Missions / Service

Below you’ll find articles from the topic Missions / Service. All of the articles on YouthWorker.com represent some of the best youth ministry content, written by experienced pastors. We pray you’ll find these to be a helpful resource in your ministry.

Cross-Cultural Youth Ministry

Justin Buchanan

(August 2010)

Almost half the world's population today is under the age of 25. Estimates suggest that by the year 2025, there will be about 72 million more youth than there at the present. More than any other time in history, the question of how to communicate effectively and engage in cross-cultural youth ministry...
Giving It Away: Helping Students Get Serious About Stewardship

Chris McKenna

(August 2010)

I was in elementary school when dad put me in front of a Fisher-Price chalkboard and showed me that 10 percent of my $2 allowance was 20 cents, which was the amount I was to place in my small, blue offering envelope every Sunday. Fortunately, his lesson stuck; since that day, giving to the Lord has felt...
The Missional Heart: Developing a Passion for Service

Jarrod Suits

(August 2010)

“Mission trips, especially in the youth ministry department, have developed into a nasty thing: a program. Helping youth develop a missional lifestyle is not about placing them somewhere to serve; it is all about nurturing them to listen.”
Maximum Impact: From Short-Term Missions to Long-Term Results

Tone Hoeft

(July 2010)

"What if, instead of a short-term mission trip being an opportunity to see a new part of the world, we thought about short-term missions as a way to maintain growing relationships? If you are doing short-term trips because you need to put a mission trip on the calendar, then maybe you need to rethink...
Stirring It Up: From Action to Reflection

Mark J. Jackson

(July 2010)

“When reflection is done (if at all), it’s often limited to conversations over poorly constructed questions or writing in a journal thrown together at the last minute.”
Changing the Changers

Kelly Soifer

(July 2010)

“We do not ‘do’ ministry; it should be a way of life. It is so important to spend strategic time to prepare well.”
Mission Is Not a Trip: Developing Missional Imaginations

Kendra Creasy Dean

(July 2010)

“Some youth workers understand the church must be missional, but most of youth ministry’s missiological leanings are too haphazard to operate as a coherent approach to discipleship formation and too intuitive to avoid being absorbed by other congregational agendas.”
Roundtable: Impacting Kids to Impact the World

Jennifer Bradbury

(July 2010)

“Graduating seniors report that service and mission trips are two of the top experiences they wish they had more of in their youth ministry.” — Kara Powell “If all we can do in the short time we’ve got students is to form them as young people with humility, we will have formed them well for the next...
Helping Hands Stay Busy in the Summer

Katie Miller

(June 2010)

If you’ve got a little free time, volunteering is a great option. Food Banks struggle during the summer to fill an increasing need and are always are looking for assistance. This summer might be a good time to help your youth get started volunteering.
Justice: A Contrarian Perspective

Benjamin Kerns

(May 2010)

According to the California Teachers’ Association Web site, Generation Z is the generation that “while they may be named for the last letter of the alphabet, they’ll soon be at the forefront of solving the worst environmental, social and economic problems in history.” This generation, born in the mid...

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