youth ministry

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Hello, My Daughter is almost 13. She is in her second year at a new school. Her best friend from last year is not her friend this year. They had a falling out. My daughter is really struggling now because she feels she doesn't have a real close friend. She tries to make new friends but often...

Hey, I am currently a college student and I have a calling into pastoral ministry. When I graduate I want to be a youth director for a few years before jumping into seminary and a senior pastor role. I was wondering if ya'll had some advice on how long I should stay in youth ministry. Also, I...

My Pastor told me that He is praying for me to become the next youth leader, to state the status of our youth, i would say we are so slow in terms of growing and moving. how to prepare for this opportunity that possibly i am going through.

I have recently finished writing a book I believe God wants to reach as many youths as possible. I have made the book free for those who want it for free with the option of buying for those who want to buy it here 'About My Father's Business' - Doing God's Will In Your Youth, an Ebook by Bonface...

As a young Christian, you want to win against the enemy, you want to fight a winning battle. The enemy on the answer side wants to see you lost from the path of truth. But Jesus comes so that we may have life and life in abundance. So what is it that we can learn from Jesus that can help us...

Hello all, I need prayer and of course some godly advice. I have been an active member of my church for 4/5 years. As soon as I was saved and baptized God literally pulled me into my youth ministry. I have been a leader for about a year now and have become closer to the Lord more than ever. I...

How do you create missional cultures in your ministries? What resources do you use? One I have come across is missionalstudent.com what else have you all found?

Hi there! My husband and I have been have bee n volunteer leaders in our church's youth group for 4 years now. Recently it was announced that our youth pastor was stepping down and that my husband would be stepping in as the interim. This has been going on for about two and a half months and in...

Hello Everyone, In our youth group we are struggling with some students who do not want to play the games. The majority are very interested, and love games. We generally have around 80 kids in Junior high playing games. The kids who don't want to play will purposely break the rules so that...

Hello, all! I've been recently blessed by being selected to be the Youth Director at my church. I love the Youth of my church, and I wanted to serve them and help them along their spiritual journey. However, I'm running into a lot of obstacles. There are a lot of elements of our current...

It seems like too many youth drop out of church and/or don't hold their relationship with the Lord in as high esteem once they leave high school. What are you who work with youth doing to ensure their faith is dyanmic and growing even after they leave your group? I have often wondered if youth...

I recently started working as a youth leader at a small church. Over the past couple weeks, I've noticed that most of the students (about 4 or 5 middle schoolers) had alarming low Bible literacy and knowledge. I have done things such as Bible drills and Bible Jeopardy as fun ways to slowly...

I lead the youth group on Sunday nights at my church, and have been planning to start a series on Philippians. However, I found out that one of the middle school girls recently had a suicide attempt; thankfully, she seems to be doing better. Because Phil. 1:21 states "to live is Christ, and to...

Hi there, Would really like some advice please. We have about 10 highschool students, age 11-14 i. Our church in the UK. We are only two volunteers and we're trying to establish a youth ministry with relevant and bible based topics. We were thinking of using a DVD based curriculum with about...

Hi parents and youth workers out there. I am particularly interested in how you defend the Christian faith to your youth. It has been said that our youth are the first generation to grow up Post-Christian. They are more convinced by scientists than they are by religious leaders... and yet they...

We have just started a new music group in our humble little church in Wakefield. It's down to Earth, Christian Music with Jesus Christ at the centre. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiJ2krk392ht0__MsxTxqQQ God richly bless you!

Hello everyone I am excited to be apart of this forum. I love working with young people and have over 26 years of experience in youth ministry. Thanks for allowing me to join the forum.