Identifying Student Leaders
“Imagine a large river with a high waterfall. At the bottom of this waterfall hundreds of people are working frantically trying to save those who have fallen into the river and have fallen down the waterfall, many of them drowning. As the… Read More
Suicide Prevention Month: 3 Things to Remember
Written by Brett Talley, an Orange Specialist, and Mandy Baldwin, a Licensed Counselor for Couples & Teens in Indianapolis, IN As you may have heard, the month of September is National Suicide Prevention Month. So, we want to take a few minutes… Read More
5 Vital Things Youth Workers Should Keep in Mind When Talking About Bullying
If you’ve spent any time in youth ministry over the last decade (if you’re reading this, chances are you have!), then you don’t need us to tell you that bullying is a hard-to-handle hot topic in the lives of most students. You’ve… Read More
Leading a Volunteer from a Fan to a Raving Fan
We all know that ministry would be next to impossible without amazing volunteers. And from what I’ve seen, most of the work in volunteerism and most of the questions that are asked about volunteers happen on the recruiting side. While that’s great… Read More
Why Influnsr?
Once upon a time there lived a pencil maker. Not just any pencil maker, mind you. The absolute, unequivocally greatest pencil maker in the history of pencils. His attention to minute detail was legendary. His ability to take a raw resource and… Read More
Pulling A Zero in Your Youth Ministry
By Jesse Criss, Fresh Ministry Consulting. Back in my early days of youth ministry, I pulled my very first zero—as in zero kids came to youth group. I had planned an event, bought supplies, advertised to students and parents, and then, no… Read More
5 Hacks for Using XP3 in a Small Church Context
By Cory Sullivan, Youth Pastor at Wheatland Community Church in Rush, NY When I hear the terms “small church” or “rural church,” a few things immediately come to mind: small attendance, limited volunteers, and a tiny (or non-existent) budget. There’s little time,… Read More
4 Ways to Keep Up with Student Culture
“The time will come when people will travel in stages moved by steam engines from one city to another, almost as fast as birds can fly, 15 or 20 miles an hour…” - Oliver Evans, 1755-1819. Remember the first time you experienced an… Read More
3 Ways to Utilize the XP3 Student Daily Devotionals
If you’re an XP3 partner, you know one of the components included with every series is a set of daily devotionals to share with your students. These short devotionals come with five days of content and Scripture images created to help your… Read More
Movies, High School, And Studying “The Nature of the Beast”
One morning in college, I showed up to my 9am class to find the lights low and the opening credits of a movie already rolling (I was part of the one-minute-after-is-still-on-time tribe). It was one of my education classes, and as the… Read More