Paul Turner

WEBSITE SHOP PODCAST YOUTUBE BLOG Greetings Awesome Person, ABC's of Youth Ministry Q is for Quickly Youth Ministry is a lot of things, slow is not one of them. This is why a youth pastor must be quick in these three areas Quick to listen You may feel like you have a lot to offer, a lot of ideas brewing in you feel must be shared, and I have no doubt that feel they must be shared, but the gold is not in the speaking but the listing. Listening grants insight to when, where and if your idea...

WEBSITE SHOP PODCAST YOUTUBE BLOG Greetings Awesome Person, ABC's of Youth Ministry P is for Process Prayer is a P word that certainly belongs in the ABC's of youth ministry, but prayer is also a process. It is a process of hearing and discerning our Father's voice discovering how much we don't know undoing who we are and building who God desires us to be Building a successful youth ministry is a process and in that process are 4 more processes (and many more) an evangelism process - how will...

WEBSITE SHOP PODCAST YOUTUBE BLOG Greetings Awesome Person, ABC's of Youth Ministry O is for Oops! How many things will you regret because you were afraid of trying something new because of what others might think? I saw a comment on Instagram and I responded by trying something new. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Paul Turner (@thedproject) Trying new things has become second nature to me because I know the damage is borderline imaginary. I made a Youth Ministry Playbook for...

WEBSITE SHOP PODCAST YOUTUBE BLOG Greetings Awesome Person, ABC's of Youth Ministry N is for No. Yep no. It's the most powerful word in your arsenal of words and you should get used to saying it in various ways and for various reasons. No, I can't do that, it's my family time (setting priorities) No, I can't do that but I can... (being flexible) No, I won't do that, it will affect my reputation (the inner voice no) No, just no (setting your convictions) No, we're not adding that to our...

WEBSITE SHOP PODCAST YOUTUBE BLOG Greetings Awesome Person, ABC's of Youth Ministry M is for Motivation Before you motivate others you have to be motivated. "At the root of the word motivation is the word motive, which is similarly defined as the reason for a particular action" What motivated you to get into youth ministry? What motivates you to stay in youth ministry? What is your why? Your reason? Some reasons may not make sense, anymore, like Because it's what I've always done Because I...

WEBSITE SHOP PODCAST YOUTUBE BLOG Greetings Awesome Person, ABC's of Youth Ministry L is for listening I know what you're thinking, "Why isn't L for love?" That's because listening to students is loving. Listen to their stories Listen to their jokes Listen to their complaints (valid and invalid) Listen between the lines Listen quickly, speak slowly “When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.”― Ernest Hemingway “Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they...

Hey Awesome Person! Escape The Tomb Escape Room How much do your students know about the Easter story? How much do they love escape rooms? These questions may seem unrelated until I tell you that the free (pay what you want) resource is an Easter Escape Room called Escape the Tomb with 5 challenging puzzles and a dozen ways to use them. Seem unreal? Then watch the video I made about it here. I hope this free resource will create conversations around the greatest moment in not just Christian...

WEBSITE SHOP PODCAST YOUTUBE BLOG Greetings Awesome Person, The ABC's of Youth Ministry K is for Knowledge It's not what you know... it's what you practice. That's what I teach my students. I tell them about the Pharisees who, even though many of them were knowledgeable, they couldn't see Jesus for who He was. Jesus said, You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me, John 5:39 Their knowledge...

WEBSITE SHOP PODCAST YOUTUBE BLOG Greetings Awesome Person, ABC's Of Youth Ministry J is for Joy When I was a young teen at camp, I learned the simple definition of joy Jesus first Others second Yourself last I've done my best to keep this straight because if I do it backwards I get YOJ and I don't know what that is, but I don't want to find out. Youth Ministry, on its best days might give you joy but on its worst days it will give you a headache. There is 100% chance that knowing and...