Youth

Serve youth and families at your church with ideas and tips from these articles. Find insights into the unique qualities of middle school and high school students and their faith.

  • Teaching the Faith to Young People

    Teaching the Faith to Young People

    Youth are not just the church’s future—they’re also the church’s now. As a leader, volunteer, or church worker, your job is to remind youth that they’re loved by Jesus and their...

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  • What Every Young Person Struggling with Grief & Anxiety NEEDS to Hear0:41

    What Every Young Person Struggling with Grief & Anxiety NEEDS to Hear

    Author Michael W. Newman shares biblically based encouragement for youth who are struggling with grief, anxiety, and suffering. He shares encouragement and how to navigate grief in his book Getting Th

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  • Fruit of the Spirit: Love Comes First

    Fruit of the Spirit: Love Comes First

    At youth group, the teens in attendance were engaged in a very lively discussion, during which, my daughter said something slightly off the mark theologically. I immediately corrected and...

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  • Fruit of the Spirit: Love Comes First

    Fruit of the Spirit: Love Comes First

    At youth group, the teens in attendance were engaged in a very lively discussion, during which, my daughter said something slightly off the mark theologically. I immediately corrected and...

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  • Concordia Gospel Outreach 2022 LCMS Youth Gathering Mission Project Recap

    Concordia Gospel Outreach 2022 LCMS Youth Gathering Mission Project Recap

    There are many effective ways to share the Gospel message. One of the most practical and powerful ways to start is by directly providing Scripture resources to congregations and...

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  • Practices of Healthy Youth Ministry | Lutheran Life Issue 222

    Practices of Healthy Youth Ministry | Lutheran Life Issue 222

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  • What I Wish I Knew before Attending My First LCMS Youth Gathering

    What I Wish I Knew before Attending My First LCMS Youth Gathering

    It’s upon us again. The time when youth are scrambling to pack, leaders are double-checking transportation, and committees are reviewing who goes where and when. This summer, a buzz of...

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  • A to (Gen) Z: Connecting Christ with the Digital Generation1:01:48

    A to (Gen) Z: Connecting Christ with the Digital Generation

    Watch the third and final discussion of A to (Gen) Z with DCE Cassie Moore and those that work with youth to gain insights about how to connect Christ with this generation. This panel includes Jon Zel

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  • One of a Kind, Uniquely Created

    One of a Kind, Uniquely Created

    This post is adapted from Words of Strength and Promise: Devotions for Youth. Read below for a devotion written by Juliana Shults.

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  • A Prayer for Memorial Day

    A Prayer for Memorial Day

    Growing up, I never truly understood Memorial Day. My hometown of Holland, Michigan, would host a parade every year. Being part of a high school marching band, I was required to march...

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  • Sharing God’s Great Family Ministry Work with Pastor Timothy Roth55:59

    Sharing God’s Great Family Ministry Work with Pastor Timothy Roth

    Working with youth and encouraging them to grow up in the faith is an important part of the Church. Walking alongside families, no matter how old or young, and ensuring that they have the resources to

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  • Leading The Messengers: Concealed in Your Book Club

    Leading The Messengers: Concealed in Your Book Club

    One of the things I love about hearing from readers is learning the many ways you’re all using The Messengers series. Classrooms, family settings, youth groups, book clubs . . . the...

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  • Your Students Are Valuable to God

    Your Students Are Valuable to God

    Recently, some of my students asked me a question I’ve heard dozens of times since I began teaching. Perhaps it was because of the circumstances driving the question or perhaps it was...

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  • Black History and HIS Story

    Black History and HIS Story

    “You can’t be like everybody else. You’ll have to work twice as hard for half as much.”

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  • Composer of the Month: Robert Powell

    Composer of the Month: Robert Powell

    Robert J. Powell (b. 1932) began writing music when he was in high school and, since then, has had more than three hundred compositions published by sacred music publishers. His works...

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  • Answering Teens: The Evidence Tells Me So

    Answering Teens: The Evidence Tells Me So

    Previously, I wrote about the veracity of Scripture being based on Jesus’ testimony that the Bible is God’s Word. Every instance in which Jesus refers to the Old Testament is marked by...

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  • Directions for Snow Days

    Directions for Snow Days

    The wintertime gets a great deal of hate because of the cold weather, the nasty storms, the lack of sunlight, and what seems an overly long length. One thing most people do enjoy is the...

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  • Our Callings through God’s Plan for Us

    Our Callings through God’s Plan for Us

    As a college senior, I feel an incredible amount of pressure to have my life figured out and to be living out what I was born to do. This is most likely the case for any college student...

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  • Answering Teens: How Do We Know the Bible Is the Word of God?

    Answering Teens: How Do We Know the Bible Is the Word of God?

    It was a beautiful day; the glory of creation was undeniable, and the fruit looked tempting … or at least it did after that simple but fatal question: “Did God really say …?” With that...

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  • Product Overview of The Messengers | Christian Young Adult Novels2:04

    Product Overview of The Messengers | Christian Young Adult Novels

    A boy living in an oppressive government. A surprise guest in the middle of the night. Darkness. The Light of Christ. Become invested in the Messengers Trilogy. Start book one: https://www.cph.org/p

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