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Your Letter of Call
No more recruiting people for programs. Call them for ministry! “I am JUST a VOLUNTEER.” How many times have people said that? No more “Justing!” allowed. No more volunteering allowed! You are the front lines of ministry. Jesus becomes real when real people like you live, wonder, struggle, talk about, and encourage faith are personally […]
Read MoreFOR PARENTS: 10+ QUESTIONS
TO ASK YOUR YOUTH AFTER CAMP OR A TRIP by Lyle Griner, National Peer Ministry Leadership Director Don’t miss the next article! Sign up for E-News! (Permission to use and adapt for your local communications.) Dear Parents, After camp, mission trip, the gathering, an amazing excursion, What to ask? We all ask, “Was it […]
Read MoreFUNNEL PLANNING
Sign up for E-News! This is the easiest way to be aware of group dynamics and to intentionally plan for them. Every time you enter with your group imagine a funnel. Your job? Help people move through the funnel. Just because your last event took you to the bottom level of us and our don’t […]
Read MoreNEEDED
NEEDED People Who Know People (reprint this) You know people? Then we need you! You know people who you have fun with, who you study, play, text, compete, laugh, hang-out, sing, work and who you call family.You also know people, who struggle with life’s stuff! Often they are the same people. Maybe, you know someone […]
Read MoreYear End Evaluation
“The Vine” (Name of your Youth Ministry) I attend The Vine OCCASIONALLY 0…1…2….3…4…5 OFTEN I rate my overall experience at The Vine as a…LOW 0…1…2….3…4…5…6…7…8…9…10 HIGH What would bring your ratings closer to a “10?” How often do you invite others to come with you to The Vine?NEVER 0…1…2….3…4…5 OFTEN What would make The Vine […]
Read MoreWEEKLY YOUTH-LEAD YOUTH MINISTRY
by Lyle Griner © 2014 HOW TO READ THIS DOCUMENT The following are elements that have proven themselves in multiple settings. The intention is not to be prescriptive but to give you beginning points for forming your own growing youth led youth ministry! While the examples here talk about multiple small groups you maybe starting […]
Read MoreFour Listening Mirrors for Facilitators
Small groups, or as I refer to them “Candle Groups,” are places where the trust level goes up, the dividing walls come down. You can almost feel the warmth of the campfire as people freely share their stories and thoughts. This is the atmosphere you are creating. The task of the facilitator is not about […]
Read MoreStandup Five Minute PreMeeting
Our teen leaders are the best. They are well trained and they love to be present. BUT, they are still happy, crazy, rambunctious kids who love to see each other. Before any and all events, pull your leaders, whether two or twenty, into a standing circle. Highlight a couple of key thoughts for the program. […]
Read MoreBEST MISSION TRIP EVER
NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED! Don’t miss the next article! Sign up for E-News! ADAPT AND REPRINT THIS! (Add your information. We can be “Co-Writers!”) by Lyle Griner, National Peer Ministry Director Normally I ask you to sign up, pay the deposit, come to informational meetings, attend trainings, raise money, send notes to let you know final […]
Read MoreChurch. Where did they go?
Lyle Griner – my passion! Kids are either leading or leaving. (One of those often repeated, attention grabbing phrases packed with truth!) I have been in youth ministry my whole life. I would love to think that I have effectively touched the lives of a boat load of kids. I think I have, but I […]
Read MoreLeave the Church!
We Want You To Leave the Church! REPRINT THIS! Make it from you. That’s right. Go! Get out of here! (I can’t believe I just wrote that!) But here is why, “Out of here” is where people are. Our youth ministry is people ministry. Our youth ministry is about our youth learning to care, […]
Read MoreCandle Group Tip #1
(Permission to copy and send highlighted tip. Leave a comment!) *** Invite your group to gather in close. Dim the lights and light a candle. Maybe you have experienced the magic of the campfire; the smells, the glow of the embers, and especially the freedom to talk about anything and everything? As people stare into […]
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