Shane Vander Hart
Shane Vander Hart is Serve Our Youth Network’s Director of Ministries and Volunteer Development. He has been on staff with SOY since 2002 and has a passion for sharing Jesus Christ with juvenile offenders, and equipping and mobilizing volunteers. He has a B.A. in youth ministry (minor in Bible) from Trinity International University, and has been involved in youth ministry since 1992 in church, public school, Christian school and juvenile facility settings and has also recently been an interim pastor in an area church. Shane is available to come give a presentation to your church or group and has been sought after to provide pulpit supply in Central Iowa Churches. Shane directs the Second Chance Juvenile Mentoring Initiative and Institutional Chaplaincy Programs. He also coordinates all SOY’s volunteer training. Feel free to contact Shane with any questions that you may have.
- Ethical Principles for Youth Mentoring
- Praying on Wednesday Mornings in Des Moines
- Tween D8-ing?
- Real Men Mentor
- Are Your Kids Getting Enough Sleep? Four Reasons Why They Should
- Arguments Can Be a Good Thing
- Spiritual Parenting
- Thank You for the Time (and the Candy and Cupcakes Too!)
- Are We Placing Limits on How High Teens Can Jump?
- A Faith That Sticks: Relationships, Relationships, Relationships
- Sticky Faith
- A Sports Figure Worthy of the Title–“Role Model”
- Parenting Media-Saturated Kids
- Five Ways for the Church to Help Unemployed Young Adults
- Why We Must Reach the “12-22 Window”
- The Importance of the First Follower
- How Technology Is Influencing Families
- An Uptick in Iowa’s Recidivism Rates
- The Power of Words
- Change on the Inside
- Congratulations to Straight Ahead Ministries, 2010 Hope Awards Regional Finalist
- Comparing the Cost of Mentoring to Lock-Up
- Life Lessons for a Mentee (and Mentor)







