After the Youth Conference

Howdy and welcome back to Beyond the Pew! Today I’m going to talk to you about one of my favorite topics: conferences! I love conferences, I’m a conference junkie, I’ve attended dozens as a teen, I love taking kids to conferences, and I direct conferences for Ablaze.  Today’s Beyond the Pew is about how you […]

After the Youth Retreat

Welcome back to Beyond the Pew. As we continue this series on how to help your youth come home from different church events, we’re going to be talking today about retreats. So when your youth goes away for a weekend or for a day retreat, and they’ve encountered Christ there, how do you help them […]

Expect the Unexpected

In ministry, you have the opportunity to be a part of several retreats. After the fifth or sixth retreat, we as ministers can be tempted to ease into a comfort zone. I have found that there are times when you have to be intentionally open to what God can do in your life and how he can use […]