Youth Worker Collective

Confirmation is an essential part of ministry to youth. This week, the collective sits down to discuss how it’s being done at the panelists’ church, and what criteria they’ve used to evaluate whether or not the program is considered to be a successful one.

It will inevitably happen. At some point, a well-intentioned trip or retreat will be an abject failure. This week, the collective shares some of those failures and lessons learned from the “experience.”

This week, the collective discusses what’s important and what isn’t when looking for a job in youth ministry.

This week, the collective continues the discussion on what’s important and what isn’t when looking for a job in youth ministry.

This week, the collective talks about those little life hacks that can help so much when taking a summer trip in youth ministry.

This week, the collective talks about longevity in youth ministry, and how to attain it.

The collective concludes the two-part series on longevity in youth ministry this week.

This week, the collective discusses how to effectively partner with children’s ministries.

The collective discusses how to do intentional ministry that reaches introverts, starting with defining what an introvert actually is.

This week, the collective enlists the input of seasoned youth workers from several disciplines about how to handle the death of a teen, regardless of whether that teen is on the inside or the outside of the youth group.

The collective discusses how to respond to questions that students may have about faith, and the necessity of training all workers in this area.

How do you address sex and sexuality in your youth group? Listen in as leading youth workers discuss their own experiences and best practices.

The collective discusses how to continue the momentum created at camp.

This week, the Youth Worker Collective discusses ways that of motivating students to read the Bible on their own. Several very interesting and effective methods are presented, one of which might just work for your students.

The outcome of the upcoming Special General Conference in February has the potential to profoundly affect the United Methodist Church, but what impact will it have on local churches? This week, the collective discusses how to approach this and other denominational issues with youth.

There’s a wealth of youth ministry material out there, but what criteria should you use to decide whether it meets your standards? Or should you just write your own? Theological integrity and suitability for the congregation that you serve are obvious considerations, but there’s more to the evaluation process than that, and the collective gets down to the basics about the topic this week.

Every youth worker has had (or will have) a youth activity idea that sounded good, but failed miserably. The collective members talk about some of their failures, and the lessons we all can learn from them. Youth ministry is not a solo sport, but far too often youth workers feel like they have to do it alone. We are here to help with that. Every week some of the top United Methodist youth workers offer free resources from their real-world ministries. You’ll find everything from games to downloadable lessons to coaching on how to put together a budget. We hope that when you get online to work, you don’t feel like you have to do it all yourself. We want to be the first place you turn for games, lessons, ideas, coaching, and personal devotions.

Join the collective this week as they discuss everybody’s favorite time of the year: good ol’ Spring Break. They break down what to expect, who’s gonna be there, and other aspects of what has and has not worked for them in their Spring Break ministries. Youth ministry is not a solo sport, but far too often youth workers feel like they have to do it alone. We are here to help with that. Every week some of the top United Methodist youth workers offer free resources from their real-world ministries. You’ll find everything from games to downloadable lessons to coaching on how to put together a budget. We hope that when you get online to work, you don’t feel like you have to do it all yourself. We want to be the first place you turn for games, lessons, ideas, coaching, and personal devotions.

The collective welcomes Chris Wilterdink, the Director of Program Development for Young People’s Ministries in the USA, as he talks about YOUTH2019, the national gathering of Methodist youth that will occur this summer in Kansas City. Youth ministry is not a solo sport, but far too often youth workers feel like they have to do it alone. We are here to help with that. Every week some of the top United Methodist youth workers offer free resources from their real-world ministries. You’ll find everything from games to downloadable lessons to coaching on how to put together a budget. We hope that when you get online to work, you don’t feel like you have to do it all yourself. We want to be the first place you turn for games, lessons, ideas, coaching, and personal devotions.

Navigating ministry with LGBTQ youth in the current climate can be complicated. Listen in on this discussion between leading youth pastors on how to navigate this ministry so that all of God’s youth are called deeper in relationship with their creator. Youth ministry is not a solo sport, but far too often youth workers feel like they have to do it alone. We are here to help with that. Every week some of the top United Methodist youth workers offer free resources from their real-world ministries. You’ll find everything from games to downloadable lessons to coaching on how to put together a budget. We hope that when you get online to work, you don’t feel like you have to do it all yourself. We want to be the first place you turn for games, lessons, ideas, coaching, and personal devotions.