About a month ago, we had our first ever Youth Worker Sabbath Retreat.  First off, I cannot tell you how amazing it was to get away from everything: work, teens, life, and simply being together with God.  There were a lot of things that I observed. The first thing I observed was even before the… [Continue Reading]

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One of the biggest things I have ever learned on youth ministry, a totally game changer, is that I AM NOT ALONE. It think that it is one of the biggest issues in ministry in general, but it is huge in youth ministry the the idea that the minister is on their own. It feels… [Continue Reading]

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At our last YPA gathering in Nashville, our topic was STUDENT LEADERSHIP.  The idea being how do we stop doing youth ministry TO students and start doing youth ministry WITH students? While this is by no means a knew idea, it is obvious that it does not seem that anyone has figured out a perfect… [Continue Reading]

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WHAT YOUTH PASTORS ANONYMOUS IS NOT 1. It is not a place for sales pitches.  It is a support group, not another place to be sold the next whatever. 2. It is not a place to bring in long lectures. 

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It seems that the first two years in youth ministry were an amazing blur… I had so much energy, so much life, and so much excitement to speak into the lives of teens!  It seemed that nothing could

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Youth Pastors Anonymous is a support group for youth pastors. Our main purpose is to bring youth workers together to tend to each others souls. After meeting for about 2 years, another need of support has presented itself. There seems to be all sorts of everything out there for curriculum, events, missions opportunities, trips, camps, conferences and many resources