Ministry Allies

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.

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.

Personally, I hate the term “networking” because it makes relationships seem fake. How can we make networking relationships more real?

There are many benefits from being a part of a network of youth ministries and churches in your area. These are especially true for smaller churches where there might be only a few volunteer leaders. But whether or not your youth ministry staff is five or fifty, you can benefit from working with other churches in town. The first benefit is “Save money by sharing resources.”