This year our Youth Ministry is creating and piloting an “outside the box” approach to Youth Ministry utilizing web-based technologies that are already in existence to broaden the reach of our ministry outside the walls of First Baptist Rockville. After the pilot is complete in mid to late 2011, We […]
New Years Eve…
What is your student ministry doing? Time honored tradition or something new? Just your church or with other ministries? Is it a Christmas break trip? Share below…. Go!!! Posted with WordPress for BlackBerry.
Video Post #1…
At the challenge of Brian Ford of Xposed2Jesus.com, I’m testing video posts for Ministryplace.Net… Here’s a wintery video I shot in 1 take this morning on the way to work. Enjoy!
What gets your Fire going?
Today, many are going to prepare for a day of financial gluttony (…after a physical one?) by letting the “holiday” of Black Friday overshadow a day spent best in gratitude to the giver of every good and perfect gift, God. Are we willing make the hard choices and show where […]
Taking Care Of Home….
Yesterday, I went to a pastors training conference sponsored by Pastor Training Institute. This is a ministry started by the late Dr Adrian Rogers, and is now run by his sons Steve and David. It was a very good day of equipping and encouraging. One of the biggest challenges I […]
We Have a Job to Do…
Just a reminder that we have a commandment given in Matthew 28:18-20 to make disciples who make disciples… I am praying for all you Youth Workers out there, Keep doing what you are doing, make those students lives unmistakably scream that they have been changed by none other than Jesus […]
Prayer for Rock The Bridge…..
Pray for the Students impacted by Brian Ford from Xposed2Jesus.com as He teaches students about THE Cause in Rockville, Indiana. There are about 100 students that are from all over West Central Indiana. Pray that the Youth Ministries there will forever be impacted by what is preached here tonight. Posted […]
My Reading List
I’ve got a lot of reading in front of me. I’m still working on finishing my booksneeze book “Change Your Church for Good”, and today Group sent me an awesome box of goodies (thanks guys!) with a couple of new books to review. There is some cool stuff coming up […]
Corvette Ministry on a Chevette budget?
Its the time of year that many churches are doing their 2011 budgets… What are things that churches can do to maximize the use of the resources God has blessed them with? Is there a ministry you feel is going to sunset due to budget issues? How do we balance […]
You Might Be a Youth Worker if…
Tim Schmoyer at StudentMinistry.org did one of the funniest video posts I think he has ever done the other day… I can relate to a lot of the top 10 “You Might Be A Youth Worker If” statements (but I’m not telling which ones….) Here’s the video… Here’s 300 more […]
If I Were Starting Youth Ministry Today…
It is hard to believe that I have been working in Youth Ministry for almost 10 years (That is about 1/3 of my life)! I am seeing people that were my former youth group kids that are now entering ministry and leading youth groups themselves and former youth volunteers taking […]
Travel Gone Bad…
It is a rite and passage of ministry. Interesting Motel Stays. You cannot get around it, whether for speaking engagements, mission trips, or conferences, it’s going to happen. Yesterday, @terracecrawford was posting about an upcoming stay for a speaking engagement that promises to be eventful. the 1/10 review almost guarantees […]