Top 5 Tips for Surviving an All Nighter: Coffee may not help much, but these 5 tips will get you through the night.

From our friends at Homeword, this article is written for parents--and is great advice for anyone daring enough to brave youth ministry's legendary event: the all-nighter!
Topics: Events, All Nighter, Parents, Chaperones, Volunteers

Are Big Events Dead?: Confessions, Memoirs, and Meanderings of a Big-Event Minister

What big events can do that most churches can't

Events or Relationships: Looking to Jesus to find the balance

A youth worker learns how to use relationships in big events

Focusing on What's Most Important: Finding Christ in Big Event Youth Ministry

Moving beyond event hype

Beyond the Walls: Conversations of Faith to Nonbelievers

Helping young people articulate their Christian faith to people outside the church.

"Welcome to Our Church!"

Educating Your Students about World Hunger: 30 Hour Famine

Helping kids learn about world hunger while raising money.
Topics: awareness, world hunger, poverty, missions, service

Better than Vacation: Why mission trips transform a youth group

Mission trips require a great deal of planning, funding, time, and physical effort—but the benefits are eternal.
Topics: missions

Planning a Service Learning Trip?: 3 Questions to Ask During the Process

Topics: service, mission, planning