by Deech Kirk What’s the difference between going to Home Depot and Ace Hardware (or your local co-op)? What about Chili’s versus a local diner? And some would say between going to your local mega church and a small country church? (I go to a mega church and don’t buy this to be true, but […]
We polled our graduate residents, our alumni, and our coaches on their go-to, most useful apps and programs for doing youth ministry, and here are their favorites: Administrative Evernote—use the cloud to your advantage: create and work on different documents on different devices and access them anywhere. Write your sermon at home and it will […]
The Center for Youth Ministry Training is excited to welcome 11 new graduate residents and partner churches to the program this Fall. Our churches are located in four states. Our new graduate residents come to us from near and far. Download PDF
The Center for Youth Ministry Training’s Graduate Residency jumped back into full swing August 5-8, 2014, with our New Resident Orientation and first academic retreat of the year. This retreat laid the foundation for our community and training for the rest of the year. We want to give our partner churches some insight into what […]
The following courses will be offered by Memphis Theological Seminary for all CYMT graduate residents enrolled in the Master of Arts in Youth Ministry degree program during the fall semester of the 2013-2014 school year. Please note the dates and times of these courses; they are offered in retreat-based format on the campus of Memphis […]
Youth ministries choose curriculum in a variety of ways. You might find yourself using some of these methods: Two hours before youth group you grab something off the shelf Your Sunday School teachers teach whatever is on their hearts You have been instructed to use the denominational curriculum or have bought into a curriculum plan […]
The Center for Youth Ministry Training invited Dr. Andy Root to teach an elective to our students on the Children of Divorce last week. What an important topic for youth ministers to explore so that the church can better respond to this important issue in our society that greatly affects young people and families. I […]
The Center for Youth Ministry Training is in the process of building a collaborative relationship with a business. My friend who owns the business has commented through the process about how hard it is to work with churches or churchy organizations. If you work in a church or a churchy business, you know that he is right; […]
Over the past 16 years of ministry, I have had 6 different senior pastors at my various churches. As the Executive Director of the CYMT, I have now worked with 25+ pastors as they supervise our students. As a YMA consultant, I had the privilege of working intently alongside 6 churches and pastors during times of transition. Throw […]
The Center for Youth Ministry Training has a youth ministry library full of more than 700 resources and books. We created the library because we wanted folks to be able to see the curriculum and try it out before making a large purchase for their church. But we have observed that those who utilize this library as a resource […]
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