Apr 2024 10:00:49 +0000 http://youthmindev.wpengine.com/?p=56021 The current generation of students is being considered a group that is marked by a fear of failure and public scrutiny.
Of course everyone blames the rise of technology and social media for the pressure this current generation of adolescents is under.…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/a-stressed-out-generation/feed/ 0 As those who pour into this stressed-out generation, the tension we see growing ever more is the need for them to have their identity settled in Christ.https://youthministry.com/wp-content/upload/ymprod/600-x-300-px-30-270x196.png270196 My Students Can’t Pray https://youthministry.com/my-students-cant-pray/ https://youthministry.com/my-students-cant-pray/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2024 10:00:41 +0000 http://youthmindev.wpengine.com/?p=56116 Once, I had the awesome opportunity to offer some training and speaking in a dear friend’s small town in Kansas. After five days away, I sat on the plane ready for home. Plugging into music, a favorite worship song came on just as the plane engines started to roar.…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/my-students-cant-pray/feed/ 1 https://youthministry.com/wp-content/upload/ymprod/600-x-300-px-29-270x196.png270196 Good Kids are NOT Perfect Kids https://youthministry.com/good-kid-are-not-perfect-kids/ https://youthministry.com/good-kid-are-not-perfect-kids/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2024 10:00:52 +0000 http://youthmindev.wpengine.com/?p=44731 The proverbial “good kid” can come in many shapes and forms. They might be the ones that always show up early to actually help set up, or sit in the front row so they can pay attention and take better notes, or we ask to be on the student leadership team, or are the first to sign up for the missions trip, show up to every fundraiser and actually pay on time.…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/good-kid-are-not-perfect-kids/feed/ 4 https://youthministry.com/wp-content/upload/ymprod/600-x-300-px-22-270x196.png270196 Why My Teen Hates Your Small Group https://youthministry.com/why-my-teen-hates-your-small-group/ https://youthministry.com/why-my-teen-hates-your-small-group/#comments Mon, 19 Feb 2024 11:00:35 +0000 http://youthmindev.wpengine.com/?p=44467 For as long as I can remember I have been the poster child for relationally driven ministry. Perhaps it’s because I came out  of the roller skating party era of youth group where it was more about programs than going deep.…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/why-my-teen-hates-your-small-group/feed/ 3 Explaining Unanswered Prayers https://youthministry.com/explaining-unanswered-prayers/ https://youthministry.com/explaining-unanswered-prayers/#respond Tue, 26 Dec 2023 11:00:00 +0000 http://youthmindev.wpengine.com/?p=44258 This time of year we hear a lot about all the ways the Lord has “blessed” so many around us with answered prayers. Sometimes they are silly: “Wow, I was asking God to find me a good parking place, and here I am up front at the mall.”…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/explaining-unanswered-prayers/feed/ 0 Show Parents They Matter This Christmas https://youthministry.com/show-parents-they-matter-this-christmas/ https://youthministry.com/show-parents-they-matter-this-christmas/#respond Mon, 11 Dec 2023 11:00:32 +0000 http://youthmindev.wpengine.com/?p=55128 We are on the brink of Christmas.  Many people keep asking me if we are “ready.”  The answer is of course, “No.” I would love to be one of those amazing people who have been prepped and ready for the big day for weeks, merely waiting in anticipation.…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/show-parents-they-matter-this-christmas/feed/ 0 https://youthministry.com/wp-content/upload/ymprod/600x300-px-61-270x196.png270196 Three Lies And A Truth (About Making Disciples) https://youthministry.com/three-lies-and-a-truth-about-discipleship/ https://youthministry.com/three-lies-and-a-truth-about-discipleship/#comments Mon, 27 Nov 2023 11:00:24 +0000 http://youthmindev.wpengine.com/?p=43915 It’s the buzz word around ministry these days. We move our students from large group time to small group time to discipleship. We want to see student’s grow in their relationship with the Lord and this is how Jesus modeled it for us.…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/three-lies-and-a-truth-about-discipleship/feed/ 6 https://youthministry.com/wp-content/upload/ymprod/518724523-270x196.jpg270196 The Power Of Communication https://youthministry.com/the-power-of-communication/ https://youthministry.com/the-power-of-communication/#respond Mon, 16 Oct 2023 10:00:29 +0000 http://youthmindev.wpengine.com/?p=54796 This morning I walked into staff prayer, and true confession time, I didn’t want to be there.
I knew it was expected that I showed up, I even knew it would be beneficial yet, still my “to-do list” was looming at the forefront of my brain.…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/the-power-of-communication/feed/ 0 We would feel less alone in ministry if we could be better at communicationhttps://youthministry.com/wp-content/upload/ymprod/impromptuprayer-270x196.jpg270196