Nearly 30 years ago, Gayla Cooper felt reluctant to spend even one day ministering to children in a Tijuana orphanage. However, after meeting a group of children from the orphanage, Gayla's heart was touched so...

Group Workcamps Foundation is a dynamic non-profit organization connecting youth with service opportunities in three effective ways: organized Workcamps focusing on home repair for the needy; "Week of Hope...

There's a wide cast of characters in your youth group—the sports aficionado, the class clown, the techy geek, the music lover and a myriad of others. They have plenty in common, too, such as their willing...

I thought I had gotten away with it. It was 9a.m., and the service was to start at 10:30. I woke up early to do my hair and find the perfect outfit. I was doing my makeup when the phone rang. My mom answered, s...

There's a powerful new movie in theaters about abused teens. Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire, is about a Harlem teen who is sexually abused by her dad and ignored by the rest of the world.Oprah ...

This six-week, small-group study for girls ages 12 and up challenges them to "give up restrictive eating, calorie counting, weighing and measuring, and other diet-like practices as you learn how to approach foo...

What do you do if you're help up at gunpoint and forced to relinquish your possessions? Well, if you're Jordan Anderson, you write a song and find a way to use that experience to minister to others.Two years ag...

Walt Mueller talks with YWJ editor Steve Rabey about "Youth Culture 101," narcissism, and the Apostle Paul's approach to culture in Acts 17. Walt writes the "Culture Watch" column for YouthWorker Journal. He is...

Steve Case has written five vignettes designed to involve youth in the church's Advent candle lighting services. Each vignette contains a creative "e-mail" representing a real or imaginary character from the Ch...

From Inside Girls' Ministry:Small groups are the heart of ministry to girls. That's the place where real ministry takes place. So how can you create a good small group? Here are five simple principles:1. Set th...