My first love is youth ministry.
My second love is youth ministers.
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.
A time to leave and a time to stay
Two polar opposite headlines came from my two former denominations this week: Growing up Southern Baptist, I can’t recall ever being explicitly told that women couldn’t do ministry. That is, until I experienced a call to ministry at 16 years old. As people were affirming my call, it occurred to me that I had never…
8 Productivity Experiments to Try
As a ministry coach, most of the clients I have had the privilege to work with have told me the same thing: they struggle to feel like they are winning at work. The truth is, it’s incredibly hard to ever feel like you’ve finished everything in ministry. The list is never-ending. There’s always one more…
16 Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Service Projects
Just one week before our youth mission trip to St. Louis—and right before a major holiday—our only scheduled service project completely fell through. With a group of teens ready to serve and no time to secure new partners, I had a choice: panic… or pivot. So instead of “crashing out” (as the kids say), I…
Craftivism: A Creative Approach to Justice for Youth
At our 2024 Fall Retreat, we embraced an approach to justice that felt as cozy as it was radical—Craftivism. Eight themed “Stations of Craftivism” offered youth the opportunity to engage deeply with issues of justice, faith, and community through creativity, contemplation, and action. Craftivism, a term coined by Betsy Greer in 2003, is “a way…
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Heather Lea Campbell 