Your ministry needs a maintenance calendar just like your car does.  When you buy a new car, it comes with a reminder list with things like: Oil change every 3,000 miles Tune up at 60,000 and 120,000 miles Change wiper ...

You've planned an amazing white water rafting trip for your youth group. You've written every devotional, laid out every game, ice breaker, and small group activity. You found a great rafting company that will take care of all the logistics. ...

Editor's Note: The following article is a summary of material presented at the Center for Youth Ministry Training's conference From Txt2Speech: Proclaiming scripture to youth in a digital age, held Nov. 30 - Dec. 2, 2012 in Nashville, Tenn. by ...