Today I got to be part of Stephanie Caro’s Half Track on Small Church Youth Ministry. She did an excellent job. You can read her stuff here… I enjoyed some great time connecting with People from NNYM, YM360, Interlinc, and Lead222. Go see them they are great people and they […]
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Healthy Rural Churches: Part 1 – Limitations…
This post is part one of a series on Rural Church Health. One of the things I see over and over in small and rural churches is that most of them desperately want to be healthy, but do not realize that they are “sick”. In this series, I am going to borrow […]
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#SYMC 2013 Day One Recap…
Well, I have wrapped up a great first day to SYMC in Indianapolis. If you cannot be at the conference, the general sessions stream here… Here are some of the highlights. Got to connect with some great youth workers at lunch! I was honored to get to talk with a group […]
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“Rural Youth Ministry” review at Engaging the Shadows of Youth Ministry
Wednesday, Matthew Murphy at Engaging the Shadows of Youth Ministry wrote a review on Rural Youth Ministry:Thrive Where You’re Planted Here’s an excerpt: One universal takeaway was his format for thinking about Rural Youth Ministry, which in a few simple words he describes as: Stop, Look, Listen, Learn. This advice […]
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When Facebook doesn’t work
Being the youth pastor at a small church, I have learned the value of communication and the cost of assumption. When we have upcoming events, we post them on our church site, our youth site, our youth Facebook site and posts reminders in twitter, email, church calendars, church bulletins, and […]
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Interview with YouthWorkinIt.com
Brent Lacy from MinistryPlace.net is featured in an an interview at YouthWorkinIt.com. The interview is about Rural Youth Ministry. and the unique characteristics of working with youth in a rural context. Here is an excerpt: As part of our series about different types of youth work, this week we have an interview […]
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#SYMC from a Rural/Small Church Perspective
There have been some great posts this week from some great people, Including Phil Bell and Brandon Early. In my years going to youth ministry conferences, Here are my tips. 1) Get plenty of rest. The sack chairs are there to be used. Use them. [Bonus points to the person […]
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Idea: VBS over Spring Break…
VBS on spring break? This is an “outside the box” idea for many of you, but first, let me ask a few questions. 1) Do you have a hard time carving out a week during the summer to do VBS? 2) Are the bulk of your children’s and youth ministry […]
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Rural Youth Ministry Minute Podcast: Episode 2 – Big Issues and Challenges
Episode 2 of the RYM Video Podcast talks about some of the large issues that Rural Youth Workers face in their Ministries. I polled Rural Youth Workers from all over the country on a Facebook page, and here are the four big ones that came up in their replies…. Be sure […]
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Rural Youth Ministry Minute – Episode 1
Welcome to the newest feature at MinistryPlace.net, The Rural Youth Ministry Minute Video Podcast! The Rural Youth Ministry Minute is designed to talk about resources, issues, challenges and ideas in Rural Youth Ministry. The minute part is because the videos are all approximately 1 minute long. I hope that they […]
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Guest Post: Investing in your community!
Brian Ingraham Director of Youth and Outreach Ministries Reformed Presbyterian Church in Ephrata, PA Twitter: @briankingraham This year will mark 5 years of serving the community through the Ephrata Project. The Ephrata Project is a multi-church effort to help families with home repair projects and point them to a relationship […]
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Burning Vacation to Avoid Burnout – SYMC!
Having spent nearly 10 years in Youth Ministry, there is one thing that is constant -even more so than change- burnout. I have seen numerous youth workers, staff and volunteer alike come in like gang-busters only to fizzle out and fall away from ministry while trying to recompose the pieces […]