This week we have asked 3 on the ground youth ministry practitioners for their advice and wisdom on how they engage parents in their student ministries and churches. "This can be tricky because I have parents who are active in ...
Dr. Andrew Zirschky Andrew has more than 20 years of congregational youth ministry experience and holds an M.Div. and Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary. He is the author of Beyond the Screen: Youth Ministry for the Connected but Alone Generation ...
Innovation enacted with intention can transform people’s lives. Consider an example from the medical field: In the early 1990s laparoscopic surgery became commonplace and today accounts for the majority of abdominal surgeries, generally resulting in shorter recovery times, reduced pain, ...
In a recent church staff meeting, I found myself pleading for worship moments that model the faith for parents, youth, and children. We have a generation of parents who are highly invested in their children's lives, especially their academics and ...
Editor's Note: This is the second in a two-part series. Click here to read Part 1. These approaches to parental involvement were discussed and developed at CYMT's Preparing Parents for Spiritual Leadership Summit in May 2012. by Andrew Zirschky Involving ...
Editor's Note: This is Part 1 of a two-part series. Click here to read Part 2. These approaches to parental involvement were discussed and developed at CYMT's Preparing Parents for Spiritual Leadership Summit in May 2012. by Andrew Zirschky Involving ...
Editor's Note: This article was adapted from Jim Hancock's presentation at the CYMT Summit—Equipping Parents for Spiritual Leadership in May 2012. Jim is the author of numerous youth ministry books and resources including Raising Adults. For most youth ministers, the idea of ...
Note: This is a sample of the Parents Guide in Hollow Faith: How Andy Griffith, Facebook, and the American Dream neutered the Gospel (Un)Becoming the Center of the Universe ...
by Hank Hilliard I was having a great conversation with two parents whose kids had come to a youth event the previous night. I was enjoying seeing how energized these parents were about their kids’ involvement in the ministry. Suddenly, ...
Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from It Happens: True Tales from the Trenches of Youth Ministry, edited by Will Penner. ...
The church faces the same issue as many public schools: Who helps with the homework when the student goes home? How much of it gets lost or forgotten by the next day of school because there is no reinforcement within ...
by Stephen Ingram We have moved into a new age in student ministry. Working with parents—long seen in youth ministry as a nice addition to our programs—now might need to become the central way we understand our students' spirituality and ...
