It seems everything is online now-a-days. The internet is pretty much single handedly overseeing the demise of the yellow pages, the postal service and the Christmas family update letter. We ...
Tom is 19 years old. He attends an independent church in Emsworth but until he was 16 he attended the Anglican Church local to where he lived. He was baptised ...
Have you ever had anyone manage you or who was your boss who left a really significant impact on your life? I’m currently on my third internship, each one ...
In March 2012, the Independent newspaper published an analysis of records from every international 100m track event since 1888. This review, carried out by Sheffield Hallam university, said that Usain ...
So you’re a youth leader, it’s Friday night and out of the blue, one of your guys come up to you and says with the most serious face you have ...
With 73% of Christian students not engaging with church at uni sending young people off well is vital but so often overlooked. A youth worker’s remit may end at 18 ...
Volunteer Agreements, Ministry Conditions, Volunteer Contracts, Ministry Role Description… call them what you like. They may sound formal but they can bring numerous positive qualities to your youth ministry, your volunteers and your ...
Trips can be a really fruitful time in youth ministry. You can make leaps and bounds in getting to know your young people by traveling to a place together, joining ...
Whether your church employs a small army of full time youth workers or you co-ordinate the work with teenagers in your spare time, experience has taught me that volunteers are ...
1. Write an Agenda The more work you can do before the meeting, the wider impact it will make. Plan an agenda for the meeting listing all the things you ...
Risk assessments. No other combination of words in the English Dictionary can make a youth worker roll their eyes with such frustrated gusto. However, the majority of infuriation directed towards ...
In ‘Axiom,’ his fantastic book on leadership, Willow creek pastor, Bill Hybels, talks about a 6×6 execution. If you were to only focus on 6 tasks over the next 6 ...
I have worked in full time Christian work since September 1999. In that time I have seen different ways with how people manage their time. Most of the time, people ...
In this book, leadership guru John C. Maxwell draws on his personal experience to bring you 17 well learned lessons in what successful teams looks like. Maxwell in ...
In today’s society, it seems there are a million and one ways to communicate. Facebook, Texting, MSN, Email, BBM, Skype etc are just some of the ways which we can ...
If you’re anything like me, whenever I have a spare 3 minutes with nothing to-do, I whip out my phone and check whatever it is that there is to check. ...
It seems there are 1001 notes that we need to take every single day as youth leaders. Who is coming on the bowling trip? What do the 11-14′s group want ...
It has often been said “Without vision people Perish.” Regardless whether you attribute this back to Proverbs 29:18, it is still very wise saying. We all can have days where ...
So you want to run a successful youth club… First off, let me say that you are simply awesome! Well I’m assuming you are, because if you are ...
The Bank of Trust is a leadership tool which can be used to great effect, but also manipulated and used negatively. Either way, it is a extremely effective technique for ...
There is no doubt in my mind that those who read this book will see phenomenal growth in their leadership. Personally, I learnt more about leadership ...
Often in youthwork, you can have a to-do list longer than the aisle of your church! I used to keep mine on bits of paper which were then stuffed into ...
Good things come to those who wait, or so Guinness tells us… but the more experienced I become in ministry the more I appreciate the power of process. We live ...
As a manager of volunteers, I have often succumbed to the thought that it would be so much easier to have paid members of staff, who you could offer reward ...
When I was in the very early stage of developing my leadership gifts, I went on a course with Youth for Christ called, ‘The Missional Leadership Scheme.’ It was a ...
This short and accessible guide helps churches through the whole process of researching, planning and making an appointment. It also considers how volunteers might be best used and supported ...
We have all heard the phrase ‘carrot and stick’ which is used to distinguish between positive forms of motivation and negative forms of motivation. I personally believe the carrot is ...
I have experienced some of the most fulfilling and challenging moments in my life whilst in management. I managed a team of 7 youth workers, some paid and some voluntary. ...
Agreed, listening isn’t the first quality you may think of when it comes to leadership, however leaders who listen go a lot further than leaders who don’t. Before I explain ...
Ever been overwhelmed by your to-do list? Felt like it’s a mountain that you don’t know how to start climbing? How’s this for a technique? Everything you see there will ...
There are few people in this world who loved eating Brussel sprouts when growing up. In fact many of us would have been told to ‘eat your sprouts’ many times. ...
