Last week, I mentioned a study about Millennials and Spirituality and how only 15% of millennials are active in their faith. Mark Driscoll, pastor of Megachurch Mars Hill church in Seattle, recently commend on the study in USA Today. In the article, he said, …young people are committed to churches not built for them but [...]
If your ministry hasn’t quite reached the 21st century and doesn’t use a computerized form to register new students (described so wonderfully in this blog post), then you’ll need a form or card to get the vital information. If you don’t want to put one together yourself, here are a few that you can [...]
Great Ice Breakers It is hard to get teens who don’t know each other very well to feel comfortable quickly. I have found that a well timed (and well done) ice breaker game can get students talking, laughing, and learning about each other. When you know that you’ll have lots of new students or [...]
This video of the week is from the old show “Mr Bean.” Just think how visitors really feel when they don’t know our “traditions” – when to sit, when to stand, how to handle themselves. A bit ridiculous, so enjoy!
Hopefully your youth group has visitors. Whether they stumbled in off the streets or were invited by a friend, you need to have a plan in place on how to follow up with these visitors. If you do not follow up, you stand a good chance of not getting them to come back. By showing [...]
Every church I have ever attended, visited, or heard of has always described themselves as “A Friendly Church.” You hear things such as, “Oh we are so welcoming!” or “Everyone gives each other hugs and hand shakes!” When I hear people describe how they view their church, I often say, “Man, I want to attend [...]
Its been a while since I’ve done a “Theme Week” so I thought I’d do one for this upcoming week. I had some great response with my “How NOT to welcome visitors” that I thought I’d address how we do deal with visitors. Here is the tentative schedule for the week – Sunday – [...]
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