What to think about BEFORE setting up a Youth Group?

So often we as a Youth Team engage with youth groups at a stage when we encounter two or three faithful leaders who are coming to us near desperation. They ask us what the magic formula is to get more leaders. They have been running their youth group for years with a group of fantastic […]
How to Make Vision Stick

Mount Everest? The Moon? Smuggle bibles? Serve the poor? It quite often only takes a small question to bridge the gap from having vision to casting vision. All of these adventures started with a dreamer, who saw a need, opportunity or challenge and they decided to cast that vision to others. I’m sure more detailed […]
How to Craft a Vision Statement

Ok, so you’ve spent some time with God, you’ve been praying about the vision and future of your ministry. You can see a picture of what it will be like, you’ve been dreaming about great things happening. Now comes the fun part, enabling the team to achieve and live that vision. How can we do […]
Vision, mission…and all that

Here is a useful diagram that we often use. We will walk a team through each level and discuss how it relates to youth provision. This will work for any team or organisation. Below, each level is explained and for the purpose of this blog I’m going to use a made up team for a […]
Vision

Very often, when observing leaders, you will find a common trait shared by them. They don’t sit still very well. By that I mean they always seem to be working on something. This is because they don’t easily accept the norm. It sometimes seems the status quo has somehow claimed the life of a few […]