The following post comes from John Uldrick, minister to students at First Baptist Church, Rome, Ga., and president-elect of the CBF Youth Ministry Network. As I write this, I’m surrounded by 30+ youth ministers from Georgia to Hawaii and everywhere in between, sharing life and learning together. It is a beautiful picture of community. It … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Youth Ministry
The Benefit of Peers in Youth Ministry
One of my favorite youth ministry blogs is “Rethinking Youth Ministry” by Brian Kirk. Kirk’s blog provides a number of resources and articles that help me think outside my sometimes very familiar practices of youth ministry. To “rethink” our ideas and practices is not simply to change what we do and how we do it … Continue reading
Big Tent Conference
Come to the first-ever BigTent Conference for inspiring speakers, 150+ practical workshops, and celebratory community building to advance the health and well-being of families and children. CBF, along with dozens of other national youth-serving organizations, is partnering with conference host Search Institute. Bringing together thousands of professionals and youth from all youth-serving sectors, this first … Continue reading
College Advice I Wish I’d Received
A few weekends ago the New York Times ran a feature in the Op-Ed section where current masters or doctoral level students offered bits of advice they wish they had received to incoming college freshman. Most of the suggestions in the column, entitled “Ditch Your Laptop, Lose Your Boyfriend,” were pretty standard fare: branch out, meet new … Continue reading
CBF Youth Ministry Network
Last week, I had the opportunity to visit with a college student that has recently sensed God’s call to vocational ministry. He was a thoughtful young man with a long list of questions about everything from which seminary he should attend to whether or not he would be able to feed his family on a … Continue reading