If your church has a person who works with young people, be they a paid staff member or a lay person, chances are they’re probably in need of some sort of encouragement.  As a former youth pastor, I feel pretty qualified to offer up some ways people have encouraged me in the past.  So here they are in no particular order: 10 relatively easy ways to encourage your youth worker.

1. Take them to lunch.
2. Shoot them an email.
3. Tell them that you’ve been praying for them.
4. Ask them a Bible question.
5. Share a way in which you’ve applied what they’ve been teaching.
6. Tell their pastor what a great job they’re doing.
7. Volunteer for something.
8. Read a good book and let them borrow it.
9. See if you can help bring food to the next youth function.
10. Let them know how much you’re rooting for the youth ministry.

Yes, these are all very simple, but trust me when I say that youth workers are in great neeed of encouragement often and that it doesn’t take much.  So get out there and show your youth workers some love!