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The Thrive community is built for conversation:
Problem solve. Celebrate wins. Brainstorm ideas.
with other Catholic youth ministers
Problem solve. Celebrate wins. Brainstorm ideas.
with other Catholic youth ministers
CONNECT DIRECTLY WITH OTHER LEADERS
Easily find other leaders in your geographical area, working in the same ministry focus, or with similar passions and connect one-on-one with them.
SHARE YOUR WISDOM
Other Catholic youth ministers are looking for answers, and I'm betting (with your experience) you've got some! While there is tons that you will get out of being a Thriver, one of the best perks is being able to help out other leaders in need.
"Thrive has been such a blessing to me and my ministry. As a new youth minister, having a community to get advice and ideas from has helped me feel less isolated and overwhelmed. Thrive helps me feel supported and empowered!"
Jessica Lemoine
Jessica Lemoine
Practical TrainingFor your Volunteers
Free access to Thrive Volunteers for all of your adult leaders.
Every month we release a new course to equip your volunteers with the practical skills needed to succeed as a youth ministry volunteer. Each course contains four or five super short videos – only a few minutes each.
PLUSExpert Q&A and Downloadable Resources
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Downloadable Resources
Get access to a growing library of PDFs, graphics, checklists, planning guides, and more. Spend less time creating forms and flyers and spend more time doing ministry.
THE POWER OF SEARCH
Everything inside of Thrive is searchable – and we mean everything. Every word of every post. Every word of every comment. Every word of every member profile. Every word of every video.
Yes! You can easily search our video library* for specific phrases – and then play that exact clip!
Fully Searchable
VIDEO LIBRARY
We've got over 25 hours of video training content from the leading experts in Catholic youth ministry. Every video is transcribed, captioned, and fully searchable. You can even skip to exact place in the video where the phrase you searched for is used!
This feature is available exclusively for Thrive Pro members.
"Thrive has been awesome to be part of. I love that it is a community that is interactive in a familiar social media type platform that is easy to use. Being able to connect with other youth ministers has been such a wonderful experience and whether you have a question, prayer request or are looking for a resource, you feel like it’s more personal and you are among friends."
Jenn D'Angelo Lucovic
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We're happy to jump on a call with you and: brainstorm with you, give you advice, talk through a situation, help plan out a program, pray with you, celebrate your wins, listen to you vent, or pretty much anything else you need!
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THRIVE PRO GROUPS
Jump on a video call each week with 5-7 other Catholic youth ministers and create real solutions to the hurdles you've encountered in your ministry that week!
A member of our team helps facilitate a collaborative process that helps the group brainstorm ideas, solve problems, and keep each other accountable!
A member of our team helps facilitate a collaborative process that helps the group brainstorm ideas, solve problems, and keep each other accountable!
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YoU'RE PART OF THE FLOCK
The Thrive Community is filled with hundreds of Catholic youth ministers of all shapes, sizes, and flavors: Newbies and Veterans. Introverts and Extroverts. Full Time and Volunteer. From Big Parishes and Small Parishes. Planners and Improvisers.
We're all in this together!
We're all in this together!
PARTNER DIOCESES
Diocese of Raleigh
ArchDiocese of Chicago
ArchDiocese of Los angeles
Diocese of Birmingham
ArchDiocese of Milwaukee
ArchDiocese of Oklahoma city
The dioceses above believe in the value of Thrive so much that they have invested in Thrive Pro memberships parishes in their diocese. If you are a parish youth minister in one of our Partner Dioceses, contact your diocese for information on how to claim your Thrive Pro membership.
THRIVE COURSE LIBRARY
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Student Leadership
Jim Beckman
Jim Beckman explores the question of "student leadership". Should you have student leaders? If so, who should they be? How should you form them? And what should they be responsible for? His answers might surprise you.
BELONG
Tony Vasinda
Tony Vasinda speaks on the importance of being a safe space for youth and families from all walks of life. He challenges us to evaluate our ministries and who we are serving, what groups of people are underrepresented or not represented at all, and offers us a reminder that our mission is to love as Jesus did.
VOLUNTEER POSITIONS
ELLE AND KENNY CAMPBELL
Kenny and Elle Campbell (from Stuff You Can Use), help you evaluate the unique gifts and skills of your volunteers. They then outline and unpack 20 unique potential volunteer positions that cater to the specific skillsets of your volunteers.
Music in Ministry
Steven Joubert
Steven Joubert discusses the important role that music can play in your ministry. He explores how we can make music an integral part of youth ministry, not just an afterthought.
Pro Youth Ministry
Rich Curran
Rich Curran (from Parish Success Group), walks us through how to get your parish to be PRO youth ministry and (more importantly) what professional youth ministry looks like – whether you're a paid staff member or not.
All Inclusive
Lindsey West
Lindsey West (from Uniquely Catholic) helps us have the important conversation about how to change our mindset and our ministry to be more open to teens with all kinds of abilities and special needs.
Funding Your Mission
Matt Rice and Dylan Browning
Matt Rice (Founder and President of Ablaze Ministries) and Dylan Browning (Director of Development for Ablaze) discuss the importance of fundraising for your ministry and challenge us to rethink our asking strategy.
Gifted
Tony Vasinda
Tony Vasinda (cofounder of ProjectYM) talks about how we are all spiritually gifted and irreplaceable. Just like our physical DNA, we each have unique spiritual DNA, designed by God to used to serve Him and build the Kingdom.
No Perfect People Allowed
Michael and Crystal Marchand
Michael and Crystal focus on how to build a ministry that welcomes brokenness, encourages those we minister to (and with) to remove their masks, and highlights how God works through our brokenness to make us new!
Student Transitions
Michael and Crystal Marchand
Michael and Crystal talk you through the developmental phases teenagers go through from 12-22 and give practical insights on how each phase needs to be handled differently in your ministry.
Rooted in Prayer
Kalista Bartee
In this course, Kalista helps you develop strategies to intentionally incorporate and teach prayer in your ministry: with teens, with volunteers, and with parents.
Teach It Better
Michael and Crystal Marchand
Learn valuable tried and tested tools to plan and give your best teaching. Michael and Crystal walk you through the strategy, the art, the elements, and the methods of how to teach your content better.
Creating A Culture
SARAH KACZMAREK, ERIC GALLAGHER, JOHN BEAULIEU, AND MARCEL LEJEUNE
Learn how to build the culture of your ministry to be centered around prayer, evangelization, discernment, and discipleship.
Balancing Act
Michael and Crystal Marchand
Michael and Crystal break open how you and your ministry need to be intentional about finding balance between the seemingly contradictory traits.
Recruitment Engine
Tony Vasinda
Tony Vasinda unfolds the best way to recruit more volunteers for your ministry. He challenges you to look at your team, evaluate your needs, and make a plan to grow a healthy, thriving volunteer team
Balancing Act
Chris Wesley
Chris Wesley (from Marathon Youth Ministry) helps you answer three important questions: Why does your ministry exist? What does your ministry do? How do you put it all together and get to where you want your ministry to go?
Fired Up
Michael Marchand, Crystal Marchand, and Tony Vasinda
This course explores the often neglected (but essential) step of how to get everyone fired up about your ministry – parents, teens, volunteers, and even your pastor!
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Featured Instructors
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Jim Beckman
Archdiocese of Oklahoma City
Jim Beckman serves as the executive director of Evangelization and Catechesis for the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. A graduate of Franciscan University of Steubenville, Jim has served in various roles of leadership for national, regional, and local ministry ever since. Jim also is the executive director of ImpactCenter, a nonprofit dedicated to leadership development in the Catholic Church, and serves as an adjunct professor for the Augustine Institute, teaching on leadership and discipleship.
Annie Grandell
YDisciple
Annie Grandell has over a decade of experience as a parish youth minister for a cluster of 3 parishes and has a heart for reaching souls with the gospel and teaching the truth of the Catholic faith. For the past few years, Annie has run YDisciple – allowing her to work with youth leaders around the country, empowering them in the small group discipleship model.
RICH CURRAN
Parish Success Group
Rich Curran is the founder and executive director of Parish Success Group, a Catholic non-profit organization that provides on-site coaching to parishes and dioceses getting them to grow in size and spiritual depth. For more than 25 years he has served the Catholic Church within parishes, dioceses and nationally on numerous boards, associations and consulter to several Catholic publishers.
Lindsey West
Uniquely Catholic
Lindsey West is the founder of Uniquely Catholic – an organization that helps parish communities and disability communities come together in a meaningful way that promotes not just welcome, but belonging, and a sense of ownership that respects individuals with disabilities and meets them where they’re at. In addition to a Master’s degree in Systematic Theology, Lindsey has spent time as youth minister, director of religious education, and volunteer.
Matt Rice
Ablaze Ministries
Matt Rice is the president and founder of Ablaze Ministries and currently resides in Bryan, TX. He holds a BA from Texas A&M University and a M.Div. with Biblical Studies concentration. Matt began working in ministry over 18 years ago but quickly realized that there was a need that was not being met in the world of Youth Ministry. In response to this need, Matt founded Ablaze Ministries to form and train youth ministers and provide quality youth ministry to parishes of all sizes.
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Thrive Community
You'll get full access to the Thrive Community through our online platform – accessible through your browser or mobile app.
Thrive PRo Groups
Weekly video calls with 5-7 other Catholic youth ministers facilitated by a ProjectYM team member. We'll help you brainstorm ideas, solve problems, and stay focused on your ministry!
Thrive VoLunteers
Practical, video-based training for all of your adult volunteers!
Thrive Courses
Over twenty, action-oriented, video training courses designed to give you the practical tools you need to thrive in your ministry.
Fully Searchable
When you don't have time to watch a whole course, you can easily search the 25+ hours of video training content – it's all transcribed, captioned, and fully searchable.
Live Video coaching
Our team is available to jump on a live video call and help you with pretty much anything going on in your ministry!
Priority Registration
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Thrive Students
Coming Soon
Online leadership training platform for your students – featuring content taught by Catholic college students.
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Thrive Community
You'll get full access to the Thrive Community through our online platform – accessible through your browser or mobile app.
