Youth Ministry Resources

Living Into The Future

If we look back to the beginning of the year, we took for granted so much of our in-person ways of ministering with youth. Seeing youth face to face, connecting youth with scripture around a circle of chairs or couches, lock-ins and games at the church, worshipping together in the sanctuary, are all part of the past.  As we enter the summer and consider the fall, how are you preparing for the new reality of physical distancing, limited numbers, evolving guidelines and anxious hearts?

We long for everything to go back to the way it was so we can continue in our ministry uninterrupted. Yet returning as if nothing has changed could diminish the gifts that we discovered during this time of pandemic, crisis and isolation.

Virtual Ministry with Youth is Very Real

Lately, we have been plunged into making use of online and social media resources to connect with youth. If you already reached out to youth during the week through social media, your connection with this has probably strengthened. If you were lightly supplementing your youth ministry with virtual means, you may have been caught scrambling to figure out what to do and how to do it. Building community, support, reflection and exploring scripture can all be done online in ways we have not thought of before. Learn a new way of connecting online and work toward getting comfortable with it.