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STUDENT MINISTRY: Connecting With Our Students
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Connecting with students is at the heart of a relationship-driven student ministry. Last time, we talked about the “why” of connecting with students and addressed their need to be loved, valued and poured into. This time, we want to speak into the “how.”
How do we connect with the teenagers in our student ministries and churches? Growing up in earlier generations, our experiences were significantly different than what they are experiencing now. That difference doesn’t change the need for ...
STUDENT MINISTRY: Why We Should Connect with Our Student
At the age of 51, I often feel like a dinosaur in student ministry. My group of students are all younger than my own children. Many of the things current teenagers face are in no way related to my own high school experience. In some ways, we had more freedom during those days.
That difference in culture and environment does not change my need to connect with my students. In fact, it makes...