052: What Do You Do With a Kid Who is Acting Out and Causing Chaos in Your Group? (Part One: What’s at Stake and What are the Tensions?)

If you’ve been in youth ministry for more than a couple weeks you’ve experienced a student in your ministry that causes a ruckus. Someone who derails conversation and shifts the tone of the gathering. It’s such a common occurrence that if we aren’t careful we can assume it isn’t worth dealing with. But the truth is that there’s so much at stake and we need to thoughtfully process what to do when a teen acts out in our group.   We want to hear from you! Submit your youth ministry question at youthministry.team Thinking about this particular topic, you should know that Life Teams has fantastic resources to take this further. They are available HERE.Mentioned in this episode:Update for 2024Lots has changed since this episode initially aired! So to stay current with us here in 2024, head to https://www.youthworker.community/ to find out what we're up to.