Category: Youth Ministry

The Briefing, a publication from Mathias Media that I used to read regularly (cause it’s really good) has done a series on memorizing Scripture.  This is an area of huge challenge to me and yet we encourage our youth ministers to engage students in… not in a competitive sense like some sort of Bible drill…

Great article in the local paper about one of our youth ministers, Stan Winder, whom I first met when he was in a wheel chair with no expectation of ever walking again. Stan Winder continues to defy the odds after his instantaneous recovery from a crippling disease that happened when he said God spoke to…

. The past few Mondays I have had the opportunity to teach the summer camp staff in their start of the week gathering.  They sing, someone teaches, and then they go into small groups to discuss, pray, etc. Last week, I started off this way… Merciful Father, we thank You that in Your great faithfulness…

An interesting infographic regarding the use of video online by teens.  Interesting to see similarities where I expected differences.  I wonder what this tells us about the ministry potential in streaming video. Presented by: OnlineCollege.org

I thought I should break the silence, having been wrapped up in work and prep for the upcoming trip to Kilmore, Elphin, & Ardagh.  So, a few things I ran across today on the interwebs…  One of which relates to getting ready to engage in missions… Thabiti Anyabwile writes a great piece over at The…

I encourage all who are able to register for the 2012 Rooted Conference (taking place in Birmingham August 9-11) to do so before Thursday when the price goes up.  This is the end of the early bird price and the conference will be well worth attending. Take a look at the details here.

Before we send students off to college or into the working world, hopefully we will have taught them not just things in the Bible but some key ideas about the Bible.  It’s not the sexiest stuff to teach but incredibly valuable as they seek to give a reason for the hope they have within them. …