Let’s be real. Youth ministry can feel like a wild ride, and sometimes, trying to manage your budget can feel harder than herding cats. You’re juggling pizza boxes, putting out fires, trying to stretch that dollar, and keeping it all organized. Introducing the Youth Ministry Budget Template! This free template can be your best friend when it comes to tracking every dollar in your budget – from snacks to events and everything in between. Whether you’re trying to figure out how many Bibles you need for graduation or how much glitter you need for a girl’s event, we’ve got you covered. Plus, tracking and managing your budget will make your accounting team happy, and everyone knows that’s a positive! With this easy-to-use, downloadable template in Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets, you can keep your budget in check and ensure you’re managing your budget successfully. The best part of this template is it is FREE and able to be customized for your ministry as you begin planning the upcoming year.

We get it – you’re not just the youth ministry expert at your church; you’re also the unofficial, unpaid church video creator! So, why not treat yourself to something better than an overpriced Pumpkin Spice latte and let YM360 do your heavy lifting? This year, you won’t have to buy, create, or surf the internet for a countdown video. YM360 has you covered! We’re bringing you three 5-minute countdown videos and one 60-second countdown video for your ministry gatherings, and they all scream fall is here, and here’s the best part – they’re totally FREE! Not only are we giving you the fall countdown videos, but we’re also including a free 5-minute Christmas countdown video! Yep, that’s right! Christmas is just around the corner. So, here’s one less thing you need to buy for your Christmas gathering this year. Consider this an early Christmas gift from us to you!

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.

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.

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.

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

November’s Freebie Friday is three FREE five-minute countdown videos that you can use to kick off your next weekend service, mid-week gathering, parent meeting, leader training, fall retreat, or event with style.

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.

For December’s Freebie Friday, the YM360 elves have hopped down from their shelves and have been busy in the workshop building a new Christmas-themed upfront game that will have you and your students exclaiming, “Son of a nutcracker!”

You have been looking to change your students’ perception of Christmas. They are constantly surrounded by messages of what they can get, but not what they can give. In this free Bible study by YM360, you will be able to walk your student through Biblical examples of giving, and how it helps us share the Gospel with others during the Christmas season. Download this lesson plan now, and avoid another holiday filled with grumpy, self-absorbed teenagers! You can show your students that the Christmas spirit is one of giving as well as receiving!

During Christmas, your students are absorbed by holiday movies, decorations, and gifts. Don’t let them miss out on the Christmas Story. With this student devotional by YM360, you can provide your students with five devotionals that will fill their quiet time with the beauty of the Christmas Story. Download it now, and give your students something truly awesome!

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Do you want your students to share their faith this holiday season? Many students have trouble identifying opportunities to share the Gospel. Help them discover the different types of encounters that people have with Jesus in this lesson plan by YM360. By downloading this lesson, you can empower your students to share the Gospel with different types of people who desperately need to hear it!

Do your students need a set of devotionals, but you can’t find one that captures the fun of Christmas and the importance of Scripture? You should try YM360’s student devotionals. In 5 devotionals, your students will cover a variety of topics that will push your students to make connections beyond the Christmas season. Download today, and watch your students grow closer to Christ this holiday season!

While you were preparing some great Christmas content for your students, YM360 was preparing something for you! You deserve a great quiet time, and with this seven part devotional book designed specifically for youth workers, you can avoid some of that holiday burnout and be encouraged by this Christmas themed devotional! Download it now!

Are you looking to do something a little different this year with your Christmas Bible Study? YM360 has an easy to follow guide available for you, so that you can create a Christmas experience that your students will not forget! Download today, and be a step ahead for your next Christmas lesson!

Every Youth Worker wants to bring the fun to the party. But coming up with fun games takes a lot of time, especially when you consider all of the other details. YM360 is here to help you pull off the best Christmas party of the year by giving you fun games that are easy to play. Download them now, and say goodbye to boring!

Your students have talked about the Christmas Story, but do they fully understand why the birth of Christ separates the Old from the New Testament? In this lesson by YM360, you will be able to teach students about the New Covenant, how it is different from the Old Covenant, and why Christ’s arrival on earth is absolutely necessary for humanity to be reconciled with God. Download it now, and give your students a deeper look into the Christmas Story.

This Christmas, you can encourage your students by teaching them that they matter to God. Many students struggle with the idea that they are ‘not good enough’ for God to love them. In this lesson by YM360, you will explore passages that display God’s love for the humble, broken, and lowly. Download this lesson, and give your students a chance to see that the even the small things are a big deal to God!

For November's Freebie Friday, the team at YM360 has partnered with Sony Pictures and Affirm Films to present you with a FREE movie discussion guide for their live-action musical adventure, Journey To Bethlehem. Inspired by the film, this resource is designed to provide youth ministries and youth workers with an effective ministry tool to engage students in conversations and guide them through Scripture as they explore the film's central themes. Click that "ADD TO CART" button below and give your students an early gift of joy to their world through a musical retelling of the nativity story with Journey To Bethlehem and this movie discussion guide.

For December’s Freebie Friday, the team at YM360 wants to wrap up this calendar year (See what we did there?) by reminding you once again that as a youth ministry leader, what you do is a calling—what you do matters! As the holiday season rolls into full swing and 2023 comes to a close, many within our youth ministry tribe are limping across the finish line—feeling worn out, burnt out, beat up, or ready to bail out. That’s why this holiday season, we want to give you the gift of a soul-care time out by providing this FREE soul-care resource to inspire, equip, and invite you into a time of reflection, assessment, and evaluation of the previous year’s journey while also providing an opportunity to look ahead and chart the course forward for ourselves, our families, and the ministries we lead. Don’t walk into a 2024 with your soul’s tank on empty or your spirit on life support. Don’t let weariness cause you to question your impact. Don’t let the grind of ministry rob you or the other youth workers in your community of this incredibly unique calling. Download Countdown To A Checkup: A Guide For Personal Reflection, Assessment, & Evaluation today and share the link with other youth ministry leaders in your community. Enter the new year refreshed, refocused, renewed, and ready to chart the course forward for yourself, your family, and the ministry you have been called to lead!

For September’s Freebie Friday, the team at YM360 is here to help you and your ministry guide your students to a deeper connection with God and His Word. And to make it easy, we’re giving you a H.E.A.R. method Bible reading plan graphics package.  Help your students start the new school year off with a helpful and practical Bible reading method. Whether you challenge them to read through a book of the Bible at a time or to start a reading plan with a friend, the H.E.A.R. method is here to guide them through Scripture. And the best part? This graphics package is 100% FREE. Yup, free! It includes a PDF bookmark file that you can print and hand out, a social post to challenge your students online and even a slide to throw up on a screen while you teach. Download YM360’s H.E.A.R. for FREE today and help equip your students to a deeper connection with God and His Word.

For May’s Freebie Friday, the team at YM360 wants to introduce you and the students within your span of care to an amazing and 100% FREE discipleship resource from our friend and YM360 author, Joel Lusz. This full week of student devotions is a sample from Joel’s 12-Month Student Discipleship Journal. This is an incredible resource comprised of short, dedicated, daily readings of God’s Word along with some pointed reflection questions and interactive prompts that will help your students engage the Scripture, learn about God and His Word, and discover more of what it means to be a follower of Christ. Download this TOTALLY FREE week of student devotions from Joel today and provide your students with a catalyst for building the habits of daily Scripture reading, reflection, application, and prayer.

For January’s Freebie Friday, the team at YM360 wants to join you and your ministry in ringing in the New Year! To do that, we’re providing you with a simple, field-tested, and fully customizable Student Response Card that anyone can use to lead students to new life (abundant life---life to the full) that can only be found in/through Jesus Christ (John 10:10; 14:6) this new year. This Student Response Card is a powerful tool that offers step-by-step instructions for pointing a student to salvation in Jesus Christ and efficiently gathers their essential contact information for seamless follow-up. Download YM360’s Student Response Card for FREE today and equip your ministry with the resources it needs to joyfully celebrate, effectively respond to, and thoughtfully follow up on the new life in Christ taking place in your ministry this new year. 

Hey youth workers, SIT DOWN IF you are consistently scrambling every fall to come up with yet another fun and engaging game for your next Sunday morning, Sunday night, mid-week service, retreat, or outreach event. Anyone still standing? Probably not. That’s why, for October’s Freebie Friday, the mad geniuses of game science at YM360 labs are here to present you with something you have been waiting for—yes, even more than the start of pumpkin spice everything—a 100% FREE game called Sit Down If. This all-play game has been specifically formulated to be fun, engaging, easy to play, fully customizable, and sure to become a favorite that your students will want to play again and again! So, why are you still sitting down? Click that “ADD TO CART” button and let your friends from YM360 hook you up with another 100% Free game for your youth ministry! 

For September’s Freebie Friday, the team at YM360 wants to provide you with a FREE, simple, reliable, and field-tested Bible Study tool that can be an absolute game-changer for how your students approach and engage with God’s Word. The ASPECTS: Daily Bible Study/Personal Quiet Time Method is not just an acronym; it's a roadmap to personal transformation and spiritual growth. By following this clear, easy-to-follow, and compelling framework, your students will embark on a journey of growth and discovery like never before. The ASPECTS: Daily Bible Study/Personal Quiet Time Method is an incredible tool that you can place into the hands of your students that has the potential to transform their daily quiet times from an obligation to a time of spiritual transformation, making the Bible's teachings more accessible, relevant, and impactful. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to equip your students with a way to engage with Scripture on their own in a dynamic and purposeful way, fostering growth, transformation, and a deeper connection with God and His Word. Download The ASPECTS: Daily Bible Study/Personal Quiet Time Method for FREE today and give your students the tools they need to embark on a journey of spiritual growth and discovery like never before!

For August’s Freebie Friday, the team at YM360 wants to remind you, your volunteers, and the other youth workers in your community that what you do is a calling—what you do matters! Look, we know full well that as summer 2023 comes to a close and the realization begins to set in that the launch of a brand new ministry year is only weeks away, many within our youth ministry tribe are feeling worn out, burnt out, or ready to bail out. That’s why we are calling you to take a brief soul-care time out and providing this FREE soul-care resource to inspire you and those who serve alongside you with the uniqueness and Kingdom impact of This Foolish Calling. Don’t walk into a new ministry year with your soul’s tank on empty. Don’t let weariness cause your team or volunteers to question their impact. Don’t let the grind of ministry rob other youth workers in your community of what God has called them to. Download This Foolish Calling today and enter a new ministry year—fully alive, filled with the Spirit, and with a full understanding of who you are and what you’re called to!

For October’s Freebie Friday, the mad geniuses of game science at YM360 labs have formulated yet another FREE youth ministry game that is simple, easy to play, customaizable to your group size, and sure to become a favorite for your students! Are you ready to Bring Me...?

For July’s Freebie Friday, the game chefs at YM360 have ordered up a FREE youth ministry game that is simple, easy to play, customizable to your group size, and sure to become a favorite for your students!

August’s Freebie Friday, the team at YM360 and MinistryToParents.Com has put together this pack of five sets of editable contracts to serve the parents/guardians of the students in your ministry. These resources provide the parent/guardian with an incredible communication tool that sets them and their teenagers up for success in five areas notorious for creating contention and stress.

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.

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.

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.

Your Story Matters is a free evangelism tool that will help your students craft their testimony and gain confidence in sharing their story before sending them on your next short-term mission trip.

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.

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.

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.

April’s Freebie Friday is a free Easter graphic/social media bundle that will help you promote and celebrate Easter with your students.

This FREE 10-day Easter Devotional is guaranteed to prepare and challenge your students through an interactive and Scripture-based approach to the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Each devotional day offers your students a chronological look into the events surrounding Jesus' last days on earth, along with questions for introspection and key takeaways from Scripture.

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.

The Free Easter Graphic & Social Media Bundle is a free Easter graphic/social media bundle that will help you promote and celebrate Easter with your students. 

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.

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.

For June’s Freebie Friday, the mad geniuses of game science at YM360 labs are coming in hot with not one…not two…but THREE SUMMER GAMES for you to use to beat the heat and bring the fun this summer. Each of these FREE youth ministry games is designed to be affordable to create, engaging, easy to play, customizable to your group size, and sure to become a favorite of your students! So why sweat it this summer trying to create a game for your summer event, mid-week, or outreach? Instead, let your friends from YM360 melt away the stress with this THREE SUMMER GAMES BUNDLE for your youth ministry for 100% FREE.

June’s Freebie Friday is three FREE five-minute summer countdown videos that you can use to kick off your next weekend service, mid-week gathering, parent meeting, leader training, summer camp, or event with style.

For July’s Freebie Friday, the team at YM360 is on a mission to help you keep those summer spirits high by offering you not one, not two, but THREE sizzling hot and 100% FREE five-minute summer countdowns. Don’t get burned by using those same old tired, and worn-out countdown videos this summer. Instead, turn up the heat by using one of these scorchers to kick off your next weekend service, mid-week gathering, parent meeting, leader training, summer camp, or event with style.