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Volunteer Youth Worker Podcast

Dec 24, 2019

You know that your students should be reading the Scriptures on their own, but how do you encourage them to take that step? How can you move from just telling students about the truth of Scripture to helping them discover and search out the truth for themselves? Listen in and discover a practical model that will help...


Dec 17, 2019

Have you had weeks where the ice breakers are falling flat and staying on topic just seems like a chore? You aren’t alone. Leading conversations with students can be extremely challenging, and although the list of suggested questions is helpful, some weeks they just aren’t cutting it. What are you supposed to do...


Dec 10, 2019

It can be a weird dynamic in your group when the students who are coming don’t necessarily want to be there. They don’t engage in games, lessons, small groups, or large events. Maybe these students even come from Christian homes that support your ministry, but the teens themselves just aren’t interested in it....


Dec 3, 2019

You likely want to build bridges to the families and parents of the teens in your group, but what do you do when the feeling isn’t reciprocated? What happens when teens have parents who are antagonistic when it comes to faith? What does it mean to honour parents when the parents don’t believe in the Scriptures that...


Nov 25, 2019

If you’ve been in youth ministry for more than a couple weeks you’ve experienced a student in your ministry that causes a ruckus. Someone who derails conversation and shifts the tone of the gathering. It’s such a common occurrence that if we aren’t careful we can assume it isn’t worth dealing with. But the...