Life hurts! God helps!
All people go through difficult seasons in life. Seasons in which you don’t have enough money. Seasons when nothing seems to work and everything seems to be broken. The time […]
‘More than a youth camp’: UM partners with SBOM for Super Summer Alabama
When she was 15 years old and in the ninth grade, Claudia Hixon attended her first Super Summer Alabama, a week-long leadership and discipleship camp organized by the Alabama Baptist State Board of […]
An Argument for Family Worship
Quite frequently, we wonder how we are to combat a life of cultural indoctrination in our youth groups with a few, often lackluster, meetings. It is an encouragement to know […]
YM Link on Mission mobilizing students to serve in Huntsville, Indianapolis
Josh Meadows said he gets excited about YM Link on Mission each year because it’s a chance to introduce students to missions. But this year there’s double the reason to […]
Commissioning Instead of Graduating
For years in youth ministry, I have been a part of graduation Sundays when it was time for students to graduate from high school. We always recognized graduates during Sunday […]
The Power of YES
What happens when we say YES to God’s calling on our lives? We have no way of fully knowing what the outcome will be. In Luke 5:1-11, we read the […]
Value of Attending Conclave
Conclave has become a special time in my life that I look forward to each year. If you don’t know, Conclave is an equipping and rejuvenation event for student ministry […]
Reaching Gen Z Through Building Discipleship-Focused Relationships
Is it just me, or does the world teenagers are growing up in seem to be getting more and more challenging with each passing season? I know – what a […]
Small church sees youth reached at SPEAK Tour; next event set for Sept. 27
Dedra Henry’s church is small. Her husband, James, accepted the call to serve as pastor there in 2019, and when the COVID-19 pandemic happened, they lost nearly all of what […]
Some Summer Difference Makers
Every year, they answer God’s call to go. They are young collegiate students from across Alabama. They come from our college and university campuses. They are trained and prepared by […]
