Welcoming a summer youth intern to your ministry is exciting—and a little overwhelming if you’ve never supervised an intern before. Whether your intern is coming in with lots of ministry experience or this is their very first taste of full-time church life (which is more probable), a clear, thoughtful onboarding process can set the

Youth workers, let’s be real for a second. Ministry is amazing, but it’s also exhausting. Between late-night texts from students, last-minute sermon rewrites, and somehow always being in charge of stacking chairs, it’s easy to run on empty. But here’s the truth: you can’t pour into others if your own soul is running on fumes.

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2025 Youth Pastor Compensation Report

(this was taken from DownloadYouthMinsitry.com, even though it’s free, we want to give them credit) The 2025 Youth Pastor Compensation Report is where we surveyed 1,098 youth pastors, asking them questions about: Their current compensation Their level of education Which curriculum they use (if any) How long they’ve been in ministry How long they’ve been

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Two Big Discounts for ASCENT

We are excited to announce two money-saving opportunities for ASCENT 2025.  If you are a church on a budget, and basically everyone is, you could use all the help you can get.  We understand events like ASCENT camp are a big commitment, and we try to keep our costs down and value high, but it’s