Over at Life in Student Ministry, Tim Schmoyer has a post on “100 blog topics I hope YOU to write.” Well, I’m done.

I have tried to answer every topic with one (different) word. Some are serious, others are tongue-in-cheek. You’ll have to decide for yourself.

1. How to use Facebook for ministry: Groups.
2. How to build community among teenagers: Food.
3. Technology I use in youth ministry: Huh?
4. How to write Bible study lessons for youth group: Study.
5. Conversation starters to ask a student you just met: Food?
6. How to get parents involved in their kids’ lives: Less.
7. How to handle confrontation: Carefully.
8. How to teach students with learning disabilities: Patiently.
9. How to market your events: Don’t.
10. How to effectively use visual aids in teaching: Google.
11. How to make time for personal prayer and devotions: Schedule.
12. How to empower your youth leaders: Space.
13. How to follow-up with new believers: Facebook.
14. Using podcasts in youth ministry: Waste.
15. How to engage students in worship: Example.
16. How to deal with a suicide in your ministry: Immediately.
17. Everything a youth worker should know about eating disorders: Watch.
18. Addressing porn and masturbation at youth group: XXXchurch.com.
19. How to help parents prepare their students for college: Trip.
20. Recommended books for every youth worker’s library: Yaconelli.
21. How teenage girls best relate to each other: Gossip.
22. How teenage guys best relate to each other: Wrestling.
23. Teaching students to evaluate their media consumption: Discernment.
24. How to equip your students to achieve their dreams: Steps.
25. Sermon presentations versus small group discussion Bible studies: Easy.
26. Necessary elements for any youth meeting: Jesus.
27. Balancing youth group events with athletics, homework and jobs: Missional.
28. How to achieve longevity in youth ministry: Sabbath.
29. What students need from their youth leaders: Time.
30. How to take an idea and make it happen: Ask.
31. How to plan a youth ministry budget: Last-year.
32. The real influence of celebrities on students: Excessive.
33. How to change a teenager’s world forever: Care.
34. Why youth ministers should read their students’ blogs: Spying.
35. How to evaluate ministry and implement change: S-L-O-W-L-Y.
36. Addressing sin in your own life: Kill.
37. How to make youth group visitors feel welcomed: Talk.
38. How to use the arts in youth group: Worship.
39. The youth event no one has ever seen: Marathon.
40. What I wish every Sr. Pastor knew about youth ministry: Transition.
41. Balancing youth ministry with my personal life: Calendar.
42. The difference between part-time and full-time youth ministry: Money (not time).
43. How to fix your mistakes in ministry: Move.
44. How to develop students to be spiritual leaders: Risk.
45. When I feel frustrated in ministry: Read.
46. Youth group strategies for evangelism: Incarnational.
47. How to come up with creative ideas: Notepad.
48. How NOT to introduce visitors to the youth group: Hugs.
49. What every youth worker needs to know about Jr. High students: ADD.
50. What every youth worker needs to know about Sr. High students: Deep.
51. How to earn the trust and respect of your Sr. Pastor: Communicate.
52. How to lead a youth group when you’re the only volunteer: Help.
53. How to help a student break an addiction: Prayer.
54. How to teach through a book of the Bible: Quickly.
55. What youth group students need from each other: Forgiveness.
56. Internet tools I use for youth ministry: Bloglines.
57. How to develop a world missions strategy for your youth group: Pick.
58. How to simplify your life and ministry: Cancel.
59. The future of youth ministry: Theology.
60. How NOT to use video in youth ministry: Flashdance.
61. How to handle the most common youth ministry struggles: Parents.
62. How to keep God’s Word fresh for teenagers: Passion.
63. How to work in a church that doesn’t support it’s youth ministry: Leave.
64. What to do with “God sightings” stories in your youth group: Share.
65. Tools for working with hurting teenagers: YouthSpecialties.
66. How to get kids plugged in to God’s Word: Challenge.
67. Youth ministry topics that need more coverage: Ecclesiology.
68. How to become a student-led youth group: Failure.
69. Expectations to hold for any youth worker volunteer: Perfection.
70. How to turn conversations toward Christ: “Christ.”
71. How to respond to criticism: “Thanks.”
72. Ten youth ministry sites I like and why: TimSchmoyer.com
73. How to work with the hyper-active kid: Exercise.
74. How to address self-esteem at youth group: Yay!
75. How to get your kids sharing and contributing to small groups: Force.
76. A story of how Christ changed my youth group: Bible.
77. When to let go of a student and trust God take care of the rest: Rebellion.
78. How to recharge your emotional batteries: Nap.
79. How youth ministry made me go crazy!: Busy.
80. How to make the most of a youth group retreat: Plan.
81. How to shake a student from their apathy for God’s Word: Live.
82. Things to consider before purchasing a curriculum: Booo.
83. American youth ministry and how I would change it: Think.
84. How to give yourself away: No.
85. How NOT to give advice to a student: “TheBibleSays.”
86. The top 10 excuses every youth leader makes: Hectic.
87. The top 10 excuses every youth group student makes: Soccer (or football, band, etc.)
88. How to settle a disagreement with your Sr. Pastor: Lose.
89. Common mistakes to avoid in youth ministry: Burnout.
90. Guidelines to follow for selecting new youth leaders: Opportunity.
91. How to facilitate communication between students and parents: Try.
92. How to partner with parents in youth ministry: Humbly.
93. Reaching rural kids versus reaching urban kids: Ha!
94. How to support a student through difficult times: Embrace.
95. The #1 best thing you can do for the kids in your youth group: Love.
96. How to promote an attitude of prayer in daily life: Pray.
97. How the Internet is changing students’ perspective of community: Weakening.
98. Why I’m in youth ministry today: Teens.
99. A passage of scripture every student should know: Many.
100. How to get students involved in the rest of the church body: Integrate.