If we believe that youth and parents will understand our discipline or conduct expectations simply because we are a Christian organization, we have not spent much time with Christians. A discipline covenant for your youth ministry will set the boundaries and expectations for behavior with parents and youth. Developing a Code of Conduct or Discipline […]
Faithful CYMT Investors, We have just entered our seventh year of ministry. We have moved out of the start-up phase of our organization’s development and are moving into a new phase of ministry that involves growing and building. We are excited about where we are headed, but I’d like to pause and thank God for […]
by Hank Hilliard I love the television show Supernanny. The extreme cases displayed make my parenting challenges seem manageable. Also, the show offers practical parenting tools for creative and effective discipline. Supernanny teaches parents that kids thrive when there are clear expectations and a consistent system of rewards and consequences. Discipline is more than consequences […]
Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from It Happens: True Tales from the Trenches of Youth Ministry, edited by Will Penner. by Jack Radcliffe At the beginning of my 17th year in youth ministry, I embarked on a new journey with a new church. The youth ministry had a history of having to deal with […]
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
by Philip Galyon Hello! My name is Philip Galyon and am a second year graduate resident at the Center for Youth Ministry Training. I serve as the youth minister at First UMC in West Memphis, Ark. I also believe that my role at FUMC WM is to be a minister to the parents of youth […]
by Samantha T. I will never forget the day my first youth pastor announced he was leaving. There were tears, prayer circles, worries, fears, and heartbreak throughout the church. I already made up my mind that whoever replaced him with would never be as cool. When the new guy arrived, I had already decided he […]
by Cory Martin In the midst of another great summer, filled with blockbuster movies and even better music, it is easy to miss some of the really good stuff. Below you will find some great cultural items for this summer. Some of these things your students love already or will love at some point, but […]
Faithful CYMT Investors, In May, CYMT celebrated the graduation of its sixth class of youth ministers! Six of our eight graduates were hired by their partner churches to continue to lead their youth ministries. Additionally, Erin Hicks is headed to Princeton Theological Seminary to continue her theological education and Joanna Simmerman got a full-time job […]
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