Welcome to Youth Group! Helping Students and Parents Transition Into Youth Ministry By Andrew Davis As youth pastors, we must be intentional about how we welcome our new 6th or 7th graders into the youth ministry. Church involvement can be ...
Snow Plow Parenting By Rev. Regina Girten I remember the first time my daughter fell while learning to walk. Our house was not carpeted and as I watched her tiny body topple over my heart skipped several beats. My instinct ...
Whose needs is your Back-to-School Sunday really meeting? By Meghan Hatcher, Innovation Lab Director When I began a new ministry role as Community Engagement Pastor midway through the summer, my first major project was to plan and lead Back-to-School ...
It Happens: When Youth Talks Go Wrong By Matt Laidlaw In order to generate some enthusiasm around teaching the Prophets of the Old Testament to our high school students, we began our Wednesday evening together with a game we ...
Stress & Anxiety Case Study Teenagers are stressed out and over-scheduled more than ever before, creating students who often want to come to youth group but can’t figure out how to “fit it in” amongst a host of other extra-curricular ...
Imperfect Churches By Dietrich “Deech” Kirk Every church is a work in progress. That realization has led me to believe that working at the church might just be harder than working anywhere else. Why? Because we expect it to be ...
By Andrew Davis Years ago I served at a small church and I’ll never forget when Madi and Mckenzie joined that youth group. Their presence brought a season of excitement and refreshment to a group that, if I am being ...
If you have attended one of the Center for Youth Ministry Training’s graduate residency intensive retreats in the past three years, you know the importance of comradery to this group. Eating and studying together is not just eating and studying ...
Residency Spotlight: Professional Education Track CYMT offers two excellent education and ministry training choices: The Placement Track and the Professional Education Track. Interest in the Professional Education Track continues to grow among youth and children’s ministers. Those already employed in ...
There are many great reasons to choose CYMT’s Graduate Residency in Youth Ministry, and the fact that our alumni still choose to engage with CYMT events and curriculum is another testimony of CYMT’s training outcomes.CYMT’s new partnership with CSM, City ...
Spring has sprung! In many areas, the weather has turned warmer, which means summer is, well, “hot” on its heels. Your youth ministry might be looking to make a difference this summer. Or, you might always go on a ...
A Deep Dive Into a God View on the Wow The fourth step in the Theology Together’s Wow Theological Reflection Method is “God.” After exposing youth and youth leaders to a disorienting experience. After allowing young people to share their ...
Theology Together: “The Hill We Climb” – Youth Ministry Activity Guide Amanda Gorman recites her inaugural poem, “The Hill We Climb,” during the 59th Presidential Inauguration ceremony in Washington, Jan. 20, 2021. (“59th Presidential Inauguration” by Carlos M. Vazquez ...
An Invitation Into Our Community CYMT is excited about its newest endeavor, Theology Together. Theology Together educates both teenagers and youth workers as they engage in theological reflection, spiritual practice, vital service, and vocational discernment. The Theology Together process produces ...
Editor’s Note: This post and resource was originally published on Apr 3, 2020, and has been revised and updated for continual application. Holy Week is an important time in the Church. While we can’t physically be with our youth and ...
[1] Theological reflection doesn’t begin with the learning or recitation of scripture, but with an experience that prompts us to awe and wonder. Whether the blinding experience of Saul on the road to Damascus or the experience of a sixth-grader ...
Note: This article has been updated since its original publication. MLK Day: A Social Justice Conversation for Youth Martin Luther King Jr. Day is next Monday, January 18, 2021. MLK Day is the only federal holiday designated as a national ...
How to Position Youth as Theologians Using the WOW Theological Method Why youth theology? Youth theology is theology built upon the simple doctrinal principle of the priesthood of all believers, and takes that principle right down to its natural ...
A few weeks ago, we shared the launch of Theology Together 2.0. Today, Dwight (the director of Theology Together) will be sharing with us one experience where a Collide mission trip that used Theology Together’s curriculum had a profound effect ...
At Cultivate this year, we are exploring the ideas of human flourishing and innovation in ministry. We will do this through the unpacking of a real life case study. We have numerous academic and on the ground innovators speaking, however, ...
