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Today is Veteran's Day, a time to remember all of the men and women who have served our country. And yesterday was the 241st birthday of the United States Marine Corps. Once upon a time, Andy Blanks served in the Marines. He passes along a few leadership tips from the USMC that will help you think about how you lead your youth ministry.

ym360 Contributor Richard Parker thinks it's high time we took off the training wheels.

Flashback Friday is your weekly run-down of the best youth ministry blog posts from across the Internet.

ym360 Contributor Justin Herman writes a post on how to make sure you're connecting with disconnected students

Andy Blanks writes about the idea of ownership and what you could do to increase it in your students.

A run-down of all the awesome posts from the past week in the youth ministry blog world.

ym360 Contributor Tom Pounder writes a post about the importance of planting spiritual seeds in our students' lives.

ym360 contributor Aaron Shaver writes an article explaining the "why's" and "how's" of cultivating student leaders

New ym360 contributor Tom Pounder writes a great post on how we think about identifying, training, and replacing student leaders.

An article by Ben Birdsong examining how developing student leaders helps create ownership in your youth ministry

Are your students being influenced by the world? Or are they influencers?