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Introducing NextGen Conversations!

Season one of NextGen Conversations is finally here! This podcast seeks to empower children’s, family, youth and college-aged leaders to create dynamic, Christ-centered ministries. Every episode features a conversation with a ministry leader and covers innovative solutions to common problems faced in churches today. We want to give you practical steps to transform the way you do ministry. Episodes drop weekly on Tuesdays for the next eight weeks.

NextGen Academy: Holy Health

Searching for ways to ease your students' stress and anxiety? While the Internet provides some answers, the Bible offers guidance on both! At the October NextGen Academy, we’ll dig into what the Bible says about stress and anxiety. Joining us will be Autumn Newman, a mental health first aid coordinator at Compass Health Network. Autumn will be sharing with us about suicide, self-injury and how to help someone who’s having suicidal thoughts.
Learn with us from 10 a.m. to noon on October 10 via Zoom.

Service Project Idea: Little Free Library

The Missouri Conference is partnering with Little Free Library to impact communities around the state. In the pursuit of connecting 100,000 students with 100,000 books, the Conference is encouraging churches to consider whether a Little Free Library in their community could meet a need. Churches can apply for $250 micro-grants for materials to build, stock and maintain a Little Free Library in a neighborhood of their choice. Building a library would make a perfect fall service project!

Help Ease High School Transitions

NextGen has created a new tool to help transition students out of youth group regardless of their post-graduation plans. The graduates' information will be passed onto college-age leaders and our staff to reach out as they move into life outside high school.