Wanna Grow a Youth Group? Here’s a great post on that. Thanks Tim for the reminder that we are called to be spiritual forerunners.
Archive | September, 2007
Whoever Makes the Most Mistakes Wins – quotes
10 SepSo I haven’t posted anything from this book in a bit. But I thought these were goodies.
“The world belongs to those who don’t let anxiety about screwing up keep them from moving forward.” -pg 34
“It’s not about achieving contentment that matters, but improving the quality of discontent.” – pg 39
“We’ve heard often that adversity tells you who your friends are. Success does, too. Failure and success both reveal who really cares about us. The ones who stick with us through thick and thin. If Anything success identifies genuine friendships more surely than failure does.” pg. 44
I’m almost done with this book and I have not been keeping a very good log of quotes but it’s a great book and you should buy it.
This is going to be good
10 SepCraig Groeschel of Lifechurch.tv just started with what looks to be a great series at his blog. Check it out.
Getting Closer to My Price
5 Sep
It’s good to see that the iPhone is getting closer to my desire-able price. Yeah! Still really expensive but a $200 price drop is pretty promising for what the price will be around August of ’08 and, who knows what awesomeness will be on this thing when I might be able to acquire it.
Podcast for your listening enjoyment
5 SepHey everyone- I had the privelge to preach last sunday morning you can download it here.
Thanks.
What a great resource
5 SepSo I came upon missionaries.in just now. Kinda by Chance. This is a cool website. It’s a place where missionaries can post pictures and stories and such. It’s a great way for their supporters to know what they are up to and how things are going. What a great resource.
Planning The Year Out
4 SepSo I just this afternoon got a good handle on our student ministries teaching plan for this year. It looks pretty good to me. We are going to talk about some pretty cool stuff.
It feels good to plan ahead like this. If you are in youth ministry and don’t know where you are going with your talks for at least the next 4 months then you should really get a handle on that quick fast.
We shouldn’t just be guessing what we are talking about a few days ahead of time. There are two ways that I think help to make sure that we are planning ahead and thinking big picture.
Method 1) Talk through the Bible. Choose a book and work your way through it. This is my favorite method because I love to walk through the stories and context of the Bible and give a big picture to what we are talking about. We are currently goig through the Book of Matthew on Sunday Mornings at Church.
Method 2) Block out Multi-Week Series-es. This way I can see what we are going to be talking about in the future, and I can break down my big ideas for each night. This is helpful but a little bit more challenging for me personally. we are going to be doing quite a bit of series work this year but I really am looking forward to some of the things we are going to be talking about.
Planning ahead like this is really important because it gives you a map to follow. But it also gives you direction for your prayers and study. Instead of panicky prayers trying to conjure up inspiration the night before you can pray months out about a certain topic, collect resources as you go, and let the Holy Spirit Guide you. If you have anything to add I would love too hear about it. Leave a comment.
Or if you want to see where we are going this year I can send you my road map.
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