https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=514552606829 Kara Powell of the Fuller Youth Institute talks about the stress faced by Urban Youth Workers in this video.   What kinds of stresses do you face in your ministry?  Do you have any stress-relief tips to share below in the comments?

If you’re going to be at CCDA, join the UYWI staff for a Youth Workers reception! Friday, October 23, 4:30 – 6:30 pm Location: West Meeting Rooms Prefunction Area FREE FOOD and BEVERAGES

UrbanFaith.com published an article today, co-written by Pastor Louis Carlo of Abounding Grace Ministries (New York) and me, that confronts an all-too-familiar challenge for youth group worship leaders: what to sing if anything at all? … Too often our church music is directed inward as a distorted, selfish facsimile of worship. We long for God…

The comment below was published along with a feature article called “Going Public” in the Sept/Oct 2009 issue of Outreach magazine, and challenges churches and youth groups to think differently about Campus ministry. How is your youth ministry engaging the public middle and high schools nearest your church this year? In September 2008, Jeremy Del…

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UYWI has added a new video podcast to it’s arsenal. With some initial videos from an interview with Dean Borgman and promising others, trainers will share from their hearts on the topics you want to hear from them on. What they would say to you, what trends they see and how to address those trends,…