Archive for the ‘encouragement’ Category
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
One of the most important roles ministry leaders have is to identify, encourage, and equip new leaders; youth ministers are not excluded from that privilege and responsibility! Take a few moments to prayerfully consider the gifts and talents of your adult and student leaders, and of potential adult and student ...
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Don't get bent out of shape about deadlines and sign-ups. While you need a good count for an event you don't have to be rigid. Instead, build flexibility into your planning! It's much better to recruit an extra driver with the understanding that you may not need her than it ...
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Monday, April 14th, 2008
Being a youth worker, no matter if volunteer or paid, full- or part-time, is a busy life that is lived out in a glass house. It's easy to get caught up in the pace of planning and implementing times to connect youth to Christ, of performing innumerable extra duties, of ...
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Monday, January 28th, 2008
There are occasionally long stretches of time in youth ministry that truly feel like spending 40 days in the desert with the unhappy Israelites. In these times it is important for us to remember what God has done, just as God reminds his people (16 times in just the ...
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