Most of us have something inside of us that desires to do hard things that produce great results. Unfortunately as adults we don’t even know where to begin sometimes, let alone teenagers that have these desire and lack the encouragement from adults to do great things.
In 2008 Alex and Brett Harris wrote Do Hard [...]
Have you seen the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently issued revised Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising to include blog posts, word of mouth campaigns and even twitter messages? Starting December 1st, 2009 all materials and/ or gifts received that we review need to be disclosed in a simple and [...]
If you take a step back and look at student ministry from the prospective of all the ways to impact your ministry you know how much stuff there is out there. Conferences (for you, you and your volunteers and the teens in your ministry), one day events, retreats, camps, missions and service project opportunities, books, [...]
Over the weekend Darren Rowse posted on his new Twitter focused blog: Twitip.com a top 10 list of “must follows” for Twitter beginners and it inspired me to think social media and learning for youth ministry and who we should be following on Twitter and their blogs.
Here’s my list in no particular order.
Tim Schmoyer -@rockinyp [...]
Nobody likes to say the “R” word. It’s the dirty word that sparks fear in the hearts of government officials, economists, CEO’s of large companies, owners of small businesses and last but not least the rest of us. During these economic hard times we need to pray for extra wisdom on how to [...]
Today as we left the church my daughter is going to VBS this summer one of the volunteers told us that there was a t-shirt and CD of the worship music (legal of course) for her in another building and on the way home we popped in the CD and she started to sing [...]
God is not short on the adventures and experiences that He has thrown in our path over the last few years and now we start on another.
Last week I resigned from my position as youth minister at the Christian Church at DeLeon Springs. We loved working with the people at the church [...]
I’ve been thinking about what I learned about life and ministry in 2007 and now having completed 1 year at Christian Church at DeLeon Springs.
-More time allowing God to run my life. I can focus way to much on getting through life, ministry and the good times and the bad times with out [...]
As I was beginning my thoughts on the name and purpose of the student ministry I had just been called to lead here at CCDS the senior minister left and then dealing with the day to day running of the church office took the majority of my time in this new ministry, and while some [...]
Yesterday morning after church we had a great parents meeting. We brought all the parents together to mainly talk about Small Groups and some ideas we wanted their opinions on. It was great to see them really champion small groups and get behind them as a part of our student ministry. One [...]
