Awana YM Blog
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Making Apologetics Part of Youth Ministry’s DNA
Create an environment where students can ask questions, make mistakes, raise doubts, and come to conclusions that appropriately reflect biblical truth.
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Bringing Hope to Syrian Refugee Kids
Partner with AwanaYM to bring hope to thousands of Syrian refugee children.
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3 Reasons To Integrate Apologetics Into Youth Ministry
Apologetics is something that every youth leader should be incorporating into their ministry in a very intentional manner. Let me offer you 3 key reasons why.
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Lent: More Than Giving Up
As a youth leader, don't let this season of Lent pass by without teaching and engaging your students in the opportunity to draw near to God.
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3 Ways to Eliminate the Awkward Silence During Small Group
Say goodbye to awkward conversations and hello to the making of disciples. Here are some simple tactics to help open students up.
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4 Ways to Successfully End Your Winter Retreat
A few practical things you can do to help ensure that your retreat is a success—after you come down from the mountain.
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Believe It Or Not, Truth Matters: Helping Your Students See the Importance of Truth
Two simple things you can do to help your students embrace truth and help dismantle relativism's firm hold on culture and champion the truth of Jesus.
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5 Essentials For Taking Your Students Beyond Just Being “Good”
Kids who follow the rules stay out trouble, but when confronted with the exclusivity of Jesus, they take up the mantle of tolerance and religious inclusiveness.
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Relieve the Pressure By Focusing on Purpose
Allowing our students to miss seeing their purpose as God designed it, denies them the beauty of life that God has created for them.
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Youth Ministry Curriculum. How Do I Choose?
A well-crafted curriculum never just tells you how to teach or what students ought to think. Instead, it serves as a guide with multiple tools to be used.
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Youth Ministry Small Group Questions
Here's a tip to maximize your discussion time and work through the questions your students want to discuss.
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Students Too Busy for Youth Ministry?
As much as we would like to ignore it and pretend otherwise; the church is failing at gaining the attention of today’s teens.
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