Ministry
A night of community…
I had the pleasure of being part of a community outreach that our church hosted last week. We called the event “Fireside: A Night of Community”. Overall I think the event went really well. The leadership team put together a chili cookoff, we had Jeff Anderson (@JeffAOfficial for those of you on twitter) lead us [...]
North Central States Rally
I have been blessed to be part of the Southern Baptist Convention North Central States rally in Indianapolis, Indiana this week. We have had some amazing opportunities to learn from some amazing leaders. Some that we have heard from: @RickHowerton from NavPress @EdStetzer from Lifeway Research Yale Wall from State Convention of Baptists in Indiana [...]
Scheduling for 2012…
I have been blessed by the church where I serve to have the ability to spend a couple weeks each year blessing another church or ministry. I would love the opportunity to partner with you. I am available for Camps, D-Now Weekends, Revivals, Outreach Events, Youth Worker Training Sessions, or any other ideas you may [...]
Do you use TV’s In your Youth Facility? Then Check This Out…
We are looking at some options that will improve and better utilize the space in our Youth Room. One of these options involves replacing a 32″ Tube-Style (CRT, Old School, etc.) TV on a rolling stand with a Wall mounted LCD. I stumbled across a site that calculates the difference between different sizes of displays. [...]
Top 10 Android Apps for Ministry….
Shortly after iOS 5 came out, I made the jump back to Android for my daily use device (Long Story) and went to work. Here are some of the Apps I use in ministry on a daily basis in the ministry at FBC: 10. Google Docs (Free) – With every update, Google improves what you can [...]
Ministry Tech Tip : Website Prep
If you are using a website in your lesson, always test it on every price of hardware you will be using it with before teaching… Example: last night, we were planning to use the “restricted nations map” from voice of the martyrs, but the android tablets we were using did not have adobe flash player [...]
Question of The Day: QR Codes
Are you using QR Codes in your ministry? If so, what are you using them for? Some Ideas: In our youth ministry, we use one on a label pointed to a GOSPEL presentation. Personally, I use one as my Twitter profile pic, that points to MinistryPlace.net (See Image..) I would love to hear what [...]
Thoughts on Communion….
Dr. Rodney Reeves (Dean of the Theology School at Southwest Baptist University) had some interesting thoughts on Communion posted at his blog, A Genuine Faith. …One of the clearest places where we should find eternal hospitality is at the Lord’s table, a banquet memorial where we proclaim the Lord’s death till he comes. The reason we [...]
Question of the Day?
If your church were to suddenly have to turn all leadership to those age 25-35, would your church be in deep trouble? Why or Why not? What is your church doing to retain, train, and grow leaders in the 18-40 age group? What are you doing that works well? What doesn’t work in your context? [...]
I know you are out there…
I know you are out there. Maybe You are a Youth Worker that has been told you are too young/old/boring/playful/whatever to effectively serve in youth ministry. Maybe you have been sucked into church politics without even knowing it and you are now paying the price. Maybe you’ve been bullied by a youth parent/deacon/elder/Sr Pastor/whoever. Maybe [...]
Connected Classroom: Asus eeePC 101MT
I’ve been blessed with a finance committee that sees the way that I do youth ministry isn’t really described as typical. The Space we meet in is not conducive to a computer lab, or even a “mini-lab” so we have gone highly portable. We have gone primarily with Android-Based tablets (ZT-180 Processor based). But I [...]
Rural Minstry at its Finest…
There are some things I love about Rural Ministry that I just love. One of those things are “Family Parties”. As a Youth Pastor, I get invited to family functions of the youth I minister to, which means I get to interact with the grandparents, cousins, crazy uncles, etc (there are some stories here, maybe [...]
