3 RSS Feeds for Free Youth Ministry Stuff

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I’ve gotten a couple of comments in the last two weeks saying things like "Why is Youth Ministry Exchange giving stuff away when other companies/sites already do that?" I’ve got a lot of sarcastic responses to that question but the simple truth is this… We think you can’t help youth workers enough with free stuff.

With that in mind, I want to give you my personal top 3 sites for getting Youth Ministry Stuff for FREE.

  1. Simply Youth Ministry Freebies Subscribe to the feed
  2. Tim’s Schmoyer’s "Life in Student Ministry" Subscribe to the feed
  3. Youth Ministry Exchange’s "The Monday Exchange." Subscribe to the feed

Just as a bonus… here are a couple of other "FREE" sites that I use all the time for snagging good ideas.

  1. Pastor 2 Youth
  2. The Source for Youth Ministry’s game section

Do you just take what is being given away and use it? Not all the time. In fact, with the YMX giveaway we’re trying to give away both a ready to use version and the source files so that you can easily tweak stuff for your use. To me, there is nothing worse than using a free or a pay resource and having your students walk away and say… "It’s not like they came up with that, it has some other youth group’s logo all over it." I believe people should give credit. But then again the point behind the free resource giveaways for me is helping youth workers look good. If they want to tweak a couple of things so they can call it their own, I’m cool with that.


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3 responses to “3 RSS Feeds for Free Youth Ministry Stuff”

  1. Tim Avatar

    Yeah man, I think the same way. I think students listen better when they know you prepared it just for them, not out of come cookie-cutter canned material. Just last night we had a Jr. High Bible study at our house and one girl saw my typed notes with highlighter marks all over it and ask, “Did you write all of that for us?” I said, “Yup, sure did” and all she said was, “Wow.”

    The other great free resource I use is egadideas.com

  2. adam Avatar

    Tim, great suggestion. I personally have never spent a lot of time on that site but know that it’s rich with sweet stuff!

    Anyone know of other places to get great FREE stuff? Post it here….

  3. Jason Raitz Avatar

    Adam…Great stuff! What an idea…sharing resources. I dream that someday the WCA would be able to host something free for youth pastors as well.

    Tim…Great thoughts. I don’t know if I agree with you all the way about students listening better if they know you prepared it just for them. I think they will listen better the more you are prepared, period. But, I do agree for the short term, but over time, I think it’s all about preparation. Sorry, now I will hop off the soap box.

    Sites I use for message prep:

    http://www.lifechurch.tv/p/871/Default.aspx
    http://www.newspringonline.com/
    http://www.sermoncentral.com/
    http://www.2ignite.us/ (Go under his library page, lot’s of great resources)

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