Too many youth ministers spend too much time typing up prayers, printing copies for everyone, and then watching the youth just throw them aside after they are used. Here is a simple Prayer of Thanksgiving that can be easily printed, cut, and laminated if you wish. This simple act shows you take the extra time [...]
These youth ministry small group ideas are just quick little things you can do with a small group to mix things up a bit. Rosary Couples As an activity to start the small group meeting have everyone break in to two or three people, give them a rosary, instructions on how to say the rosary, [...]
When I first came to the parish in 2003, I was blessed to start a youth program from scratch. Coming from a very small parish back home I knew the one thing that the youth did was a Living Stations of the Cross. Everyone gets dressed, one guy is asked to be Jesus, and you [...]
This youth ministry prayer option is a great way to begin or end small groups with prayer. You have a stack of cards that have different prayer options on them…
Looking for a great handout/pamphlet with the entire Novena, here ya go! Our youth group does the novena each year starting on Good Friday and ending on Divine Mercy Sunday. It has truly become something that the entire parish looks forward to. We meet each night during the novena and sing it together along with [...]
I have been involved in our Diocesan summer camp now for about 14 years. As a youth, a volunteer, and now the coordinator of the camp, this is always the favorite.
I was very blessed when I came to my parish to be able to start from scratch. Here are some tips that I would give any youth leader starting from scratch…
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