Supercharge your volunteer training
Volunteers don’t just show up on your doorstep fully prepared to handle all that student ministry will throw at them. Most of the time, their hearts are right but they need to be trained. It is your job to take their passion and form them into great volunteers. When you have well trained volunteers, it
What the church communicates as important
If you’ve worked with teens in church for any length of time, perhaps you’ve heard someone say they following to you… “Those teens keep talking during church!” “They were passing notes during the sermon!” “Can’t you get those teens to come in from the foyer and sit in the pews?” “Did you see how those
Book Review: Sifted
Have you ever contemplated the following words of Jesus in Luke 22:31-32, where Jesus says to Peter – Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded permission to sift you like wheat; but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail; and you, when once you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.” “Sifted: God’s
Best iOS apps for Youth Ministry (Fall 2011)
The iPhone 5 is rumored to be out in less than a month. IOS 5 will likely be released alongside it. Even the iPad 3 will probably be here early in 2012. So that means another installment of the best iOS apps for youth ministry. You can check out the previous articles by going back
What Teens want in a church
I got asked this question the other day – “What do teenagers want in a church?” It’s a tough question to answer, because its like asking “What kind of music do people like?” or “What food do kids eat?” What people look for in choosing a church is often personal taste – location, denomination, people
Happy Holidays, Merry X-Mas, and other such junk
“Happy Holidays!” You hear that from the lips of a cashier at the local store. Clearly, she’s a spawn of Satan who wants to demote Christmas into a day no bigger than Memorial Day, New Years, or Thanksgiving. “Merry X-mas!” That was written on the inside of a Christmas card from a relative who you

Aug 14

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Theme week – Youth Ministry and Technology

Every now and then, I like to do a “Theme Week” where nearly every post revolves around a central theme. This upcoming week, I am going to look at Technology in youth ministry. Here is the upcoming posts for this week –

Sunday – Tech Overload

Monday – Must have Tech for the youth worker

Tuesday – Plugging into resource

Wednesday – Cell Phone Picture game

Thursday – Using various software to enhance your ministry

Friday – Great Blogs this week

Saturday – Stuff in my head

So check back all this week, and if you have any tech related questions you want answered (or something you’d like to contribute) just let me know!

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