Leadership Training, Encouragement, & Adolescent Info

PRAYER

ACTS Prayer

Prayer IS Ministry

Prayers of Lament

 

TRAINING for CLUB, CONTACT WORK, CAMPAIGNERS, and GENERALLY JUST BEING with MIDDLE SCHOOL FRIENDS

The Talk Progression: 5 Questions To Ask

5 Things You Need To Know Before Planning Club

Club Talk Tips and Template

WyldLife Campaigner Goals, Strategies, and Measurables

8 Tips for Reading the Bible in Campaigners

The Leader-Student Age Differential (thoughts on building your leadership team)

More Ways to Virtually Connect with Middle Schoolers

Words of wisdom for college-aged leaders

4 Ways to Start Conversations with Middle Schoolers

5 Tips for Chaperoning a Middle School Dance (with Style and Grace)

Three Magic Words

Contact Work Dos and Don’ts

The joy (and ease) of meeting middleschoolers

Ten Daily Resolutions for WyldLife Leaders

 

WHY CARE about MIDDLE SCHOOLERS?

Why WyldLife? (early adolescent info)

A Voice, A Choice, and A Chance

Middle School Ministers

Things middle schoolers say to their WyldLife Leaders (and other interested adults)

The Joy of Middle School Boys (lessons from Jesus at 12)

BEST WyldLife Leader Tip

Middle School is NOT a “Problem”

Why MS Girls Freak Out

The Middle School Brain (a 4-minute video)

How Jesus Changed My Life: one student’s WyldLife story

What Middle Schoolers Want Most

Embrace the tangled squiggle: why we love middle schoolers

Middle school: a feast of firsts

What middle schoolers want in a friend

The “Problem” with Middle School Ministry: (how they got it wrong…again)

The Bully: A 6-minute documentary by a 7th-grade boy

OTHER TRICKS, FACTS, and HELPFUL INFORMATION

10 More Important Things for Middle School Ministry

10 Important Things for Middle School Ministry

15 Insights From New Staff Training 2017 

3 Things I Didn’t Expect My First Year on Staff (and how I navigated them)

WyldLife parent letter