by Michael Marchand | Sep 11, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Inspiration, Top
Back in January of 2006, I was coasting through my last semester of college. Everything was all set: I’d graduate in May and get married in August, but there was one big issue… I didn’t have a job lined up. I was home for winter break when I got an...
by Michael Marchand | May 29, 2018 | Discipleship, Featured, Inspiration, Methodology
There’s a lot of great videos out there for youth ministers – including ones that we’ve created. But this video from Roy Petitfils might be the most important and impactful video a youth minister will ever watch. Drawing from his own experience as a young...
by Michael Marchand | Mar 1, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Leadership
In 1991, Vanilla Ice turned over his autobiography to a ghostwriter because he didn’t “know all the certain words to word it”. What his ghostwriter (Tommy Quon) wrote was not Vanilla’s lifestory but rather a fairy tale created to give Vanilla...
by Michael Marchand | Oct 17, 2017 | Culture, Featured, Front Page, Inspiration, Top
Chances are your social media feeds are flooded with two words this week: Me too. Those two words have taken on a new meaning. And many of us, myself included, are left wondering how to respond. I humbly offer these three suggestions. If you have more, please share...
by Michael Marchand | Oct 4, 2017 | Featured, Front Page, Leadership
One of the most important decisions you need to make in your ministry is your choice of names. Names for the youth ministry as a whole. Names for special groups/teams in your ministry. Names for weekly programs and special events. So how do you choose those names? For...
by Michael Marchand | Sep 12, 2017 | Leadership
BASED ON AN ARTICLE ORIGINALLY WRITTEN BY JOHN RINALDO Building a solid team of volunteers starts with you, the leader. The truth is: Amazing leaders attract amazing volunteers, and lousy leaders attract lousy volunteers. So the question we should start with is...
