In this 5 part special podcast series, Zac and Chad will walk you through the five stages of youth ministry growth. You will learn where your ministry is currently, and how to get to where you want to go.
For After 9 episode 104 the whole team is back to talk about ministering well at home. Youth minister, youth pastor, you are blessed if you minister well first to your spouse and family. Your partners for life and primary ministry are the ones at home. Hear from Zac, Chad, and Kristen for some thoughts, processes, and practical tips for ministering well at home which in turn will bless your student ministry.
In episode 101 Zac Chad and Kristen share their most important weekly task. Every week comes and goes in student ministry but as youth pastors and youth leaders we need to identify what the most important things are to get done. Prioritize your work self with these three helpful insights.
It's episode 99 time and the team is back with free and nearly free stuff that every youth ministry leader should have or know about. Chad Higgins, Zac Workun, & Kristen Lascola all share their top 3 things and then we have compiled a list of 99 other things that you have just gotta know about or have in your student pastor pocket
In youth ministry, it is natural to try to form relationships with parents and students. In church, on any given Sunday, we are usually spotted talking with the youth or one of their parents.
However, there is a group of people in our churches who are often overlooked: senior adults. Yes, they can sometimes be a little grumpy or smell like 2-month old moth balls. Nonetheless, they are humans and we are called to minister to them as well.
There is no way around the importance of relationships in effective ministry. In my 9 years of student ministry, I have never heard of a growing ministry that did not focus on building relationships. It is easy to neglect the vital relationship between you and the parents of your students. I believe the benefits of these relationships far outweigh the negatives...
To be totally honest, I didn’t start reading the Bible on a consistent basis until I was in college. I didn’t read much of anything until I was in college. It wasn’t that I didn’t like the Bible or thought it wasn’t important, I just didn’t know where to start.
The Bible is a big volume with 66 books in it. Where would I begin and why would I begin there? It took finding a reading plan before my daily Bible reading took off.
