Tragedies, such as mass shootings, seem to be in the news every week these days.  The collective discusses how to engage students on the issues and how to help them process what has happened from a spiritual perspective.

Mission work is an essential part of the youth group experience. But what if it turns out that the mission work that you’ve chosen doesn’t actually help those that you’ve committed to help? The collective discusses how to make sure your mission work does help and doesn’t hurt the intended recipients of your good intentions.

It is inevitable that one will encounter the delicate situation of teen pregnancy in youth ministry. This week,  the collective discusses how to handle not only the teen, but others in the group as well.

Cutting, or other forms of self-harm is a phenomenon that youth workers might have to investigate. This week,  the collective discusses these behaviors and when is the right time to call parents, or even mental health professionals.

One of the most difficult things to deal with in youth ministry is the death of a teenager in your community. This week, the collective discusses how to answer the questions that will inevitably be asked when this happens.

It's inevitable...students within your youth ministry will date each other! This week, we sat down with the collective to talk about the best way to deal with students dating each other.

The news has been full of stories of sexual harassment and abuse in recent months. This week, we sat down with the collective to talk about what steps you can take to help protect your youth ministry from  abuse and harassment and ways to change the conversation about sexuality.

It's that time of year again. As the new year roles around we all try to come up with resolutions to better ourselves. Listen as we sat down with the collective to talk about New Year's resolutions for youth ministry.

Don't try to come up with all the good ideas about youth ministry on your own. Leverage the collective! Listen as we sat down to talk about our favorite (READ: most helpful) articles from the Youth Worker Collective this year.