Youth Ministry Leaders

Find inspiration and ideas with articles from fellow youth leaders. Help middle and high school students as they grow in understanding and faith.

  • Real Connection in a Virtual World

    Real Connection in a Virtual World

    A few weeks ago, at my sister’s high school graduation, the commencement speaker gave several pieces of what he believed to be crucial advice. One of these encouragements was for the...

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  • LCEF and a Church's Journey From Surviving to Thriving

    LCEF and a Church's Journey From Surviving to Thriving

    A quarter of a century ago, a small group of God’s faithful planted a new Lutheran church in the quiet town of Queen Creek, Arizona. With only one stoplight and a modest middle school...

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  • How Healthy Youth Ministry Addresses Vocation

    How Healthy Youth Ministry Addresses Vocation

    In a recent Barna webinar, David Kinnaman said that the two words that best describe Generation Z (those born from around 1996 to 2010) are anxiety and ambition. The church is uniquely...

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  • Who Was John Chrysostom?

    Who Was John Chrysostom?

    One of my favorite parts of teaching church history to high school students is assigning primary sources and hearing or reading their reactions. Works like Athanasius’s On the...

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  • Ideas for Encouraging Parental Involvement in Youth Ministry

    Ideas for Encouraging Parental Involvement in Youth Ministry

    Healthy youth ministry extends past the congregation and into teens’ homes. When we considered what young people need, Scripture, research, and youth leaders all pointed to parents as...

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  • How to Encourage Young Leaders in Youth Ministry

    How to Encourage Young Leaders in Youth Ministry

    Think back to your first leadership opportunity. Were you nervous, eager, confident, or terrified? Do some of your choices then make you cringe now and thank God for His grace? Who...

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  • 4 Tips for Planning Youth Service Projects

    4 Tips for Planning Youth Service Projects

    There are endless possibilities when it comes to service projects. Some are as quick as sharpening pencils in the sanctuary for ten minutes during confirmation class. Others involve...

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  • How to Equip Youth with Resilient Minds

    How to Equip Youth with Resilient Minds

    Mental health awareness has increased significantly over the last decade, especially for our youth. When it comes to addressing these important topics and conversations, there are a lot...

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  • Affirming Baptismal Identity in Your Youth

    Affirming Baptismal Identity in Your Youth

    Early adolescence is an especially formative time in the life of a Christian—not only as youth take ownership of their faith for a future of following Christ, but also as they contribute...

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  • 3 Ways to Foster Young Leaders at Your Church

    3 Ways to Foster Young Leaders at Your Church

    Healthy youth ministry recognizes the capability of teens and how God can work through them as servant leaders. Youth leaders can set high expectations for young people, engaging them...

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  • Concordia Gospel Outreach’s Resources Reach the Dominican Republic

    Concordia Gospel Outreach’s Resources Reach the Dominican Republic

    During the summer of 2023, Concordia Gospel Outreach (CGO) had the opportunity to provide resources to a group of students and teachers from Lutheran High School South in St. Louis for...

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  • 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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  • 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 LCMS Youth Gathering Mission Project Recap

    Concordia Gospel Outreach 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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  • Tuning In to the Voice of God

    Tuning In to the Voice of God

    We are living in a postmodern age with a vastly different view of the world. For the postmodernist, truth and knowledge are not obtainable. That flies in the face of our Christian...

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  • Become a Lifelong Learner of God’s Word

    Become a Lifelong Learner of God’s Word

    When you hear the word learning, what comes to mind? I’m guessing that one of the first things you think of is school. You might recall memories of classrooms, teachers, desks, and long...

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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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