Student Ministry
Frisbees, Seizures, and Poison Control…
One thing you can generally never say about ministry is that it is boring. My big ministry emphasis last night was getting out the frisbees with the GOSPEL message link. I was getting a huge response from students. I even had a few adults ask for a frisbee. I gave out about 50 more than [...]
An Interesting Set of Tools for Sharing The GOSPEL…
This week is the County Fair in Parke County. I’ve been blessed with the opportunity to do a lot of ministry there. I will see a lot of people that our church will probably only be able to connect with one or two other times of the year. Needless to say, intentionality of the Christ-centered [...]
Rural Ministry: The County Fair…
A wonderful, yet challenging part of Rural Ministry is the County Fair. Ours is this week. A week full of Demo Derbies, Tractor and Truck Pulls, Animal Showings, Riding, Roping, and even ATV Drag Races!!! Wow. I will see a lot of people from our county of 18,000 people. Politicians, Businesspeople, and Organizations trying to get their point [...]
Defining You.
I love the video to the song below. I needed to see this today. Someone else could use it too, I’m sure. Don’t let your success, your failures, your actions, your fears, your friends, or your possessions define you. Don’t let what you did or didn’t do define you. Don’t let your culture define you. [...]
Good or Great?
It’s easy to chart what you need to do to improve your church. It is exponentially harder to actually accomplish it. On paper it may look easy to hit those milestones and measures, but when you throw in the personalities and agendas of all involved, things can get quite messy. At this point, you’ve probably [...]
Worldview Academy.
I am not a big “Camp” Youth Pastor. I do not often do camps, especially big, expensive ones. I am used to taking students to small, local camps, usually run by a local Baptist Association. In fact, that is what I am doing this year with the majority of my students… However, I was presented [...]
MinistryPlace.Net featured at Studentministry.org
If you are in youth ministry more than five minutes and you haven’t gotten free resources from studentministry.org, you need to go there now! Every Friday, they feature a resource for student ministry. This week, MinistryPlace.Net is featured! Here’s the link: http://stumin.org/iToLMN Go get it! Share this:EmailFacebookPrint
The “Soup” of Church Ministry….
I had a moment of inspiration while eating my lunch today. Eating the Grilled Chicken and Sausage Gumbo reminded me of life in church ministry. It really is a “soup”. It’s a lot of individual ingredients put together to accomplish a purpose. In the case of my Gumbo, it’s each ingredient adding to the overall [...]
More LifeBook Press….
TheLifebook is getting a lot of notice lately. Tim at StudentMinistry.org has posted an article today about TheLifebook Here is the Link (video review as well…) Pray for the Saturation taking place next week in Parke County, Indiana among the three school districts there. Tonight is a “Prep and Prayer Meeting” among the Youth Ministries [...]
MinistryTech Minute…Extreme Protection
I ran across this the other day on YouTube. G-Form, who makes high-end sports padding for Skateboarders, Snowboarders and BMX riders has taken that technology into the consumer electronics space. They have made a laptop sleeve and an iPad sleeve designed to handle some tough stuff. Here is one of their test videos…amazing stuff! Ministry Implications…Two [...]
Free Download from Answers in Genesis…
This morning, I had breakfast with several area pastors and the Area Representative for Answers in Genesis. He shared some resources available to Pastors that will help disciple and equip church members in developing an accurate Christ-Centered Worldview. He also shared about the Creation Museum in Petersburg, Kentucky. Both are excellent ministries. They have a genuine [...]
Information to students…
What works at your church\ministry for getting the word out about events and activities? What doesn’t? Joe in KC: “Yeah. It was funny because I thought facebook was the best way to get info to my students. This Sunday I told a girl that I messaged her on facebook last month. She gets on facebook [...]
