Supercharge your volunteer training
Volunteers don’t just show up on your doorstep fully prepared to handle all that student ministry will throw at them. Most of the time, their hearts are right but they need to be trained. It is your job to take their passion and form them into great volunteers.
Simply Scary Savings
I LOVE the Simply Youth Ministry Conference. Yes, the training is awesome. The worship is off the charts. The fellowship is tremendous. But the best part is how each year I come away from it more in love with Jesus, more in love with my teens, and more fulfilled about my calling.
What the church communicates as important
If you’ve worked with teens in church for any length of time, perhaps you’ve heard someone say they following to you… “Those teens keep talking during church!” “They were passing notes during the sermon!” “Can’t you get those teens to come in from the foyer and sit in the pews?” “Did you see how those
Amazing Fruit Smash
This isn’t so much a game as something amazingly fun and stupid to do. You will make a mess, and you will have a fun time. What you need Baseball bat Goggles Smash-able fruits and veggies Tomatoes Watermelon Squash Bananas Peaches How to Play One person throws the fruit, one person hits the fruit. It
Book Review: Sifted
Have you ever contemplated the following words of Jesus in Luke 22:31-32, where Jesus says to Peter – Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded permission to sift you like wheat; but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail; and you, when once you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.” “Sifted: God’s
Guest Posts Wanted
I will be on my first real vacation in over two years next week, and I am looking for 5-10 guest posts to help fill this space. I’m looking for a wide variety of contributors. If you’re interested, please submit your guest post by Friday at noon. Email them to me at bill@billnance.org.
Here’s to the Crazy Ones of Youth Ministry
"Here’s to the Crazy Ones. The misfits. The rebels. The trouble-makers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status-quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify, or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do