Seriously. I like it when things are under control… under my control. But when something outside my control is headed my way, here are four things I do to help me (a control freak) deal with the uncontrollable.
Camp is over. Now what?
10 Tips for Youth Pastors: How to follow up after your retreat. It’s Monday morning and you’re still in your pajamas. So, now what? How do you capitalize on what your students learned this weekend, on what God did in their lives (and yours), and keep the momentum rolling?
10 Tips for Youth Pastors: How to get more students to go on your retreat.
Planning ahead for an awesome retreat shows people that it’s a priority for your ministry, and that you’re not a last minute schmuck. So, here are my top ten tips to get more students to go to your retreat. They’re things I see working for the youth workers we partner with every weekend.
Three surprising [free] web tools I use [almost] every day.
It’s amazing how much stuff is free online these days… and a lot of it is worthless. But occasionally I stumble across a resource so great, I end up using it regularly in ministry. Here are three of my favorites right now.
We are not a church without a pastor.
Although, when a church is without a pastor, we tend to focus on what we lack in terms of leadership, vision, and spiritual care… this time in between can also be a time for the church to shine.