Two Free Resources Every Youth Pastor Needs Before This Fall
The heat waves are fading, the cooler breezes are coming in, and students are heading back to school. That means you’re probably in full prep mode — and that’s exactly where you should be.
If we don’t plan to lead, we plan to fail. The work you’re doing right now to get your youth ministry ready for fall isn’t just logistics. It’s leadership. And the students in your ministry need you showing up prepared, resourced, and ready to go.
We have two free resources that can help you do exactly that.
Free Switch Curriculum for Your Youth Ministry
Switch is the youth ministry of Life.Church, and it’s also a curriculum available free on Open Network for any church to use. Whether you’re looking for a weekly plan or supplemental content to strengthen what you’re already doing, Switch has everything you need to fuel your ministry and hit the ground running this fall.
- Bible Plans to help students stay connected to God’s Word throughout the week
- Social media graphics to promote your ministry and reach students where they are
- Full messages and message series guides ready to teach or customize for your context
- Invite videos to help your students invite their friends
- And much more — all free, all ready to use
God has worked through this content to lead hundreds of thousands of students to receive Jesus. It’s built for today’s teens, and it’s available for your ministry right now.
The Youth Pastor Playbook
The Switch team originally created the Youth Pastor Playbook to help train, develop, and prepare youth pastors for the upcoming school semester. Now it’s available on Open Network for any youth leader to use, completely free.
If you’ve ever found yourself asking questions like these, this playbook was made for you:
- What should my youth ministry focus on?
- How do I plan a year of lessons?
- How do I develop youth leaders and partner with parents?
- How can I keep growing as a pastor and leader while ministering to students?
The Youth Pastor Playbook walks you through how the Switch team thinks about youth ministry: the big picture, the fundamentals, the pieces that make it a success, and practical ways you can keep growing as a leader. It covers why we do youth ministry, how to structure it well, and what it takes to build something that actually lasts.
The goal isn’t for you to copy exactly what Switch does. It’s for you to see the thinking, take what works, and apply it in the way that fits your church and your community best. And if you’re already running Switch curriculum at your church, this playbook is the roadmap for running it to the best of your ability.
Download Both Resources — Free
The Youth Pastor Playbook and all Switch curriculum are available right now at open.life.church. No cost, no strings attached.
What’s one thing you can do this week?
- Download the Youth Pastor Playbook and spend 30 minutes reading through the big picture section before your next planning meeting.
- Share the Switch curriculum page with your team and pick one resource to use in your first fall message.
- Write down the one question about your youth ministry you most need answered this fall, and see if the Playbook addresses it.
As a youth leader, you have an important role and responsibility in the body of Christ. In a world where culture is fighting for your students’ attention and the enemy is working to fill their minds with lies, you have an opportunity to lead them to the one who is the way, the truth, and the life.
Imagine what God can do in your community, your city, and your state through you as you lead your students to become fully devoted followers of Christ.
Keep going, friend. You are doing great.
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