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Get Your 2015 Graduation Presents!

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Time to Prepare for Grad Season! Check out the incredible deals, packages and products we have going on to help you get ready to send off your seniors meaningfully and memorably. Top Graduation Gift Resource: Ready. Set. Next. by Chuck Bomar For Life After High School + Special Bulk Pricing!! CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE […]

On Those Days Students Tick You Off

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I was talking, but they weren’t listening. From up front I could witness a laugh-fest in the back row, several students were obviously dozing, while others were just having a side conversation. My heart sank. So I stopped, mid sentence and stood there in silence wondering if they would even notice. Truthfully, it took them […]

Graduation Sunday: No New Ideas

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Our graduation Sunday is quickly approaching. We have a celebration Sunday in our high school ministry and we want to make it great. Here are a few ideas that you are free to use…I did! The Board: I’m not looking for new ideas, I’m looking for great ideas. This year I am doing a “College […]

Reaching Kids Experiencing Same-Sex Attraction

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Reaching Kids Experiencing Same Sex Attraction An article from Jonathan McKee at TheSource4YM.com “We are confident in our theology concerning sexuality. We are equally confident that how we’ve traditionally approached sexuality, and ministering to teenagers in all stages of their sexual identity, has been unintentionally..
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What You’re Overlooking: A Shrewd Lesson from David Letterman

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I grew up watching David Letterman at night. That probably explains a lot about me. Admittedly, I haven’t watched Letterman in a while. I’ve been tuning back in due to his retirement (and yes, even was retweeted by @Letterman). Still, I’ve had a sort of surface-level..
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Why Your Church Needs a Preteen Ministry

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You are not a horse. While this may seem like fairly common knowledge (unless this blog post has found itself on some Planet of the Horses), sometimes we need to be reminded of the simplest of things. Here’s what I mean: When a horse is..
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Graduation Sunday: No New Ideas

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Our graduation Sunday is quickly approaching. We have a celebration Sunday in our high school ministry and we want to make it great. Here are a few ideas that you are free to use…I did! The Board: I’m not looking for new ideas, I’m looking..
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How to Teach Junior Highers Without Losing Your Mind

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Junior highers are my people. For most of  ministry career I’ve had the privilege (did I really just say junior high ministry is a PRIVILEGE?) of focusing exclusively on this age group, and even as my role has changed this wonderful little tribe has remained..
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Graphic Design Hacks: Live on Periscope

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            Click in tomorrow for another Youth Ministry Tech Talk (Tuesday, May 12). We will go live at 3:00pm Central time for 15 minutes revealing a few “Graphic Design Hacks” for youth workers and we hope you can join us. Here is what..
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Youth Ministry Moms

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[Disclaimer: In no way, shape, or form am I aiming to disrespect moms of our youth ministry kids with this post. But for real, I’m just say’n.] There’s these moms… Sorry I’m late! No, no, I don’t think you are. You’re always waiting for this..
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Words of Wisdom for Graduates

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A few years ago, our goal was to have at least one of our adult staff or volunteers at every one of our graduates’ parties. As our number of high school seniors grew, this task became more and more challenging … and exhausting. Seriously, at one..
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Your Struggle to Say Something Profound: A Short Perspective

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Ned Nederlander. Franck. Jiminy Glick.  These popular fictional characters were given life through the creative mind and talent of Martin Short. And then there’s Ed Grimley… Martin Short’s first breakthrough character. You may not know the backstory of how this greasy-hair-cowlicked-vertically-in-the-air, teeth-baring hyperactive manchild came to be… let alone how it..
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How to Teach Junior Highers Without Losing Your Mind, Part 2

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Last week I had the joy to “preach” in our church’s weekly staff meeting. Somebody teaches every week; I hadn’t in a very long time. Afterwards, no fewer than a dozen people pulled me aside to share how much they appreciated what I had to..
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Celebrating the Average Among Us

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It’s that time of year again, school awards, sports awards, and more awards for teens. All of those who care about teens will sit in a chair for what will seem to be the longest hours of your life. Parents will bite their nails hoping..
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Four Things You Need To Do Before Youth Camp

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We love summer! No more alarm clocks, bonfires, and planned spontaneity! And if you’re a youth worker, we’re guessing you probably love it too. Our summer youth calendar is jam-packed with cool stuff like camp, mission trips, and summer activities all designed to help our..
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4 Ways to Take Time Off: Do You Need a Break?

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I’m taking a week off from youth ministry. It’s not because I’m going on vacation. It’s not because I have too many things in my schedule. It’s not because I no longer love students. I’m just about ready to rip some of their heads off…..
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I Promise. They ARE Listening.

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About six months ago I had this idea to put a fire under a group of apathetic students. I started teaching about injustice in the world and how God handles it. We discussed our responsibility alongside his work and from this, “Passion Projects” were born. It..
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LTYM: 1st Thing To Do When Planning Events

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In this episode we give some thoughts and ideas on events. We would love to hear from you. So if you have a question email: talkyouthministry@gmail.com. Also, We are excited about Simply One Day youth ministry trainings with Rick Lawrence that are starting up. Get your..
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How to Teach Junior Highers without Losing Your Mind, Part 3

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Teaching junior highers; I’m not sure a higher calling exists! Churches often make the mistake of seeing junior high ministry as a place for young, or spiritually immature, leaders to cut their teeth and learn the ropes of ministry. This is a massive mistake, largely..
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Ranking Social Media Sites

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Which Are Teens’ Favorites…and Why? An article from David R. Smith at TheSource4YM.com Some teens like to keep up with their friends on Facebook. Some like to shoot short clips for Vine. Others keep it short and simple on Twitter. And many like the idea..
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