Ministry Allies

10 excellent links from around the ‘net this week on youth ministry and networking. Check them out!

These are 35 ideas for topics in a leadership training meeting, provided by Mike DeVito of the National Network of Youth Ministries. Be sure to check out his other posts on 7 Things a Youth Ministry Metwork Meeting Must Have and What Should A Network Meeting Do?

Here are some characteristics that should be part of a youth ministry. They are idealistic, yes, I know. Some of these items pertain more to the church overall than to specifically youth ministry, but all of these points are made for the good of the spiritual growth of the students in the congregation.

I wrote a guest post for Josh Griffin over at MoreThanDodgeball.com that’s about how to connect with kids outside of youth group.

Guest post by Mike DeVito from the National Network of Youth Ministries. This is a continuation of yesterday’s post on 7 Things a Youth Ministry Network Meeting Must Have, where Mike discussed the components of a network meeting. Now he concludes with what a network meeting should actually do.

How are churches and ministries in your community connecting? Looking for your feedback.

Guest post by Mike DeVito from the National Network of Youth Ministries. We have got to give youth workers a good reason to leave their offices to share their lives and ministries and to be part of a citywide vision.

Most of us work in small churches. Most of us have small youth groups. So where do we go for our voice to be heard? Most of the guys we read or read about are leaders of massive youth groups with tons of volunteers. Where do we go for support?

Having the proper set of tools is key to networking with other youth leaders. Instead of typing a long, boring tutorial, I decided to make a video of me showing you around the new YouthWorkers.net website.

Here are some links from around the ‘net from this past week! We have a great article about using a service project as a way to unite students from different churches and denominations.