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Beating Post HS Challenges
by Cary Schmidt | Jun 6, 2009
These are the first big tests that confront a young adult after high school. If they pass these tests, they avoid the bad decisions that can lead to a spiritual train wreck…
Helping Graduates Prepare for the Future
by Cary Schmidt | May 7, 2009
I want to encourage pastors, youth pastors, principals, and those who work with students to have a senior appointment…
Three More Huge Principles for Personal Productivity
by Cary Schmidt | Apr 22, 2009
Do you find great enjoyment in doing the best you can with the resources and opportunities God has given you?…
Three Huge Principles for Personal Productivity
by Cary Schmidt | Apr 5, 2009
You start falling behind—too busy, spread too thin, in over your head. At that point, you either give up or grow…
Life After the Youth Group (Part 3)
by Cary Schmidt | Apr 4, 2009
The years of 18-24 are filled with much spiritual battle and faith-testing temptations, and we are wise to understand this group and minister to their specific needs…
Life After the Youth Group (Part 2)
by Cary Schmidt | Mar 22, 2009
What can we do to sustain spiritual momentum after graduation?…
18 and On Your Own—What Happens to Our Graduates? (Life After the Youth Group Part 1)
by Cary Schmidt | Mar 19, 2009
We live in a culture that has verifiably extended the “teen years” well into the twenties—and churches have yet to respond!…
The Best Investments We Can Make
by Cary Schmidt | Mar 18, 2009
The Top Ten Dating Mistakes Parents Make (Part 3)
by Cary Schmidt | Feb 14, 2009
This is the final article in a series about the mistakes that parents often make in allowing their children to date too seriously too soon…
Sweet Revenge on My 17 Year Old!
by Cary Schmidt | Jan 19, 2009
A funny thought hit me while sitting in the passenger seat of Lance’s first car—I should pay him back for all the crazy things he’s done to my vehicles since the day he was born!…
The Top Ten Dating Mistakes Parents Make (Part 2)
by Cary Schmidt | Jan 11, 2009
This is part two in a series of articles that flow from years of dealing with situations that arose out of well-meaning but short-sighted parental decisions…
The Top Ten Dating Mistakes Parents Make (Part 1)
by Cary Schmidt | Jan 7, 2009
Let’s consider the ways that parents often allow their children’s relationships to go too far, too fast, too soon…
Embracing the Seasons of Life (2)
by Cary Schmidt | Dec 29, 2008
I get asked a lot about priorities, family time, schedule, and balance. Perhaps these points will cause you to think through big values…
Embracing the Seasons of Life
by Cary Schmidt | Dec 29, 2008
Just ahead is a new season—a new year to fully embrace for God’s glory. Do it in such a way as to have no regrets…
The Greatest Student Ministry Strategy
by Cary Schmidt | Dec 24, 2008
How do you grow a youth group? How do you get visitors to return? How do you see people saved? How do you get parents to be spiritual?…