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You want your students to experience the togetherness and the life-change of a DNow. But, isolation recommendations and quarantine rules have made this nearly impossible. That is where Virtual DNow comes in. This is a free, downloadable guide designed to give you the tools, tips, and "how-to" to move your canceled DNow to an ALL-DIGITAL EVENT.

25 Rec Ideas for Youth Ministry Summer Camp is a free downloadable e-Book containing 25 simple game ideas to make rec at your next event the best ever!

These three devotions for students focus on the question "What is God's mission?" and helps them see that we can't be on mission with God unless our heart is in the right place.

This free downloadable guide will provide a few encouragements to help you overcome the frustration and disappointment of a low-attendance digital gathering, along with a few tips on how you can add additional students to your digital gatherings.

This season of ministry has been a scramble. While scrambling is certainly necessary, it allows opportunities for mistakes to squeeze their way into our daily routines. Five mistakes, in particular, have stood out to all of us at YM360, and we wanted to make you aware of them because you've probably already made a few of these yourself. (Which is ok!)

Praise the Lord; we are all beginning to see glimpses of the light at the end of this dark and isolated tunnel of quarantine. We believe that there are SEVEN crucial things that you cannot forget to do when you get the opportunity to return to a face-to-face model of gathering with your students, available in a free downloadable guide.

2020 has provided immense obstacles that will not only change the direction of our student ministries but our entire world. A global pandemic wasn’t on anyone’s radar. Here are few reasons, in a free downloadable eBook, why it’s ok to cancel camp this year.

Bible Study Curriculum by YM360 and Zoom are the perfect pair. With an articulated strategy, you can combine these two powerful tools to ensure that your students continue to be affected by the Gospel, and grow closer to Christ, even during COVID-19.

Life-Changing Love is designed for your students' hearts to be gripped by the richness and depth of Christ's love for us using Ephesians 1:15-23.

Download a free 22 page eBook (PDF) that explains six discipleship traits, shows how Scripture supports them, and challenges you to consider how effective your youth ministry is at seeing these traits realized in the lives of your students.

Reversing Course: Learning to Follow God is a free Bible study lesson that will help students identify what running away from God looks like and how to move toward living out God's will in their lives.

The New You: Putting on Your New Self is a free Bible study that will help your students see that they are a "new person" in Christ and help them commit to embracing God's call to righteousness and holiness.

Occasionally, we'll be asked to teach youth ministry classes on the ins and outs of writing Bible study curriculum/lesson plans. As a result, we decided to take the content from these classes and turn it into a short e-booklet for youth workers.

Unwavering: Praying Dependent Prayers Consistently is a free Bible study lesson that will teach your students that God wants us to acknowledge our dependence on Him through consistent prayers.

Download 3 free daily devotions designed to be used by students after seeing God's Not Dead 2.

Your Story Matters is a free evangelism tool that will help your students craft their testimony and gain confidence in sharing their story.

The Run the Race Discussion Guide is a free resource that will equip leaders to connect the themes presented in Run the Race with themes we find in Scripture.

Changing Thankfulness is a free Bible study lesson that will help students understand how offering thanks to God changed through the Bible and what that means as they look for ways to offer their thanks to God.

Expressing Thanks is a free Bible study lesson that will help students discover how three people in the Bible responded with thanks to the blessings of God, and lead students to identify ways they can be more thankful in their day-to-day lives.

Thankful in All Things is a free Bible study lesson that will help students understand that a thankful heart involves more than just words and thoughts; it's a spiritual attitude that develops when we learn to give God thanks for all things.

Download four free Thanksgiving-themed games you can add to any Bible study lesson or youth ministry gathering.

What's Included? PDF with 4 game instructions

At a time when we are mindful of all we have, the proper response to God's blessings is to praise Him for the favor He has showed us, and the great things He has done in our lives.

The Gift That Changes Everything is a free Bible study lesson that will help students discover that one of the greatest reasons we celebrate the birth of Christ is because of the change that Jesus brought in how people relate to God.

The (Giving) Spirit of Christmas is a free Bible study lesson that will help students understand that Christmas is more about a spirit of giving than receiving, and that this concept goes way beyond gifts.

Vantage Point is a free Bible study lesson designed so that your students would accept the responsibility of being faithful witnesses of Christ's to those whom they encounter in their world.

Small Things: A Christmas Story is a free Bible study lesson that will help your students see who and what God values by looking at the Christmas narrative from a big-picture perspective.

These free Christmas games are an awesome way to kick off your small or large group gathering or to play at your youth group Christmas party.

The purpose of these free devotions is to help students recreate the importance and power of the Christmas story.

The purpose of these devotions is to help students identify characteristics displayed by characters in the Christmas narrative, and challenge them to apply these in their lives.

The Big Picture is a free Bible study lesson that will challenge your students to fully grasp the impact Christ's resurrection has had on their lives.

The Thread of Love is a free Bible study lesson that will help students see how God wove a thread of redeeming love through the Bible, culminating with the greatest expression of love, Jesus’ death and resurrection.

An Easter Encounter is a free Bible study that will challenge your students to remember why Jesus did what He did and what was accomplished through His sacrifice, and to formulate a response to Jesus' death and resurrection.

These FREE Easter Devotions help teens get prepared for Easter by looking at a chronological view of the events surrounding Jesus' last days on earth. They will help your teens prepare their hearts and minds to celebrate Christ's resurrection.