Category: Resources
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Parent Ministry in a Rural Setting Pt #1…
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 One of my passions is Parent Ministry. I believe that parents of students shouldn’t be treated like the enemy, like a leper, or like something to be avoided like road…
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Review and Giveaway: Limitless Life by Derwin Gray…
Once in a while, MinistryPlace.Net gets to partner with some great people that allow our readers to get a great perk, just for interacting with our blog! We have been able to offer a free SIGNED copy of Derwin Gray’s new book Limitless Life (if you don’t win, get it at Amazon) at MinistryPlace.Net. This…
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Acceptance…
The following is from an upcoming resource at MinistryPlace.net called Letters to a Teenager. As I was writing this, I strongly felt that this was something that youth leaders need to hear right now, as students start their school year. If you have a resource or idea to share with other youth workers, go here,…
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Youth Ministry tech: The Kindle Fire
I wanted to try something a little different. Since this is a tech site and a ministry site, I thought I’d delve into the tech side for a post. Now, I’ve established in earlier posts that I’m not your typical trendy youth pastor. As such, I do not own an Apple iPad. I am not…
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Pilot Project: Adopt a Neighborhood…
This school year, our students have decided to try something new. They are adopting a neighborhood to “Gospelize”. This is a “multiple-touch” evangelism project that is designed around building relationships in the community. We will be doing multiple service project days, where we serve the people of the neighborhood for no cost to help them…
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Ground Your Ministry in God’s Word
Every work day starts the same for me. I get into the office, shut my door, grab my Bible and read. I used to struggle with that. I thought Bible and prayer time should be spent at home and I should be “working” while I was in the office. I tried to do that, but…
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Guest Post: Remember Your Calling…
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 I’ve had a roller coaster of year in 2013! The year started off rough because of some really strenuous college classes I had to take. Then I hit an…
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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 a previous post about the…
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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… “Lookie here, Lookie here, good…
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Honoring YOUR Graduates
Ah, graduation recognition Sunday. That’s the day I honor a bunch of students I have never met. What? Yes, if your church is like most of the ones I’ve served in the past, graduate recognition Sunday brings students out of the woodwork. So often I’m handing a Bible and/or a book to a student that…
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A Day at DOFO with Michael Brown
When we get groups to come and visit our home one of the questions they always ask is what does an average day at DOFO look like? So here is my attempt… The day starts at 5:00 am as all the kids are waking up and getting dressed in the school uniforms. Everyday we send…
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Custom Tablet Case How-To (With Photos) – Redneck Tech
This is the third run at making a custom tablet case for cheap using a real book. This finished product is a much cleaner end result than the first two (proof that practice makes improvement). Things You’ll need: A book that will be the size of your tablet Plus at least 1/2 Inch bigger in…