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"The best engine for a successful, thriving youth ministry is a strong kid’s ministry. What happens if you have a strong kid’s ministry but you don’t nail the transition from kid’s ministry to student ministry? How do you make sure you’re prepared? And then, on the other side of youth ministry, there are students dropping out of church at an alarming rate, and this is even for students who are regularly committed to their church during youth group and during their middle school and early high school days. What is behind that? 

This two-session masterclass will dig into each side of the critical transitions that have to be successfully navigated in youth ministry. It will provide you with several ideas, tips, and tricks to help you nail the transition from kid’s ministry into student ministry and help you discover ways you can we help students take meaningful steps into college while also keeping them connected to the church and to their faith."

Ministry comes with many weighty responsibilities. Ministry leaders are called to teach, serve, and lead. But in leading those under their care, there comes a moment when they recognize the future leaders under their leadership. With this recognition comes an all too familiar question: What comes next?

In Calling Out the Called, Scott Pace and Shane Pruitt answer this question by giving direction, encouragement, and a charge for ministry leaders to recognize the future leaders in their midst and do what needs to be done for the future of ministry: the calling out of the called.

Around the world, there are over 1 million lost or unclaimed bags each year. Using luggage as a metaphor for our lives in this busy world, we learn that unlike all of those lost bags, we are unique and identifiable to our Heavenly Father. Although at times we may feel damaged, lost, or forgotten, we serve a God who knows us intimately and we are His prized possession. 

Length: 3:28 | Format: 1920 x 1080 MP4

Eden is a college student who lost her dad to illness while she was just 18 years old. Overcoming the pain and loss by trusting in the Lord and seeking Him has allowed her to carry on his ministry efforts, spreading the Gospel and sharing that Christ is enough, no matter what.

Length: 5:48 | Format: 1920 x 1080 MP4

The Welcome to High School: Guys Bundle includes two powerful devotional experiences to help your students grow in their study of God's Word.

The Welcome to High School: Girls Bundle includes two powerful devotional experiences to help your students grow in their study of God's Word.

The Welcome to Middle School: Guys Bundle includes two powerful devotional experiences to help your students grow in their study of God's Word.

I once heard it said that when you get to the end of your time in ministry, you want the people who know you the best to love and respect you the most. How are you doing with that? If our spouse and our kids are our first and most important ministry, are we honoring the Lord with our time and our attention to them? In this one-session Masterclass, I want to give you ten tips to consider that can help you to do great ministry while being a great spouse and a great parent.

Hierarchical, coercive leadership should have no place in the church. But if we move away from those unbiblical (and ineffective) forms of power-based leadership, we still need to lead. In Leading Without Power, Mark Oestreicher explores—in very pragmatic ways—what it might look like for us to replace power-based leadership modalities with other approaches.

What do I do when a teenager comes out to me? How do I respond in a way that’s helpful rather than creating additional problems? 

Engaging and deeply relevant, 4 Views on Pastoring LGBTQ Teenagers is a frank and compassionate conversation with four in-the-trenches youth workers who have wrestled with these questions and strengthened their ministries as a result. In fact, it’s out of real-life experience with gay, bisexual, cisgender, transgender, queer, or questioning teens in their own youth groups that these youth workers are able to offer up their approaches—approaches which are then not theoretical at all, but practical and born of relational, everyday ministry. 

Will you find all the answers in this book? No. Look elsewhere for theological debate; look elsewhere for pat, one-size-fits-all methodologies. Youth ministry is often messy and complex, but it’s a divine calling to connect every youth with Jesus: straight, gay, bi, cisgender, trans, queer, or questioning.

Three years into Kendall’s job as the youth pastor of Grace church, many things are going really well: Kids are connecting and growing. She’s built a solid team of adult leaders. She and her husband love their home, city, and friends. But when Kendall is blindsided by her unsupportive senior pastor, who once again takes the side of a wealthy parent over Kendall’s, it’s the impetus she needs to start reconsidering her future. Is it time for Kendall to move on? And if she does look for a role at a new church, how can she be sure it will be a better fit than this one? 

With this fiction debut, veteran youth worker Jen Bradbury’s novel explores the process of living in to your calling, listening to the voice of God, and continually asking the question, What does the right fit look like, and how do you know when you’ve found it?

The amazing Cavett teaches us how to remove a tooth. 

Length: 1:30 | Format: 1920 x 1080 MP4

Donnie always wanted to work on race cars. He received the opportunity of a lifetime when he was hired by Hendrick Motorsports on their racing team. But, God had something different in store. Donnie felt a calling on his life to serve as chaplain for Hendrick Motorsports, helping to build others up, instead of building cars. Donnie’s obedience and surrender led to a dramatic life change and altered the course of his life. 

Length: 6:34 | Format: 1920 x 1080 MP4

As youth workers, we are in a tough spot these days. On the one hand, we're finding that teenagers who have little to no church background and Bible literacy tend to be hyper tolerant of all religious views except for Christianity. On the other hand, students who grew up in the church and have heard all of the right answers are still struggling to articulate their beliefs and live them out day to day.

When these two realities combine in youth ministry, they can make teaching teenagers about spiritual things an infuriating experience. It can feel like you're banging your head against a brick wall. So maybe it s time we try something different when it comes to teaching theology to our students.Maybe it’s time we shift from being a content dispenser to a conversation cultivator. Maybe it's time we stop treating teenagers like consumers and instead start creating learning environments that lead to faith exploration and ownership.

As youth workers and ministry leaders, we’re all trying to get better at making disciples. Maybe some of the answers to our questions about discipleship can be found by looking back at the Jewish roots of our faith—the very roots that produced our Master and Messiah, Jesus. But how can we say that we know about Jesus and His methods of making disciples if we haven't taken the time to gain a deeper understanding of the cultural way of life that surrounded Him? To know how Jesus did discipleship, we need a strong grasp of the ideas, practices, and beliefs surrounding the Jewish people of the first century. This live training event with author and youth worker Heather Quiroz will help you get to know Jesus from within His first-century setting and apply his disciple-making methods as you lead in youth ministry.

Using a tandem bicycle as a metaphor for the Christian life, Jackson breaks down the meaning of life by reminding us that Jesus should sit in the front, guiding us where we need to go. 

Length: 2:43 | Format: 1920 x 1080 MP4

Jess grew up without an understanding of God or the church. She married a young soldier named Tell and when he died in service in Iraq, Jess was forced to face life alone. Her salvation story unfolds as the Lord drew her near to Himself using a chance meeting with another soldier who was with Tell when he died.

Length: 7:18 | Format: 1920 x 1080 MP4

Recruiting volunteers isn't seasonal; it's constant! Or, at least, it should be. Let me share with you three tips that our ministry uses to successfully recruit our volunteers.

Recruiting and developing ministry volunteers is an essential part of leading in youth ministry. As youth workers, we often spend so much time and effort trying to get people to say "yes" to serving that we don't spend the time required to make sure they understand how to be successful in their serving role. This is especially true when it comes to our small group leaders or Sunday School teachers. So, what are the top three things your volunteer leaders need to understand? As you think about it, let me share mine with you.

Teenage girls area lot—in the best way. Complex, dramatic, thoughtful, generous, smart, frustrating, energetic, and ever-changing. This is because the teen years are marked by major shifts and growth, making them an ideal time to mentor girls toward a sustained, enduring faith.This is no small task, but it’s familiar territory for Katie Edwards, a long time youth worker, parent, and a former teen girl herself. She’s written Disciplemaking with Girls as a resource for the dedicated, caring adults ready to come alongside girls, build meaningful relationships, and pass down the ways of Jesus to the next generation.

Yao grew up as a highly educated woman in China thinking that believing in science and believing in God cannot coexist. She shares her journey of discovering that they can.  

Length: 5:45 | Format: 1920 x 1080 MP4