Category: Youth Ministry
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Good To Great Youth Ministry (part one)
I wrote a series of articles that looked at the principles of the leadership classic “Good to Great” and applied them to youth ministry. Here is the first. The Pied Piper All churches want youth ministries that are exciting, thriving, growing, and amazing in just about every way! What we often have are…
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Three Reasons To Take Attendance In Youth Ministry
I thought this worth reposting… Years ago a wise sage (he was actually younger but infinately wiser than me) taught me the value of tracking attendance at youth group, Sunday School, and pretty much anything in our ministry. He showed me a database of who had been coming to youth programs and who had not. He…
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Five Ways We Can Encourage Students To Engage With Scripture
On our recent fall weekends for students we gave away copies of Engage volume 18 from The Good Book Company. We selected this one because it covers the book of Daniel which was the subject of one of our weekends and alluded to in the other. Our hope is that students will engage with the…
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The Day My Worst Nightmare Came True
A new book by my friend Cameron Cole has been released and I know will bless many souls! The video here will help you know what the book is about.
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Jerusalem
Pictures from top to bottom… it was an afternoon tour of the Dead Sea area. We stopped at the Qumran community where the scrolls were found. If you don’t know the significance of them, it’s worth learning about. The pic looks like something from a Star Wars movie. Next pic is of a facsimile of…
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The significance of the Ark Encounter (or why I stopped in Kentucky on my way to the Holy Land)
“Evan Almighty” was a funny film, thanks to the talent of Steve Carrell, et al. If you have never seen it, the film depicts a “what if” scenario where God asks Evan to build an ark. The premise is funny in part due to the modern day setting and also the reluctance of Evan who…
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Encountering The Ark
My journey to the Holy Land begins with what Yelp describes as “an evangelical and fundamentalist Christian attraction”. This full scale replica of Noah’s ark is truly impressive. It was built to the specifications in Genesis and based on research done regarding ship building in the ancient near east. The apologetic ministry of “Answers in…
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The Importance of Professionalism
“We need to fire the youth pastor.” Those words, spoken to my boss, drew me into what became a negotiation process between church leaders and a young youth minister. It was one of many times I have been involved in the rescue of someone’s employment in a church. Most of these situations have been about…
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Epic messages and Video
You can listen to the teaching of The Rev. David Charney at Epic, who taught on the seven churches in Revelation on our diocesan website and you can view the slideshow video there as well as two posts down here.
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The Jesus Weekend
