Maximize your youth group’s social media influence

Maximize your youth group’s social media influence

I love social media. If used responsibly,  it can be an incredible tool for ministry. Here’s 3 reasons why: 1. This is where students are. 5 years ago students were at the mall (or some physical place where teens congregated). Now they are online. Wherever they go, so goes their phone. Meeting students where they [...]

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7 Ways to Use Your iPad at Your Gatherings

7 Ways to Use Your iPad at Your Gatherings

I’ve never been as impressed with my iPad as I was this past weekend. I had two major gatherings that I was the point person on: 1) our weekly worship gathering, and 2) a missions team meeting. My iPad was able to control the entire programmatic elements of each night. It was hot. Here’s how [...]

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My Top 5 Youth Ministry Websites

My Top 5 Youth Ministry Websites

There is an abundance of resources online for youth workers nowadays. Currently here are my top 5 websites that I visit most often (in no particular order): 1. Youth Leader Stash: There is always lots of fun and creative content getting posted here. I especially like Mondays when the best YouTube videos of the week are [...]

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Video Conferencing: Move over Skype and Google Hangouts

Video Conferencing: Move over Skype and Google Hangouts

Time is one of the most valuable resources that we have as youth pastors. One way to quickly cut down on wasted time in your schedule is to move your meetings online instead of in person. I concede that sometimes face-to-face meetings are the best option. However, I often find myself driving for 30 minutes [...]

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Featured iPad App: Bible Gateway

Featured iPad App: Bible Gateway

It’s hard to come across someone in ministry who doesn’t use Bible Gateway. It’s a great resource for study, translation comparison, devotionals, reading plans…etc. The only thing lacking was the Bible Gateway app…until now! A new app for the iPad was just released that functions well and looks great (iPhone and Android apps are in [...]

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Wufoo Series: Smart Spreadsheets

Wufoo Series: Smart Spreadsheets

One of the biggest time-busters of running a retreat/missions trip/camp is organizing all of the participants info. It usually goes something like this: Step #1: Collect registrant info. This usually entails collecting paper forms which – by the time it reaches your desk – are folded 7 ways from Sunday, have energy drink stains or [...]

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Wufoo Series: Why I Switched to Online Registrations

Wufoo Series: Why I Switched to Online Registrations

This is part 3 of on ongoing series on the Wufoo web application. Click here to view our 1st and 2nd post.  – If you’re in youth ministry chances are you organize 2-5 overnight events (camps, retreats, missions trips) every year.  The traditional administrative method to organize these events can be nothing short of a [...]

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My Fave Mass Text Messaging Solution

My Fave Mass Text Messaging Solution

Teens text a lot. Their phones are always in their hands, pockets and…bras (don’t ask me why!). That means it’s a powerful medium to communicate things about your youth ministry. But how do you effectively text message 20-1000 students a message at one time? Answer: use a mass text program. The real problem is figuring [...]

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