Reaching Families . . . with a Plan
So many activities are available for children to do throughout the year, and some parents involve their kids in all of them. Other parents, though, are looking for affordable, wholesome family fun that does not involve a lot of commitment. This is where the church can stand in the gap.
Youth: Youth Leaders Get a Summer Vacation?
For a lot of youth pastors across the nation, summer is one long sprint. Children are free from school-year commitments, and many pastors and youth leaders pounce on the opportunity. It’s go time. However, while everyone else may be enjoying summer vacations, for many youth workers the busyness tends to pick up. Amusement parks, missions [...]
Theology Books for Kids
Andy and Jennifer Naselli recently reviewed theology books for younger children. Their reviews can be found
YOUTH: The Greatest Teacher I Have Ever Known
Here is an article that one of our contributors sent to me. It fits well with our current theme of parents being the primary spiritual teachers of their children. The Greatest Teacher I Have Ever Known By Rob Seyler While I was in high school I had a teacher named Leonard who taught me more than [...]
YOUTH: The Fire
In taking a little break from our look at parents and the youth ministry, I want to pass along a video that one of my students showed me. Nate Pfeil is speaking to “church people” in this video. He wants to stress how complacent some Christians view God, His holiness, and the standards in the way [...]
YOUTH: Dad, Mom, and You(th Ministry)
Just before Israel was to enter the Promised Land, the Holy Spirit inspired Moses to write a summation of many of the laws and commands that God had given them over the last 40 years. Just after repeating the Ten Commandments, Moses told the people what the greatest commandment was: Hear, O Israel: The Lord [...]
YOUTH: The Biggest Three Letter Word
The book industry is booming. However, as little as 10 years ago, the best-seller lists consisted primarily of novels and nonfiction for adults. Recently though that trend has started to change and the teen market for books has seen one of the biggest growth rates in recent years. Tween or young adult books are flying [...]
YOUTH: Leaving Before Arriving
Where does the youth group in your church start? More specifically, at what age? More than likely, you would say seventh grade, or maybe your church is following the recent school trend of middle grades. Maybe you’ve adopted fifth and sixth graders. However, you probably don’t think of your youth group as starting at two or [...]
YOUTH: Wasting Away the Summer
The following is a challenge I gave my teens when they were studying time management in Proverbs. Even though summer is half over, this may still be of some use. Every other week, I write a letter to the youth in my church that relates to something we’ve studied in-depth. In the future, I’ll occasionally [...]
YOUTH: Remembering the Creator?
In our early meetings in forming The Quest one of the topics that kept coming to the table was the issue of young Baptist leaders leaving the association and even their Baptist roots in general. Being a pastor to young people, I naturally gravitated from the “Why are they leaving?” to the “When are they [...]
