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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008I like the idea of being organized (although I am not organized at all). One organizing tool that I really like is Post It notes. I always have a stack of them on my desk. Serving so many purposes, Post It notes are the Swiss Army knife of the desk (if a Swiss Army knife [...]
Countdown Videos
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008Most youth ministries are using countdown videos nowadays (heck, many churches are using them as well!). Not only do they look cool and flaunt the media capabilities of your ministry, these countdown videos serve 3 practical purposes:
Time for socializing. Students want to talk to their friends. When I was in youth group, this always took [...]
A Time for Everything
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008In case you have not heard, the 5 year old daughter of Steven Curtis Chapman died yesterday after being hit by a car. Read the full story here. I have recently been thinking about death, mainly due to the two funerals I attended in the last week. Just as The Teacher [...]
May: A Month of Transition
Monday, May 19th, 2008Youth ministry is inherently tied to the school’s schedule. Any youth worker with common sense knows not to plan events on 1. Prom Weekend, 2. Graduation Weekend, or 3. Finals Week. Students will not come on 1 & 2, and parents will hate you for 2 & 3. Unfortunately, these events all happen [...]
Book Review: What Matters Most
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008Finished another book this week: What Matters Most by Doug Fields. It was a very quick read, but well worth the time. In the book, Doug helps the reader learn how to say NO to good things (ministry opportunities, friends, and one million other things) so you can say YES to what matters most (God [...]
Creative Outreach Methods
Thursday, May 1st, 2008Tonight I went to a Switchfoot concert at the Music Pier in Ocean City. It is not everyday that we have a major concert in town, and even less that I am not in charge of. It was run by the local chapter of FCA as an outreach event. Myself and some other local youth [...]
SYM Podcast Live TODAY!!
Friday, April 25th, 2008The crew over at Simply Youth Ministry is doing a live podcast today (4/25) at Noon PST (3pm for normal people who live on the East Coast). I am so happy that they changed the day of the podcast from Thursday to Friday just for me. If you have not experienced this show, [...]
Deadliest Catch and Youth Ministry
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008Today I have been watching the new episodes of Deadliest Catch. This show, which documents the rough, sometimes deadly, job of king crab fishermen in Alaska, is the best documentary show on television. These men risk life and limb for 3 weeks on the high seas in order to make anywhere between $20-40,000 [...]
Divine Punishment = Emo
Monday, April 14th, 2008Last week, I was teaching my Jr. High students about the Fall (Genesis 3), when I had an interesting interaction with a student. It went something like this:
Me: “And how did God punish the man (Adam) for his sin?”
Student: “God turned him emo”
Great stuff, but it was not the answer I was looking for.
Flexible in Ministry
Sunday, April 13th, 2008Sorry for the recent lack of posts: my schedule has been rather hectic. This weekend, the Tabernacle hosted a Women’s Conference. Over 240 women came on Friday night and Saturday for this conference, the first we have held. Gloria Gaither was the speaker, and her daughter Amy Gaither Hayes did the music. [...]
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