Tim over at Life in Student Ministry is currently working on a new youth ministry venture. An outgrowth of his Youth Ministry Mentoring Program, this new venture will provide online training and advice to rookie youth workers. Since Tim is devoted to providing free online content, he is looking for some help to cover the expenses of the ministry. Find out how you can help Tim in his new ministry venture.
New Year, New Design
Welcome 2009! For the start of this blog’s second year, I decided for a clean new look. Using the Visionary template, this design is more visually appealing and simple. There is also many more features built into the design, meaning the blog is not held together by duct tape anymore. As we continue into 2009, [...]
Year in Review: 2008
2008 has been a very eventful year for me and this blog. For one, I got married and had a great time in Jamaica on our honeymoon. My work/ministry built and dedicated a new Youth Center, and we started holding events in there this fall. I continued taking classes at seminary, learning Biblical Greek and [...]
Best of 2008: Youth Ministry Tips
Continuing the series Best of 2008, I wanted to focus today on the best youth ministry tips from 2008. These are tips from other youth workers that have been influential in my ministry this year. Be sure to check out these posts, and subscribe to their blogs.
Best of 2008: Videos
Wrapping up the Best of 2008 series are the viral videos. Some have been featured on recent installments of Funny Fridays, while others are just ones I have discovered.
Best of 2008: Technology
As we saw yesterday, technological advances has greatly helped ministries become more effective and efficient. I have adapted some new technology this past year, both hardware and software, and they have been extremely helpful in my ministry.
Best of 2008: Websites
2008 was the first year I used the Internet effectively for ministry. It has now become an effective tool for communication, research, message prep, and planning. What did we ever do without the Internet? I don’t know.
Best of 2008: Movies
2008 was a great year for movie-goers, especially those that grew up in the 80s-90s and whose childhood heroes made the jump to the big screen (hint: me). There were several great superhero blockbusters, remakes of TV shows, book adaptations, and continuations of established franchises.
Best of 2008: Music
My freshman year at college I experienced a revolution in my musical tastes, partially because I met people with all new tastes, but also because I finally downloaded iTunes. This technology helped make purchasing and downloading instantaneous. Fast forward to 2008 and you will see technology make another monumental change in my music-listening habits.
Best of 2008: Books
At the start of 2008, I set a goal to read 25 books (not including required books for seminary). I fell just short of that goal, reading 23 books in my spare time (plus 3 for seminary classes). Most of them were great reads, with only a few exceptions.