Coming Clean

Seth Haines and Shauna Niequist Zondervan, 2015, 224 pp., $11.72 Seth Haines knows pain and suffering. Watching his youngest son suffer from a rare disease led him into a downward spiral of alcoholism. Ha...

Christmas by Number

Create index cards (numbered 1-4) with one number on each card. Invite everyone in the youth group to draw an index card from the pile. According to numbers, respective youth then will share Christmas memories ...
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Overcoming the Fundraiser Woes

Every youth leader understands the meaning of the fundraiser woes. You know—it's that phenomenon that wrests your focus away from ministry and leads to inundation in fundraising. After you've been thr...

Devo: Observing the Landscape of Ministry

Some months ago, during a weekend trip to Michigan, my wife and I drove across the Old Mission Peninsula, a narrow strip of land approximately 10 miles long. This beautiful peninsula was extraordinary for t...