Youth ministry is hard work, and you can't do it alone. Volunteers are pivotal to making sure your work as a minister has an eternal impact. YM360 is committed to helping you discover volunteers inside your church so that you can use their God-given talents and then resource them to best teach your students the Bible in order to see those students deepen their faith in Jesus.
[Video Training] Helping Students with Their Mental Health
Working with teenagers, especially post-pandemic, you are most likely fully aware that adolescent mental health issues are as significant and debilitating as they are widespread (and growing). In fact, according to the Director of the American Institute for Cognitive Therapy, “The average high school student today has the same level of anxiety as the average psychiatric patient in the early 1950s.” So what can we do, as youth ministry leaders, to lean in and help our students who are coping with or struggling to navigate mental health issues? In this single-session Masterclass, Jon provides seven thoughts to help you get started.