Even though summer is not over until late September, for youth workers it’s over once school starts. Hopefully you have had some time to get ready for this coming school year, completed all your summer activities, and somewhere in there found time for vacation. …
Who are you accountable to? If you’re a pastor, you could be held accountable by the governing body of the church, the elders, maybe a bishop, not to mention the canons of the church. If you’re a youth minister, you probably answer to a pastor, if not a personnel committee.…
“Judge not lest ye be judged.” Oh, it’s quoted correctly alright. But the problem is it’s taken out of context. People don’t really understand the entirety of what is being spoken. This passage IS on forgiveness and grace but it is also about helping someone who is wandered from the path.…
Our student ministry’s leadership team is currently reading the book Creating Magic by former Walt Disney World CEO Lee Cockrell. A wonderful insight into leading and working with people littered with great stories of the happiest place on earth. And in that book we found a tool that we have changed slightly and employed with our ministry.…
Are you like most people that hate goodbyes that you think are forever? I know I do. They feel empty – like you are tearing out a bit of your soul and tossing it to the wind. I feel like permanent farewells were never meant to be a part of this world – don’t you?…
Volunteers suck…literally. They’re draining. Sometimes they suck the life right out of me. Wouldn’t it just be easier to do this all myself? NO WAY!! Are you kidding me? Volunteers are what make ministries run…and I don’t just mean the ‘nuts and bolts’ stuff paid people hate doing (like buying 78 cans of Silly String at four different Wal-Marts, or making 112 sandwiches for the next youth event – 64 of which won’t be eaten because they are pimento cheese!)…
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In Part 1, I discussed the importance of partnering parents in crisis (drug abuse, pregnancy, grades, etc) with parents who have been there. Here in part 2, I look at how to develop these partnerships. Long before the first parent comes through your door with a problem, you need a game plan.…
Rick’s Intro Cover Photoshoot Scott’s Video Game Revew Photoshoot for Scott the Pirate Craig Gross video interview Watch interviews with athletes on the issue of porn. Click Here. Try This One-Game Try This One-Game Try This One-Devotion Idea The Last Word http://www.youthmindev.wpengine.com/files/group/PeaceWordStudy.pdf…
The flamboyant, opinionated, and self-confident guy who cut my hair for eight years is unabashedly gay. So is a friend from college, two distant relatives, and a startling number of my wife’s ex-boyfriends. Paul, the hair-cutter, had a dream, and it was to one day become the “personal stylist” to Dolly Parton.…
