How to Put Small Groups Together
by Annie Grandell, YDisciple Director “I have 20 teens who want to be in small groups. How do I assign the groups? What if they don’t gel?” If I had a dime for every …
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5 Ways to Better Engage Small Groups
By Christina Malloy When I was a Catholic youth minister in California, I was always finding ways to engage youth who came from different faith and family backgrounds. I was constantly trying something new: a …
Using YDisciple for Middle Schoolers
“When asked at what age they no longer identified themselves as Catholic, 74 percent of the sample said between the ages of 10 and 20, with the median age being 13 years old.” – McCarty and …
RECOMMENDED: Online Discipleship Training Courses with Eric Gallagher
When it comes to Catholic youth ministry, there is no shortage of great Catholic resources for teens. But we at YDisciple firmly believe that training adults to become disciple-makers precedes content for teens. While we …
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Learning to Hear God’s Voice as a Community of Disciple-Makers
By Brad Bursa My previous post focused on asking the right question following a youth night, or YDisciple session, etc. Said another way, it was all about helping teams take up a new “lens” by …
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Asking the Right Questions
By Brad Bursa As a melancholic prone to melancholic fits, I often found myself discouraged as I would leave the parish late each Sunday night. No matter how many “successes” I could point to following …
9 Action Tips for Listening Success
By Lisa Salas Have you ever struggled with what to say when? Want to have more intentional conversations with teens, parents, friends, or strangers? Pick one or all of the tips to help you have …
Why Are Teenagers the Way They Are?
The teenage years are tumultuous. Would you want to do it again? Me either.
The Cure for the “Retreat High”
One of the most common struggles that I hear about from youth (and that I have experienced many times myself) is the after-effect of what is known as a retreat “high.”
Youth Ministry when you don’t have a youth minister
Youth ministers are an important part of the Church’s endeavors to evangelize and catechize teens today, but, according to a recent study, only 24% of Catholic parishes in the US have a youth minister (CARA, The Changing Landscape of Catholic Parishes).
