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Doug, Jess & Josh talk about roles for volunteers in youth ministry during the pandemic and the need that hasn’t changed: great training for your volunteers. Check out [...]

With COVID numbers in our area spiking, we had to navigate the waters of people either being panicked or flippant in their response. Both Tim and Andrew had to play extra rolls in their church [...]

Make sure you listen til the very end to hear Tim stick his foot in his mouth…Before that we talked about the fact that Tim’s internet was literally ripped out. We talked about how some sermons [...]

Now that we’re slowly re-opening, our people want to get reacquainted. Which is great, but a bit time consuming. Turns out that ministering to real live people is different than just preaching [...]

It’s everything our kids are seeing and experiencing in their world right now: anger, frustration, fear… so how can we talk with our kids about this and help them understand how to respond? [...]

This weekend, both of our churches re-opened. Our people were thrilled, and we are exhausted. We talked about what went well and what didn’t. Tim offended people who stormed out of church. [...]

From our podcast network … you just can’t miss! Justin and Matthew from DYM’s Youth Ministry Hacks Podcast sit down with Theo Davis, who wrote a very helpful blog post on the [...]

It has been a WILD week, and the events in Minnesota and around the country made it evident that we are in need of some tough conversations. We talked about the changes we are going through as [...]

Researchers have finally come to a consensus about the effects of screen time on the mental health of young people, and the overwhelming majority of them agree on two things… and if you have a [...]

Re-opening, or re-gathering is complicated. Way more complicated than closing the doors and moving online. When do you re-gather, what is your capacity, can kids come? This is what we’re all [...]