I just returned from my third year of the CIY Believe Tour in Anderson, Indiana. It is a ministry event geared totally toward 6th-8th grade students. The worship, the teaching, visual/sensory learning, everything. It is an affordable event for almost any size church – (approximately $50 plus hotel and a […]
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Ministry Idea: Gratitude Tree
Here’s a low cost ministry idea: The gratitude tree from Celebratong Home is designed to give an experiential way to show gratitude for things in our lives. This works especially well in lessons on different ways that we worship God and on being thankful in attitude and heart. Here is […]
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Redneck Tech: Weather Reporting…
This sign welcomes you at the local food pantry in my community…
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A Tablet for Free/Cheap? How? Update: 8/7/12
This is the next in a series of “free stuff” posts. I will answer the most obvious question first – Yes they do work, if you are careful and follow the terms and conditions of the offer. Now that I have cleared that up, let’s move on… I am looking […]
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Crayola Trace and Draw Case for the iPad 2
I won a Griffin/Crayola Trace and Draw case for the iPad 2 from iMore. I received it about 2 weeks ago, and my kids love it! It is large and gives them good grips. Here are some of my other thoughts about the product in no particular order: I […]
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If only studying God’s Word were this easy…
Some of us expect it to be easy. It is not. You must work at it. But the payoff is amazing!
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Last Night’s Lesson…Facepalm!
Our lession last night at The Loft was about watching what you take in, both physically and to your heart/mind/soul (using Romans 12:2). I break out the old “dog poop brownies” illustration. If you don’t know it, Google it… I play it up big, not giving away the ending, then […]
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Redneck Tech: The Makeshift Belt/Spindle Sander…
One of the things you learn in Rural Ministry is to improvise in order to make what you have do what you need it to do. I needed to sand some small pieces for a VBS craft, so this is how I made it work. It did the job very well. More […]
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Rural Ministry Idea: A New Favorite Drink…
Here is a relationship building idea that has worked well for me in a Rural Church context. Don’t take for granted that many of your students have limited exposure to other areas of the country. Some may not have much exposure to culture outside your COUNTY. This […]
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People you need to connect with from #symc…
It has been an awesome weekend at #symc in Louisville, KY. What now? Continue the conversations. Here are some people to start with: Phil Bell and Lenitia Fix – youthworktalk.com Rick Lawrence – @rickskip Darren Sutton – @darrensutton Katie Sutton – glasshousespouse.com Justin Boling (social media guy at SYM – […]