Jim Beckman explores the question of "student leadership". Should you have student leaders? If so, who should they be? How should you form them? And what should they be responsible for? His answers might surprise you.
BELONG
Tony Vasinda
Tony Vasinda speaks on the importance of being a safe space for youth and families from all walks of life. He challenges us to evaluate our ministries and who we are serving, what groups of people are underrepresented or not represented at all, and offers us a reminder that our mission is to love as Jesus did.
VOLUNTEER POSITIONS
ELLE AND KENNY CAMPBELL
Kenny and Elle Campbell (from Stuff You Can Use), help you evaluate the unique gifts and skills of your volunteers. They then outline and unpack 20 unique potential volunteer positions that cater to the specific skillsets of your volunteers.
Music in Ministry
Steven Joubert
Steven Joubert discusses the important role that music can play in your ministry. He explores how we can make music an integral part of youth ministry, not just an afterthought.
Pro Youth Ministry
Rich Curran
Rich Curran (from Parish Success Group), walks us through how to get your parish to be PRO youth ministry and (more importantly) what professional youth ministry looks like – whether you're a paid staff member or not.
All Inclusive
Lindsey West
Lindsey West (from Uniquely Catholic) helps us have the important conversation about how to change our mindset and our ministry to be more open to teens with all kinds of abilities and special needs.
Funding Your Mission
Matt Rice and Dylan Browning
Matt Rice (Founder and President of Ablaze Ministries) and Dylan Browning (Director of Development for Ablaze) discuss the importance of fundraising for your ministry and challenge us to rethink our asking strategy.
Gifted
Tony Vasinda
Tony Vasinda (cofounder of ProjectYM) talks about how we are all spiritually gifted and irreplaceable. Just like our physical DNA, we each have unique spiritual DNA, designed by God to used to serve Him and build the Kingdom.
No Perfect People Allowed
Michael and Crystal Marchand
Michael and Crystal focus on how to build a ministry that welcomes brokenness, encourages those we minister to (and with) to remove their masks, and highlights how God works through our brokenness to make us new!
Student Transitions
Michael and Crystal Marchand
Michael and Crystal talk you through the developmental phases teenagers go through from 12-22 and give practical insights on how each phase needs to be handled differently in your ministry.
Rooted in Prayer
Kalista Bartee
In this course, Kalista helps you develop strategies to intentionally incorporate and teach prayer in your ministry: with teens, with volunteers, and with parents.
Small Groups
Annie Grandell
Annie Grandell (from YDisciple) breaks open the strategy of small group ministry. She outlines the process of building an effective small group ministry!
Teach It Better
Michael and Crystal Marchand
Learn valuable tried and tested tools to plan and give your best teaching. Michael and Crystal walk you through the strategy, the art, the elements, and the methods of how to teach your content better.
Creating A Culture
SARAH KACZMAREK, ERIC GALLAGHER, JOHN BEAULIEU, AND MARCEL LEJEUNE
Learn how to build the culture of your ministry to be centered around prayer, evangelization, discernment, and discipleship.
Habit Check
Michael and Crystal Marchand
Take a look at the habits that we often develop as ministry leaders: Which ones are healthy and vital? Which ones are unhealthy and need to be dropped? Which ones are we missing?
Balancing Act
Michael and Crystal Marchand
Michael and Crystal break open how you and your ministry need to be intentional about finding balance between the seemingly contradictory traits.
Recruitment Engine
Tony Vasinda
Tony Vasinda unfolds the best way to recruit more volunteers for your ministry. He challenges you to look at your team, evaluate your needs, and make a plan to grow a healthy, thriving volunteer team
Parent Relationships
Michael Marchand and Tony Vasinda
Tony and Michael walk you through how parents view us in our ministry, tools and tips to support parents along the way, and how to equip parents to form their teens.
Balancing Act
Chris Wesley
Chris Wesley (from Marathon Youth Ministry) helps you answer three important questions: Why does your ministry exist? What does your ministry do? How do you put it all together and get to where you want your ministry to go?
Fired Up
Michael Marchand, Crystal Marchand, and Tony Vasinda
This course explores the often neglected (but essential) step of how to get everyone fired up about your ministry – parents, teens, volunteers, and even your pastor!
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