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6 Doors To Youth Ministry

As youth leaders, we're always trying to identify the best ways to reach and connect with our students. Vince Parker, Life.Church Switch Central Ministry Leader, shares how to create multiple access points between you, your church, and your students....

The Philosophy of Kids Ministry at Life.Church

A kids ministry can be so much more than babysitting or entertaining children. In our experience, kids of all ages have a God-breathed capacity for understanding the bigness, fullness, and depth of who He is. It's our job as kids, student, and youth leaders to help them engage with the Bible, with...

An Outsider's Words Often Mean More

I see it as one of my biggest roles to encourage and strengthen our staff. Almost every time we gather, I remind them they are part of something special. But no matter how often I say it, it doesn’t mean as much as when an outsider tells them. We’ve been blessed to have Dr. Sam Chand, Ch...

Feed Lead: Table Talk Series

This training series called "Lead" from Feed will help youth pastors and leaders do ministry more innovatively. Lead is for any youth leader that’s hungry to grow and looking for new ways of thinking about and doing youth ministry....

The Phases of My Faith

When God wants to change my life, he changes my perspective. As He reframes the way I see the world around me, I start to think and act differently. When it comes to my faith, three phases stand out as particularly formative in the continuing journey of becoming who God has created me to be. Ph...

Engaging More Students Through Switch

Switch is our youth ministry for 6th through 12th grade students designed to engage young people and help them grow. If you've used the Switch curriculum in the past or are just getting started, these four strategies will help you implement this semester's messages: 1. Increase attendance (and F...

Writing, Producing, and Singing: "Breaking the Silence"

Join Life.Church worship leaders for a conversation about creating the new album Breaking the Silence —and the planning, the production, and the purpose of writing new worship songs. As the newest release from Life.Church Worship , "Breaking the Silence" is an electric set of original worship s...

Be Good at Something Different

In ministry, most churches and leaders try to be good at what everyone else is good at doing. We’re all trying to improve our preaching, youth groups, kids’ curriculum, worship, environments, and countless other areas. The problem is that we’re not all blessed with the same gifts, and we're...

Several Speakers on One Weekend

Several times a year, Life.Church pastors and leaders 'team teach' with Pastor Craig. Team teaching allows you to take the baton from Pastor Craig and preach your own portion of the message. On Open, we provide flexibility for you to participate in team-teach or not. To participate, use the 'openi...

Alpha Interview with Bobby Gruenewald and Jason Ballard

Bobby Gruenewald, Life.Church Innovation Leader and Pastor, interviews Jason Ballard, Alpha Youth Series Host, about what Alpha is and how churches can use it as part of their evangelism strategy....

How to Talk with Teens about Suicide

Teens deal with serious, real-life issues in their day-to-day lives, which is why we aren’t afraid to tackle heavy topics at Switch, our youth ministry at Life.Church. Suicide can be a tough topic to address, but starting the conversation with students might help alleviate some of the stigma and...

Life Revealed Training

Life Revealed is a 9 part series that journeys through the narrative of Luke and Acts, provokes curiosity around the person of Jesus, and creates an accessible way for young people to read and understand scripture. View these trainings as a tool to help prepare your staff and your leaders before la...

Training: Walking In Step

Here are some next steps and tips for you to get started with In Step. If you haven't already, join our folder on Dropbox. You will receive an email to start that easy process. View our schedule to see upcoming topics and series. Join the community , a group of pastors and leaders...

Promise and Deliver

A couple of years ago, we opened a new campus, and on launch day had three times the attendance we were expecting. As a result, we ended up behind the curve on many things: We didn't have enough LifeGroups. We recruited new volunteers on the fly. We needed more staff to fill in the gaps...

It's All About Relationships

Allyson Evans NextGen Central Group Leader, Life.Church Allyson is passionate about leading our next generation to become fully devoted followers of Christ through partnerships with parents and volunteers. Her team provides vision, direction, training, and resources to all Life.Church ca...