by Ryan Timpte Attention youth ministers: children’s ministry needs to matter to you. Do you know what’s going on in the children’s ministry in your church? How well do you know the point person for your children’s ministry? In the last six months, how many conversations have you had specifically about children? If any of […]
Editor’s Note: This is Part 1 of a two-part series. Click here to read Part 2. These approaches to parental involvement were discussed and developed at CYMT’s Preparing Parents for Spiritual Leadership Summit in May 2012. by Andrew Zirschky Involving parents in the spiritual growth of their kids is a hot topic in youth ministry […]
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a two-part series. Click here to read Part 1. These approaches to parental involvement were discussed and developed at CYMT’s Preparing Parents for Spiritual Leadership Summit in May 2012. by Andrew Zirschky Involving parents in the spiritual growth of their kids is a hot topic in youth ministry […]
Editor’s Note: This article was inspired by Michael Bayne’s 4 ways for student and kids pastors to work together. by Chris and Joanna Cummings It’s not often that we find those in youth ministry working alongside those serving in children’s ministry. It certainly seems more normal for us to just stick to what we know […]
Thank you for investing in the mission and vision of the Center for Youth Ministry Training! God continues to do amazing things through CYMT as we impact the Kingdom one youth ministry at a time. With 31 graduate residents working at 28 different partner churches, there is no shortage of Good News to report about […]
By the time I was a junior in high school, I had pretty much mastered leaning my arm on the pew rail to prop my head up so that I could take a nap during the sermon. Only occasionally did it slip off causing me to nearly knock myself out and I can only remember […]
Jon Snape entered the CYMT program in the Fall of 2007 as part of CYMT’s second class of students. He served at Westland United Methodist Church in Lebanon, Tenn., and he was commissioned in 2009 with a Certificate in Youth Ministry. We sat down with him to see what he has been doing since his […]
by Kelly Soifer Editor’s Note: This is the last in a 12-part series on spiritual disciplines for youth workers, based on Richard Foster’s Celebration of Discipline. As I write this I am preparing to head out to the birthday celebration of my favorite one year old in the world, Bryn, who is the daughter of […]
by Courtney Blacksten Editor’s Note: When Courtney Blacksten and her husband Brandon were in their first year of marriage, they were excited to begin to create their own holiday traditions as a new family. They chose to focus on celebrating Advent well. Courtney says, “Each evening of Advent we light the appropriate candles on our […]
by Gary Wake If someone’s driving and they have no idea where they are, it’s helpful for them to stop and figure out where they went off track, so that they don’t move further from their intended destination. There are more directions that churches want to go with youth groups than there are youth group […]
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