As part of our commitment to getting better every day, we slowed down for a bit this week to evaluate our current Winter Teen Retreat programming with the idea that good enough wasn’t good enough in mind. How could it be better?
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How to make your adult leaders the real rock stars at your next retreat
Ok, so you’ve got the students all registered; the vans are ready to roll; paperwork is in; you’re headed to what looks to be an awesome weekend retreat with your students… but how do you make sure your adult leaders are fully equipped and set up for success? Here are ten tips for youth pastors to do just that.
I’m a control freak.
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?
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.