Students are looking for more than food when they come to an event. Pizza and games are good, discipleship is better.

Put a 9-year-old girl in front of a mirror and ask her to describe herself. Her description most likely will be limited to two categories: physical characteristics she sees ("I have black hair and green eyes. I...

We can't make the relationships happen, but we can create environments where God can draw people together for those lifelong friendships to be created.

I am an Episcopalian through and through: smells, bells and “Father Son and Holy Spirit.” I am an Episcopalian to the core. I was raised in this odd cross between Catholicism and Protestantism, a preacher�...

Sometimes you see change coming. Maybe your group has been morphing in size, and it's about time to do something about whether middle school and high school students will meet together or separately. It could ...

pressed them, “And how about you? Who do you say I am?” Simon Peter said, “You’re the Christ, the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” Jesus came back, “God bless you, Simon, son of Jonah! You didn...

The human heart wants to avoid pain and loss. What if pain and loss were opportunities for fruitful discipleship and spiritual formation in the lives of kids and their families?

I decided to give up Bible teaching and teach wrestling instead. It began a few years ago, during a Wednesday night small group, when one of my eighth grade girls decided it was time for her to share that s...

8 Ideas you can use right now to moving teens from chair sitters to leaders.

Youth Ministry is tough, so, gather every nice thing someone has said to you and make a file out of it.