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I was getting coffee with a friend the other day and they talked about teaching their employees to “lock-through.” I’m a millennial with Gen Z and Gen Alpha kids, so I know what “Lock In” means. This was a new one for me so I asked him to explain it. Channel Locks Control Water Heights [Click Here to Keep Reading...] T
Your Christmas party is rapidly approaching and you've got a budget of zero dollars. Every list online is the same white elephant and wrapping-paper-mummy nonsense you ran in 2019. These ten game ideas need nothing but stuff already in your building — welcome to the best 10 Christmas games for youth group Christmas Par
You finally have a good group of volunteers who show up regularly and have been trained by you and the best in the business. Speaking of, you have taken your team through The National day of Volunteer Youth Ministry Training, right? But now, how do you care for these volunteers? How do you make sure [Click Here to Keep
In this week's 5th & final Sidekick Pro episode, I sit down with DYM's own, Josh Boldman! The brains behind Sidekick Pro • First I quiz him on all things Sidekick, let's see how he fares! •Then I give him an opportunity to push back against some of my scores•He adds one more "at large" [Click Here to Keep Reading...] T
The more I talk with youth pastors, the more I know that they usually group parents into three categories: Annoying/Antagonistic Out of the loop/Uncaring Cheerleaders/Helpful Obviously, we all want parents to be that last category. Who wants people who are actively working against the ministry you've got going on? And
In this episode we're ranking the staples of sidekick. Now, don't go to sleep on this, because these staples are what makes "sidekick" be able to be your full presentation software. It's no longer another software's little brother, this is able to function as your entire church software for an entire youth ministry pro
Probably the most impressive feature of sidekick overall is in this final category. This is the feature that made me say: "Our Pastoral Care Increased 100-fold" after we began using it. Which one is it? Let's find out! https://youtu.be/s61d-11z_8k The post Pastoral Care in a Presentation Software?! Here’s how! – Pt 4 I
Now that we've wrapped up "Returning Legends" and "Staples" it's time to explore the fun side of sidekick. Some of these features, I truly believe, are some of the greatest youth ministry game innovations that I've ever seen in my career as a youth pastor! https://youtu.be/CP2s1w9js5c The post Greatest Youth Ministry G
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