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Be prepared to be asked all sorts of questions when you begin Relational Youth Ministry - especially from young people with no prior church or God connections. I have listed below the 5 serious questions and also 5 fun questions [which need to be taken seriously] you will be asked before too long.
Top 5 Serious [...]
1. Teachers should know their subject
In some senses this one is an obvious - but maybe you too have left the preparation to the very last minute [driving to the youth meeting?] and whilst the subject matter is known to a level it possible would have benefited from more advanced thought - research even?
2. The [...]
In a recent blog post, Aspen Education Group wrote:
“Friends with benefits” is a term today’s teenagers and college students use for couples who have sex but are not romantically in love.
I have been aware of the use of this phrase for quite some time. However, I don’t think I have ever seen it written down [...]
Adam is a very interesting guy with an unusual experience of life - I love him heaps. I first met him when he was 16 years old and 2 years into his 4 year prison sentence. The main charge was armed robbery.
For those of you that have been involved in the prison system - either [...]
The Bible says that without a vision the people will perish and I have found that people (young and old) are more vibrant and engaged when they are working towards something - some goal is encouraging them along the way. Some time ago my wife preached a sermon called Freedom from Mundane Thinking and, as [...]
In youth ministry we run the risk of being out of balance by failing to consider the varying needs of the young people in our care. Human beings are complex creatures made in the image of God, with different aspects of need, different areas of development. Adolescents often need outside input and influences as they [...]
One of the keys to successful youth ministry - well relational ministry - is the ability to ask good questions (there are other skills which we will come to in due course) - but I have a couple of questions that work for me and I thought I would share them with you.
Early in the [...]
I recently came across this short piece in New Life - which is Australia’s Christian Newspaper.
Way back in 2002 ….. two serial killers were
shooting in random fashion. One was the
older John Allen Muhammad who, with his
young 17 year old protégée Lee Boyd
Malvo, killed ten people and injured three
others in October of that year.
Malvo managed [...]
