This is number 4 of 10 from our series. Our focus on this post is to talk about starting out with networking and communication, it’s importance, and how effective it can be for your ministry. Why Is It Important? I assume I will write several more posts in the coming days about networking because it [...]
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Starting a Catholic Youth Group from Scratch – Part 3 of 10 – Core Group – Adults
This is part 3 of 10 from our series. This time around we are talking about getting parents on your side and helping you out from the beginning. I put this number three because I truly think that after the initial connection with the youth, the parents comes next. Not necessarily getting the parents involved, but developing [...]
Starting a Catholic Youth Group from Scratch – Part 2 of 10 – Core Group – Students
This is the second of ten from our series. This time we will focus on gathering your core group of students. The idea of forming a core group is actually very scriptural. Christ chose 12 apostles and worked primarily with them to leave his legacy behind. He trained them and taught them allowing them to [...]
Starting a Catholic Youth Group from Scratch – Part 9 of 10 – Media
This is 9 of 10 from our series. This post will focus on media, the great things it does for our youth group, and some tips and tricks that I have used. This may be meant more for a group as it gets bigger, but when it comes to media, it is essential to [...]
Starting a Catholic Youth Group from Scratch – Part 8 of 10 – Games
This is post 8 of 10 from our series. In this post I will give a few hints and ideas regarding games in the beginning stages of a youth group. As mentioned in a previous post I must spend a great deal of time on recruitment and retention for our youth group because the program [...]
Starting a Catholic Youth Group from Scratch – Part 7 of 10 – Curriculum
This is post 7 of 10 from our series. This post will give a little bit of insight on the programming and curriculum that may work well for a small group as a youth group is just beginning. I agree, it is very hard to plan for a small group of people, especially if you [...]
Starting a Catholic Youth Group from Scratch – Part 6 of 10 – Outside Involvement
This is part 6 of 10 from our series. This post will be focusing on the involvement of a youth minister outside of the office and regular youth group activities. I wanted to focus on this topic a little bit because of a situation I was in not long ago. Our pastor decided to [...]
Starting a Catholic Youth Group from Scratch – Part 5 of 10 – Organization
This is post 5 of 10 of our series. This time around we are going to give you some tips on organization that will help you in the future. These are all things that have helped me be able to look back, remember things that have happened, people who have attended, etc. This post will [...]
Starting a Catholic Youth Group from Scratch – Part 1 of 10 – Set Goals
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…
Youth Group Trading Cards
We had this in our forum and just wanted to make sure everything still had access to the idea. Last summer (2009) we started a new idea of making youth group trading cards. Very simple concept. We bought a cheap laminating machine (about $60) and lots of sheets. We made our own photo which you [...]
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