This week’s HS lesson from SYM Live is about Honoring God in all you do. In preparing the lesson, I ran across this commentary on Colossians 3:17: Neither in worship, nor in his business and pleasures, must be the Christian engage in anything that cannot be done in Christ’s name; […]
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What are We Doing?
Its that time of year again. Players are reporting to spring training. I signed the boys up for T-ball last weekend. Baseball time is almost upon us. We might have some youth and parents disappear until September (assuming they don’t play winter ball…). What is the real reason? What needs to […]
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What is Un?
Dare2Share’s Conference theme this year is the “Un. Tour”. I have gotten a lot of questions as a Youth Pastor that go kind of like this… “What is Un???” Here is an Answer… We live in a world where God is seen as Un-important, many Christians are Un-Committed, and are Un-Prepared […]
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The iPhone, Uses in ministry, and What we can learn..
I have been an iPhone holdout for several years. I have tested about every smartphone platform (I think I skipped Nokia’s S60…) but the iPhone. I have set them up for clients, transferred their data, but no extended use on my part. It was almost a badge of honor not […]
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On Young People Serving in the Church…
When young people become Christians they do not get a “Junior Holy Spirit”. They do not get “spiritual gifts lite”. They get the full power of the Holy Spirit, and should be given ministry opportunities on this basis. Do our churches even know what gifts the young people have – let […]
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Noticied Today…..
Has anyone else noticed that the MTV “skins” controversy would not have even been within the boundaries of acceptable a few years ago, making it simply out of the question and therefore a non-issue. Consider the envelope successfully pushed, folks.
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The “Suicide” Talk.
This has been an issue in every church that I have served in. It will probably be a hot issue for some years to come. I have fielded the following question many times – “Does a person who commits suicide automatically go to Hell, even if they were a believer?” […]
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Hmmmm….
Saw one of my students out running today while I was on my way home from the office. Not too uncommon except for he was in shorts and a Tshirt and it was 19 degrees ouside with 4-5 inches of snow down…. Doh!
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Said to a student today…
“Just keep in mind that God is bigger and more powerful than any excuse that gets between you and Him…”
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MinistryPlace.Net @ SYMC2011 in Chicago
If you have not gotten your arrangements squared away for The Simply Youth Ministry Conference, you are running short on time. The word a couple days ago was the registration was about 94% of capacity. If you go, you will receive training, fellowship, and encouragement form the best Youth Ministry […]
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Life Hurts, God Heals Freebies…
If you are not familiar with Life Hurts, God Heals, It is a resource by Simply Youth Ministry. We are currently using it in our Small Group Ministry as an equipping tool for our church teens to reach and help their hurting friends as they struggle through life. I encourage […]
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This is Why Ministry to Children/Youth is important today…
Ministry to Children and Youth are vital to the present and future of the church. We all have been taught that forever. But we forget about the residual effects it has in the church body. We often forget that the Children and Youth we work with have parents and grandparents. […]