By Karen Jones The Big Trip Question- To Send Him Home or Not to Send Him Home? I was just completing my first year at the large, affluent, urban church. As is often the case when following a much-loved former youth ...

by Steph Dodge We had just welcomed a new class of seventh graders into our youth ministry when a mother contacted me to let me know that her son, Kevin, would not be attending our youth group but was instead ...

by Erin Hicks I want to share two things that led to me write this article: On Twitter recently, I noticed that Harriet Tubman was trending. After clicking on the trend to read some of the tweets, I saw that ...

by Mike Langford Hearing sermons that deal with contexts and concerns of other members of the community will help adolescents to realize that they are part of a larger Body, a realization that is key if they are to remain ...

by Mike Langford We've heard it. We've said it. And when we were teenagers, we lived it. Adolescence is really hard. Adolescence is not hard merely because of the particular cognitive, social, ideological, cultural, and physical challenges faced during that ...

Is mission only an adjective at your church?  Seems like the only use or understanding of the word mission is to preceed other words: Mission Statement Mission Team Mission Budget Mission Trip Mission is used throughout our culture to mean ...