My church has the best team of communicators for students. Sometimes I can’t even handle it. So this week during our middle school services, I paid attention to some of the techniques of our communicator of the week (our friend and favorite Irishman Adam Boyle) to see what we could learn. And then I took some notes. And then […]

Have you ever heard of a mastermind group? Business leaders and entrepreneurs love them. So maybe it’s about time we had one for youth ministry? LINKS: Our Youth Ministry Mastermind Group: http://stuffyoucanuse.org/mastermind

In this episode, I give you a peek at one of my favorite parts of the book, Creating a Lead Small Culture. It’s adapted from the chapter, “Give Them Someone,” and that “someone” (as you’ll see) is a small group leader. LINKS: Creating a Lead Small Culture: http://amzn.to/1TXSfGu The Stuff You Can Use Facebook Group: http://bit.ly/2lRn4B1

There are some big changes coming for the Campbells and for Stuff You Can Use! In this episode, I’ll fill you in. Because when it comes to ministry, I wish I could say yes to everything. All of it. Every person. Every opportunity. All the things. But… I can’t.

This episode is the first in a series of episodes designed just for small group leaders! It’s based on a post I wrote for LeadSmall.org about how to get a brand new school year off to a great start with your small group. The Lead Small blog is an incredible resource, and you should check it out.

How do you create weekly environments that engage middle schoolers from start to finish? In this episode recapping a breakout from The Orange Conference 2016, I share some principles and strategies for creating an incredible weekly experience for students, and how XP3 Curriculum can help. (Plus we gave lots of fun inside peeks at our curriculum!)

Maybe you think fun couldn’t possibly be strategic. Or maybe you think there’s nothing fun about strategy. But I actually think fun and strategy can be pretty good friends. In this episode, I recap a breakout from The Orange Conference 2016, where Kenny and I talked about why fun matters in youth ministry, what fun looks like for students, and how to make fun more strategic in your events and […]

So you're at Starbucks, sitting across the table from a potential new volunteer. This is a big moment. You're about to decide whether or not this person you barely know is qualified to lead, influence, and disciple a group of kids you love and are responsible for. So how do you make that decision? What do you ask?

This year on my blog, I've decided to introduce you to some of these hidden holiday gems. Every month, I'm highlighting a handful of lesser-known, possibly weird, and definitely wonderful, holidays - and how we might want to celebrate them in our youth ministries. We've already done January, February, and March, so now let's talk about April.

This fall, I had the chance to hang out at The Middle School Ministry Campference and teach a couple of seminars! Here are my notes (as promised) from the session I co-led with my favorite husband Kenny, Building a Better Teaching Strategy for Middle Schoolers.