by Lisa Pierce, Executive Director, Alabama Rural Ministry What really can happen on a mission trip? In what ways are youth impacted and how does that impact translate into a more mature disciple of Jesus? Can this be a space for students to make first time faith commitments? We believe these are important questions youth […]
by Walter Crouch, Chief Executive Officer, Appalachia Service Project According to the Housing Assistance Council in Washington D.C., Central Appalachia is one of five chronically poverty stricken rural regions in the United States. When President Lyndon Johnson declared a war on poverty in 1964, he chose to make the declaration from the front porch of […]
by Rachel Drummond, Program Manager—Recruitment & Hiring, Appalachia Service Project When Rev. Glenn “Tex” Evans founded Appalachia Service Project back in 1969, he didn’t want volunteers to come for a week, go home, and return to their normal lives. He wanted people to be inspired by the work they did in Central Appalachia; he wanted […]
By Kathryn Dilworth, Camp Director, Deer Run Camps & Retreats Together, we are functioning well in accomplishing our mission. Can you say that? Can your team do better? Cohesion is defined as “the action or fact of forming a united whole.” And teamwork is defined as “the combined action of a group of people especially […]
by Andrew Zirschky, Ph.D. Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt of Dr. Andrew Zirschky’s book Beyond the Screen: Youth Ministry for the Connected But Alone Generation, published in 2015 by Abingdon Press. Tyler: School is almost here. Logan: Ikr Tyler: Im like wait what na your lying. Logan: ? Tyler: When someone told me school […]
by Andrew Zirschky, Ph.D. Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt of Dr. Andrew Zirschky’s book Beyond the Screen: Youth Ministry for the Connected But Alone Generation, published in 2015 by Abingdon Press. All is not well in the brave new world of networked individualism. Teenagers are coming of age in a world that “confers social […]
Happy 10th Birthday to the Center for Youth Ministry Training! On March 1, 2006 the session of First Presbyterian Church, Nashville officially voted to join Brentwood United Methodist Church in launching a ministry to train and equip youth ministers. Like a proud parent of a 10-year-old, those of us who have been involved from the […]
CYMT is excited to announce the launch of our Texas Regional Campus in Austin, TX! CYMT has partnered with Bethany United Methodist Church and Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary to bring our graduate residency program to Texas beginning in the Fall of 2016. Teresa Kingsbury, the youth minister at Bethany UMC, will serve as the Regional […]
Linzi Anderson hails from Northern Ireland and is a graduate of the School of Chemistry at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. “After college I did an internship with the Presbyterian Church in Ireland (PCI) which resulted in me being on staff at Greystones Presbyterian Church in Ireland for four years,” Linzi says. “There […]
by Sara Galyon The topic of children with special needs is becoming more and more prevalent in the youth ministry world, as it should be. One in four families in the US has a family member with a disability and, according to a CDC study in 2009-2010, 15% of children nationwide are classified as Children […]
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