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Question for the Community: Adjusting from Single to Married

I’ve been a single youth pastor for 3 years and was just married in July. The issue is the students have seen me only and now have had trouble adjusting to my wife being a part of my ministry. Do you think it may be time for us to move on to another ministry together to start at square one. I love my church and my students but family takes priority. Thanks for the insight.

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Question for the Community: Faith Sharing Tools

Some of the teens in my youth ministry came to me yesterday expressing great interest in learning how to share their faith with their friends (!!!!!!!). They see and feel the need to reach out in Christ's love to their classmates and family member. Praise God for sensitive hearts! Here's what I need from you... I'm working on putting together a talk (perhaps a series) on sharing the love of Christ with those around us and putting together a list of effective faith sharing "tools"…

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Question for the Community: Free Time on Retreats

When I have my youth group on a retreat, how much is too much when it comes to free time?

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Episode 173 - This Show is Out of Control

This show had to stop and restart several times, but in the end it actually ended up being watchable--not quite, but close…

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Question for the Community: Emotions Based Upon Attendance

How do you keep from having an emotional response based upon the number of teens that either show up or don't show up to your weekly programming?

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Question for the Community: First Steps for New Believers

What programs, steps, classes, etc…

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Question for the Community: Tension Between Sr Pastor & Potential Volunteers

I have two parents in the youth ministry who really want to be involved with the youth ministry. Their student (who is a key student in our ministry) even wants them involved, however our senior pastor has made it clear that he does not. According to him, they do not meet the qualifications of leadership for our church. This has brought tension between the parents and our senior pastor. Meanwhile, the student has no clue this is happening and keeps asking me why I haven't put them in leadership…

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Episode 172 - Good Show

This week the gang is back in action for a show that goes the distance – enjoy almost an hour of your youth ministry questions and the team's answers. This week they take on the whole Penn State abuse situation (even though Matt hadn't heard) and talk about reporting to the authorities. The crew also expands on those issues with a few others including hanging with students outside of youth group and the appropriateness of having volunteers care for students of the opposite sex…

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Question for the Community: Ministering to Parents of Teens

How important is ministering to the parents in your ministry? Parent meetings and training sessions have failed for me, so I was just wondering what it means to "minister" to a parent…

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