What’s your new year looking like? For one church, it’s a return to the physical building. Here’s how youth minister Miriam McKenney created a plan for maximum safety and fun in a big pop-up tent.
Youth Ministry 2021: The Comeback Read Post »
What do we do when we can’t be together in person? Miriam shares how her youth group stays socially and spiritually connected while physically distant from one another.
Keeping our community: spiritual connection and physical distance Read Post »
What happens when a youth group reads the Book of John for The Good Book Club? It’s hectic, chaotic, and perfect.
Chaos and the Book of John: The Good Book Club and My Beloved Youth Group Read Post »
Last Sunday, my youth group blessed themselves and each other when they set summer goals.
As a teen, my stomach sank whenever I boarded a plane. I wasn’t scared to fly, I was nervous about sharing the gospel with my seatmate. What could be more awkward than cornering the total stranger trapped next to you to inquire about their eternal destiny? Yet that’s what my evangelical preachers told me to do on flights.
How to Save Teenagers for Eternity in Three Easy Steps Read Post »
Are you practice The Way of Love? Read about Bishop Curry’s call to us to follow the seven principles of The Way of Love: Turn, Learn, Pray, Worship, Bess, Go, and Rest and see how one youth group begins their journey on The Way.
Following the Way of Love with Youth Read Post »
A few weeks ago, my youth group joined Southern Ohio’s Diocesan Big Read, where we all read Exodus in community. What would my youth group think of my plan to have Bible study each week? Would extra snacks help? Here’s what happened.
My youth group is reading Exodus. They not-so-secretly like it. Read Post »
“How did I get here?” I thought. “More importantly, how do I get out?”
Hiking our way: rebuilding our church’s youth group Read Post »
I asked our church’s youth what mattered to them.
What Do Teens Want from Church? Read Post »