Ideas To Help You Prepare For Fall Ministry

Summer isn’t a slow time for youth workers. Somewhere between your camps, retreats, mission trips, lock-ins, and all the other awesomeness you’re creating for students, you’re also thinking ahead to the fall.

 

We want to help.

We’ve pulled together a collection of ministry ideas just for the amazing youth pastors who’ve partnered with YouthWorks. There are blog posts with practical and easy to implement ideas you can use right away. We’ve pulled some of the most used resources from the YS Store. And there’s a look at NYWC in San Diego or Louisville, where you can get a pulse on the wide world of youth ministry for new ways to disciple and lead teens to Jesus.

 

Need some ideas to help with a specific ministry situation? Email me (Jacob) here. I can help you find what you need.

 

FROM THE YS BLOG:

Here are 3 blogs to help you think through some practical ministry details for this fall:

 

Incorporating Parents in Youth Ministry

 

 

 

Stop Graduating from Confirmation

 

 

 

25 Text Messages You Can Copy and Sent to Your Students

 

 

FROM THE YS STORE:

These 3 resources are great for you and your volunteer team. Our YS Store has a ton of featured titles to help your ministry and as a special gift just for you, use the code 5OFFYS to save $5 off any purchase in the YS Store!

 

450 Unfinished Sentences to Get Teens Talking and Thinking

 

Your First Two Years in Youth Ministry

 

More High School Talksheets: 52 ready-to-use discussions

 

NATIONAL YOUTH WORKERS CONVENTION:

Gather with youth workers from around the US to engage in life-giving conversations, create space to refocus on the calling God has for you, and explore what’s next in the world of youth ministry.

 

NYWC San Diego Oct 8-11, 2015

NYWC Louisville Nov 19-22, 2015

 

Get your FREE NYWC Pastor Kit

Our FREE NYWC Pastor Kits help youth workers share the heart and message of NYWC with their pastor or church board. In it, you’ll find a personal letter from Mark Matlock sharing about NYWC, this year’s promo video, downloads from last year, and other great resources like “7 Ways To Attend NYWC On a Budget.” Youth workers all over the US are using them to help convince their pastor or church board that they need to be a part of NYWC this year for the sake of their ministry. Request yours online HERE.

 

 

 

Jacob Eckberg the Content and Community Manager on the Communications Team for YS. Most of my week is spent serving our online communities through social media, weekly emails, and other forms of new media content. I live in Bloomington, IL with my wife, Katie, and our cat, Mini. I’m a long time volunteer youth worker, itinerant worship leader, and lover of coffee.