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It’s finally here—Graduation Sunday. The students who started as tiny, timid sixth graders now walk around your church with broad-shouldered confidence, ready to tackle the world. Excitement and pride fill your prepped launch speech, and parents beam and wipe away the wetness from their cheeks. The day of celebration goes over without a glitch, and off the graduating seniors ...

Summer is HERE! Just as many begin to dream about vacations and time off, you’re gearing up for a busy few months of finding more time to connect with students, plan camps, stay up way past your bedtime, and play that one game that will definitely result in you getting injured.

Summer is genuinely one of the best seasons in youth ministry. The schedule opens up, studen...

When I was in middle school, I remember the dread of being called to the principal’s office. I still have the “old days” embedded in my mind, when the principal once spanked me with a wooden paddle. Crazy enough, that did happen to me! For many of us, there is a dread, not the same type of dread, but a dread in being called to the pastor’s office. It stirs up many of the same...

One of the most common challenges student pastors face is learning how to build a budget that actually supports the ministry they envision. Some ministries operate on $1,000 a year. Others are given $100,000. Most fall somewhere in between. But the truth is, whether your budget feels tiny or generous, the principles of faithful stewardship remain the same.

Good budgeti...

Before you jump into reading, take a few minutes to read Nehemiah chapters 1–2.

Student pastors everywhere are thinking about goals, calendars, teaching plans, retreats, strategy, and everything in between. And that’s a good thing, because as you know, ministry requires intentionality.

But before you build a plan, it’s worth asking a deeper question: W...