We are taking a new direction in our church when it comes to making disciples. The church is calling this “Trader”. In the realm of youth ministry we are calling it “Organic” It really is nothing new but I wanted to share with you a bit of what I will be sharing with our Small [...]
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Organic Discipleship
Posted: July 22, 2010 by youthinthecorner in Leadership, Pointe North Life, Theology or Church Life1
Lessons from an OLD youthguy part 2
Posted: July 19, 2010 by youthinthecorner in Leadership, Theology or Church LifeLesson #2 – Study – Don’t be lazy in your prep Chances are you have some game when it comes to presence, leadership and speaking ability or you wouldn’t have been hired by a church in the first place. However, the more talented you are the easier it will be for you to fall into [...]
Lessons from an OLD youthguy part 1
Posted: July 18, 2010 by youthinthecorner in Leadership, Theology or Church LifeToday is my birthday, I am 36 years old. Now that is not too old by most standards…in youth ministry it is getting up there. When I go to youth conferences or to training websites and look around I see a bunch of tattooed, wild haired guys who never wore parachute pants or even knows [...]
Thoughts from the Abbey
Posted: July 14, 2010 by youthinthecorner in Culture, Leadership, Theology or Church Life2 weeks ago I was privileged to spend the week with the monks at Mepkin Abbey. I went on a fast of sound. I did not speak a word to another soul for 4 days. In a world of noise and constant activity this was to say the least surreal. I first of all want [...]
Youth Ministry and Modern Warfare
Posted: April 15, 2010 by youthinthecorner in Culture, Leadership, Theology or Church LifeI have a confession to make…as a youth ministry veteran I am very lack in a crucial area of youth ministry and that is video gaming. However, I just purchased a new PS3 and with it I purchased the must have game…Modern Warfare. I am really bad at this game. I play with Sean Gajda [...]
10 – 80 – 10 Youth Ministry Principle
Posted: March 11, 2010 by youthinthecorner in Leadership, Theology or Church LifeThere are tons of 10 – 80 – 10 principles out there so here is my fleshing out a youth ministry version of it. There are many ways to debate health in youth ministry. There are attendance numbers, decisions for Christ, baptisms, students who serve in ministry and the list goes on and on and [...]
Wigglesworth says “I believe we are on the wrong side of the cross. We say Love, Love, Love when we should be saying Repent, Repent, Repent!” The work of your ministry begins with the willingness to repent. All great moves of God begin with that action and yet it is something that we treat so [...]
No offense to Walt Mueller but I am sick of the word culture. It has become the most overused word in church vernacular since relevant. I am sick of how some use the word as a diseased amoeba that we must protect ourselves from. I am sick of how it is used as a convenient way to [...]
Psalm 20:4-5 “May he give you the desires of your heart and make all your plans succeed. We will shout for joy when you are victorious and will lift up our banners in the name of our God. May the Lord grant all your requests.” One problem that I have whenever I attend a youth [...]
Saw this on Josh Griffins Blog…yeah, I haven’t even begun to be creative. This is amazing…great song, great use of visual arts, great way to connect to the Creator God.
