Archive for the ‘parents’ Category
Monday, March 3rd, 2008
One of the most frequent youth ministry dilemmas (and nightmares) is deciding what constitutes an appropriate movie to see with youth or show at a youth gathering. This will vary, obviously, depending upon the ages of the students and what level of fill-in-the-blank-potential-pitfall is acceptable to you, youth and parents.
Well ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
Communicating with the parents of the kids in the church - whether or not they are directly or regularly involved in the youth ministry - is one of the make or break aspects of the youth minister's job. Churched or unchurched, uninvolved or super-involved, parents in this murky culture we ...
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Sunday, December 9th, 2007
Whether your ministry budget corresponds to the calendar year or another time frame, it likely includes one or more fund raising opportunities that will provide finances for mission trips, camps or other expenses of student ministry. Fund raisers are a blessing and a curse as their planning and implementation both ...
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Sunday, September 30th, 2007
In the hectic world of student ministry, it is far too easy to forget that our responsibility is to partner with the parents of teenagers to disciple their children. All too often we unintentionally set up a competitive or adversarial relationship between family and youth ministry that results in frustration ...
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