Few things will bring the gospel to life for your students like heading out onto the mission field. Spending a day, weekend, or longer in service to God, for his love, and with people in need brings the calling of Christ vividly into focus. With this easy to implement 3-part missions trip curriculum, you’ll get [...]

We at SimplyUrban want to make sure you are on the up and up of any new music or videos that would assist you in your ministry. I found another hot one on Youtube by LeCrae.
We  found a great comparison list created by: Chris Dawson (aka) Jeremaya. Jeremaya created a urban alternative list a few [...]

Today’s female students need to be challenged to be radicals for the cause of Christ. As more pressure and more unrealistic cultural expectations are placed on these young women, the church must step in to give these young women a godly focus that reinforces their value and worth in God’s kingdom. The hope for these [...]

Check out Mary Mary’s video “I Worship You”. Thank God for YouTube, Tangle and others that have made videos more readily available.  
Do you incorporate videos into your praise and worship experiences? There are few venues for Christian videos to be displayed on a national level. In our ministry we try to expose our students [...]

Every day people are faced with situations, or crossroads where they can choose to make God-honoring decisions or not. In this three-week sermon series, Doug Fields tackles some of the more difficult roadblocks that can hinder us from serving God freely. With humor, odd examples, and serious look at the Bible, this message series is [...]

 
This last year in ministry has been one of the most mentally and physically challenging for me. I’m learning to live in a place of surrender and dependency on the Holy Spirit, definitely. I think it’s just the trials that we all face to make us stronger and to deepen our faith.I’m discovering as I [...]

Of all the things distorted by sin, relationships—especially romantic ones—rank near the top of the list. In fact, young adults face more and more pressure every day to conform their relationships to ungodly standards. And it’s not enough to provide a negative reason to not do something. There has to be a plan. A hope.
In [...]

Students are always dealing with some type of hurt, habit or hang up.  As youth leaders, we must teach them that the challenge of life isn’t avoiding pain (since that’s impossible), the real challenge is how to deal with pain when it happens. How to manage and heal from the wounds life inflicts on us. [...]

Since your ministry will never run out of guys and girls, we’re helping you out with more small group curriculum designed to tackle issues relevant to each gender—from each gender’s point of view.
In Guy Talk Girl Talk 2: The Cure For Cooties, you’ll get ten weeks of ready-to-use—yet fully customizable—lessons, handouts, promotional materials and more. [...]