Letters to a Youth Worker is a collection of letters from some of the best youth ministers in the country. It was published by CYMT in 2012 and is available as a free Kindle download or may be purchased in paperback format from Amazon. The following excerpt from Ben Conner celebrates inclusion of youth […]
Lent Prayer Station: Seven Places By Dietrich Kirk This prayer guide is perfect to use for your youth group during Lent or as a part of a special Holy Week service. In the 90s, there was a Christian band called Seven Places. They didn’t last very long, but their band name and a song on […]
The Whole Truth By Caleigh Smith “Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. For what I received I […]
By Karen Jones The Big Trip Question- To Send Him Home or Not to Send Him Home? I was just completing my first year at the large, affluent, urban church. As is often the case when following a much-loved former youth minister, I had experienced some resistance in being accepted by the older youth during that […]
9-1-1 Youth Trips and Hospital Visits By: Kelly Soifer “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” Most Americans will recognize those words from the opening of Dickens’ The Tale of Two Cities, a classic in Western literature and required reading in most high schools. Though this novel profiles the social upheavals […]
Dear CYMT Fellows, I call on all of your wisdom as all people who have stood exactly where I am now – at the very last semester of one of the strangest, most transformative, most unlikely periods of your life. You all, like me, at one point, signed up for an insane gamble: to trade […]
Youth ministers have all been taught that when the struggles of a teenager seem like more than you’re equipped to handle, to refer, refer, refer. But to who? And how? Especially if you’re new to the area or to the church, how are you supposed to know who to call when you need reinforcements, specifically […]
By Kat Bair 6/10/19 Youth ministers have all been taught that when the struggles of a teenager seem like more than you’re equipped to handle, to refer, refer, refer. But to who? And how do you build a mental health referral guide? Especially if you’re new to the area or to the church, how are you […]
By Ryan Nordon 6/25/19 The task of ministry is inviting everyone to the table to experience the good news of the Gospel and God’s grace. It is critical to uphold the invitation to everyone when we are working with a student with a disability or a particular need. But how do we prepare our ministries […]
By Andrew Davis 7/30/19 As youth pastors, we must be intentional about how we welcome our new 6th or 7th graders into the youth ministry. Church involvement can be a very positive aspect of the lives of new middle schoolers. This is also a significant time in the lives of their parents as well, and […]
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