I’ve recently realized that I was assuming all my teens knew how to communicate and connect with God on their own. As I have discovered, a large number of them are actually struggling in this area. So it has become a renewed focus of mine. I have always believed that the bedrock to an individual’s [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Equipping Teens for 1-on-1 Time with God
Posted: 26th March 2009 by Christian in UncategorizedTags: devotions, equipping, quiet times
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In the midst of my chaotic life of uncertainty and relying on God for every provision, pushing through challenges, attacks and discouragement of the church ministry that I am currently in, I cannot help but swell up with joy like a proud mama when I think of our youth ministry. This past year, the youth [...]
Receiving is Harder than Giving
Posted: 23rd March 2009 by Christian in UncategorizedTags: love, minister, receive
Right now I’m reading Cast of Characters by Max Lucado. There’s a chapter on the woman who anointed Jesus’ feet with her tears. In that story, Jesus says that she loves much because she had been forgiven much. I’ve always read that as – “If you have sinned a lot, you’ll be able to love God [...]
What does “graduation season” mean to us as youth pastors?
Posted: 17th March 2009 by Jenna in UncategorizedTags: connecting with youth, empowering youth, from high school to college, from youth ministry to young adult ministry, helping keep youth in church, youth ministry
Helping reduce the chances of losing our high school seniors once they graduate!
Passion
Posted: 16th March 2009 by Shawn in UncategorizedTags: challenge, geeked, Passion, prayer, service, Testimony
2 weeks ago, I was standing in front of a clerk at a shoe store trembling. A few geeked youth and I had been praying earlier that night. We felt we were supposed to go to a shoe store by Starbucks and that there would be a blue-eyed young girl who was sick [...]
Contextualizing the Kingdom of God Theology to Youth Ministry
Posted: 14th March 2009 by Christian in UncategorizedRecently I wrote a short article for a packet that the National Task Force for Youth is putting together for Vineyard youth pastors. It’s a little long (4 pages) but I thought I’d make it available to you guys and see what you think about it. It’s basically some ideas for how to take the [...]
Hey guys we just had our Surge meeting this sunday and it went very well. I have already gotten responses from parents and students about their desire to go on this trip. We probably had close to 20 students attend the meeting so if we can get 3/4 of that I will be really psyched. Our [...]