Mentoring Youth When You Are Short on Time
The idea of mentoring a student can feel overwhelming in the midst of life’s busyness. But if you make the time, you won’t regret it.
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Student Leader Training: Who’s the Boss?
As a teenager, you have a lot of authority figures in your life, some good, maybe some not so good. In this lesson, we talk about how God deserves our respect, and if we want to respect him, we need to respect other authority figures as well.
Read MoreLaunching a Mentor-Based Youth Ministry
Start making disciples who make disciples in your youth ministry at church. Here’s how.
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Youth Leader Training: Focus on Mentoring
Our goal is to help students become disciples of Jesus who make disciples of Jesus. If you want to accomplish the goal of youth ministry, then you must learn to focus on mentoring students.
Read MoreWhat Is the Gateway for Youth at Your Church?
Healthy student ministries have on ramps for newcomers to youth group. Here are the four main options.
Read MoreWelcome to Student Ministry
Student ministry is one of the most important ministries in the church, and your place on the team can make a big difference.
Read MoreHow to Start a Student Group
Starting and running a mentoring group with students younger than you is easier than you think.
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3 Principles for Youth Leader Meetings
Every team needs to meet. Meetings are where we reaffirm our commitment to the mission of the team, share ideas about how to best accomplish the ministry, celebrate victories, and think through how to tackle the challenges we face.
Read MoreWhat Qualifies You to Lead Students?
Whether you’re a student or an adult, answering these three questions honestly will tell you whether you’re ready to lead a student group.
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Student Leader Training: Support the Team
As a student leader, you are part of the larger youth group team at your church. You are also part of the larger leadership team of the entire church. Teams succeed when everyone works toward the same goal, and goes in the same direction.
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Student Leader Training: Be an Example
As a youth leader you are an example. You are an example for the students in your small group, and the students in the rest of the youth group. You are an example for students in your own grade, and younger students. As a student leader, you need to take your role as an example seriously.
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Student Leader Training: A Disciple Who Makes Disciples
It’s important to understand the goal of youth ministry. We want to help students become followers of Jesus who make other followers of Jesus. As a student leader, our desire is that you would learn to make disciples.
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Youth Leader Training: Prioritize Safety
When it comes to working with kids and students, safety must be a priority. This is why one of the principles that you must believe in if you want to work with youth is prioritize safety.
Read MoreWhat Is the Purpose of Youth Group?
If you’re going to work with students in a PG church, it’s important that you understand the point of youth ministry in the first place.
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Scheduling Your Youth Large Group Meetings
Many churches like to schedule most of their small groups at one location on the same night. This allows students to come together for a time of large group interaction, and then break up into small groups. Here is a recommended schedule for that meeting.
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Overcoming the Awkwardness of Youth Ministry
Nearly every youth leader I’ve ever met wants to mentor teenagers. Hopefully, that’s why they signed up for youth ministry in the first place. But working with teenagers can be intimidating, and make you feel awkward.
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