Student Ministry

“If discipleship is the most important part of your ministry, then how is your ministry structured to support that statement?” – Justin Knowles “Vision casting and training leaders must be […]

“Preaching is an avenue that helps students unpack the amazing gift of the Gospel.” – Nick Person “Be who you are and use the tools God gave you when you […]

“Friends in ministry helps to absorb criticism. We need friends who share the same context as us and can relate to us.” – Ben Trueblood “The challenge in dealing with […]

“We need to use social media to capture, highlight, and showcase the glory of God.” – RJ McCauley “We want people to see God working and moving in students lives, […]

“Frustration happens with a lack of clarity. The best thing to do is to seek guidance from your leaders.” – Anthony Vargas “The best way to lead up and to […]

“We need to fight our anxiety on a daily basis. Being intentional with our walk through the Word and prayer is crucial to fighting every day.” – Scarlet Hiltibidal “Community […]

“Social media is this thing in their lives that is necessary but insufficient. They can’t imagine a world without it but realize that it is not enough and need in-person […]

“Jesus healed people and met a lot of needs, but he didn’t meet every need. There were moments when he walked away from them to spend time with a smaller […]

“Giving our volunteers time to talk with me and other volunteers has been one the biggest blessings in our ministry. They talk about life, give advice, help each other out, […]

“You have to know your volunteers and what their gifts and talents are. Students get to see adults use their gifts for the Kingdom. ” – Y Bonesteele “Volunteers need […]

“We need to meet students where they are in terms of energy. Make it a more gradual transition.” – Kristen Lascola “Take time to meet new students who will be […]

“When you say yes and have to retract, it hurts everyone.” – Zac Workun “The inability to say no is a relationship problem. We often think of it as a […]

“We don’t rest well when we don’t work well.” – Zac Workun “There is a difference between work and worry and until we figure that out we are searching for […]

“Friendships take time, effort, and even risk, to become a close friendship that lasts.” – Zac Workun “Finding people who have walked through similar situations, can offer advice, have fun […]

“Ministry family is a crucial part of being a healthy minister.” Zac Workun “Having a ministry family brings a kind understanding with each other by linking arms in the kind […]

“Camp is a place where they can disconnect from the noise the world puts in front of them and they can slow down enough to sense God’s grace in their […]

“It is important to surround yourself with those who are better at you in your areas of strength and you want to spend a lot of time around those who […]

“You need true, meaningful friendships to make it through ministry.” – Zac Workun “Busyness is the enemy of transparency, you need to take time for true friendships.” – Zac Workun […]

“Everyone is asking the question, ‘am I loved?’ and that is what the point of this whole book is. ” – Brock Gill “The greatest thing in the world is […]

“Sitting down with parents at the end of the year and letting them know where they have grown and where they still have areas to grow in spiritually get parents […]

“Start with prayer and fasting, and cast vision clearly and strategically. ” – Justin Hall “Disciple parents so that they can disciple their students.”- Justin Hall Justin Hall serves as […]

“With some intentionality, having parents around all the time doesn’t just mean the church but around in the community and to invest in other parents.” – Ben Trueblood About Ben […]

“It’s a powerful thing when you can empower someone and give them ownership because then they are involved and bought in because they have a stake in it.” – Brain […]

“When you look at the overall picture of a curriculum, and that application is not driving your student to understand scripture and apply scripture in a practical way in their […]

“You cant play the short game in student ministry” – Jeff Borton “You can’t just think just a few weeks ahead and not think about what are we going to […]