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My first love is youth ministry.
My second love is youth pastors.

My name is Heather, and I’m a Student Pastor in Indianapolis, the founder of Women in Youth Ministry, and a certified Spiritual Leadership Coach. I dream big and love walking alongside others to help them achieve their dreams.

FREEBIE: Poverty Simulation (that you can even use with middle schoolers!)

Poverty Simulations are a popular way to teach students what it looks like not only to live in poverty, but also how much it takes to pay for different things that they might take for granted. I struggled finding a way to teach our middle schoolers specifically about poverty, especially since most poverty simulations are…

FREEBIE: Halloween-Themed Escape Room / Unlock the Box

Each year for Halloween, we have an event called the Halloween Heist. Each year the Heist looks a little different — one year it was a Scavenger Hunt, another year a murder mystery party. This year I decided to take inspiration from Escape Rooms and do an Unlock the Box-style event. There would be 4…

Minute-to-Win-It Games

This year we pivoted to a completely small groups-based model, which means that all of our events are now in the context of small groups too, whether they meet online or in-person. We give groups creative freedom to do some fun games online through this list I compiled, but we ALSO wanted to give special…

35+ Group Games Games You Can Play on Zoom

This year we pivoted to a small groups-based model, with both in-person and online options. While in-person groups have board games and other activities they can do, we initially found it difficult to keep our groups on Zoom entertained. Here are some of the games we’ve loved — 35 games listed just as a starting…

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