Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Hebrews 13:7-8 At Highland Lakes Baptist Camp, the students got to see a great example […]
Guest Post: Small Town
This guest post is from Kevin Patterson. Kevin is the Youth Pastor at FBC Dawson Springs, Kentucky. He blogs at Life in The Youth Ministry Fishbowl “Well I was born in a small town And I live in a small town Prob’ly die in a small town Oh, those small – […]
Free Resource from BGEA and NNYM…
In Rural Youth Ministry, the magic word is often FREE. We like free things that don’t kill our budgets (those of us who have them…). Here is a resource for you if you are in Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, or Michigan that will not break the bank. I shared in […]
Disney ideas for youth ministry: size requirements
My 4-year-old was 40 inches tall exactly. I know. We measured her before we left on vacation. Why is that so important? A lot of the bigger Disney World rides have a 40-inch requirement. As a dad, I was excited because I could take my daughter on them. Or so […]
Rural Ministry Resource: My Hope with Billy Graham
In rural ministry, we often don’t have the budget to pull off big name events and get all the shiny prepacked curriculum that others enjoy. The resource I am going to share with you today is very well done, and totally free. So, in the words of “Duck Commander” Phil Robertson… […]
Disney ideas for youth ministry: customer service
It was the end of a long day at the Magic Kingdom. My wife had gone to buy some mousketeer hats while my daughter and I rode a ride one last time. She bought two hats and had them embroidered with our names. She went to pay the man and […]
Leaving Well – 10 Tips….
We resign. That’s the not so positive phrase that I had to tell our Pastor several weeks ago. There really aren’t any good phrases or words for leaving a position, ministry or otherwise, but it was something that we had to do. Our lives at that time were nothing like […]
Disney ideas for youth ministry: Planning a Pace
As we walked into the Magic Kingdom, the first thing we did was find Cinderella. For weeks, my daughter talked about wanting to hug Cinderella at Disney World. It’s the one thing she wanted to do. So, upon entering the park, we made a beeline for the fastpass option for […]
Devotion to a False God
Last week, at Disney World, I went to retrieve our stroller from the stroller parking section. As I searched among the hundred or so strollers, I finally found mine and started to move it. As I pulled, it snagged on a woman’s garment. Panicked, I looked up and saw it was […]
Mission Ashley 2013….
Next week I will be on mission with a team of 19 other people from my church to Ashley, Illinois. Ashley is a town that was never large, and most of the major employers have left. The picture here is of the candy factory that at one point made ZERO candy […]
Lessons from the Bible found on the farm #3: Looking for beauty…
to grant to those who mourn in Zion— to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he may be […]
Time for some R and R
Forgive me Father for I have sinned. This is not a confession, but more of an admission. I guess really, it’s an omission. You see, for the past nine years, I have omitted to take a vacation. At least, not in the traditional sense. When I was part-time, we spent […]