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YLS 07 — Session 3 -Jeff Kossack

Caffeinated Youth Ministry Does our youth ministry have a Kick? Does it have a lasting affect? Or do we look the part and don’t make a difference? Are we making life long Christ Followers? Matt 5:13-16 If we are going to be an emerging church we need to get out of the walls and engageContinue reading “YLS 07 — Session 3 -Jeff Kossack”

YLS 07 — Session 2 – Nate Ruch

The Voice We all go through a process of drift from experience to today. If you add 40 percent more weight to your skeleton it will begin to bow under the weight. The same thing happens with our life. We are only supposed to handle a certain amount of weight. The weight that we bearContinue reading “YLS 07 — Session 2 – Nate Ruch”

YLS-07 — Session 1 – Les Welk

Les is the Northwest Ministry Network SuperIntendent (He’s also a Ninja!) The one thing that God has in mind for us is His Mission to redeem the world. God made us to be reflections of his goodness. Joshua 1 The passing of a generation – Nothing causes a leader to rise like the passing ofContinue reading “YLS-07 — Session 1 – Les Welk”

Winter Wonderland Adventure

So we are heading out today to youth leaders summit. I’m going to try to blog while we are there but no guarantees. I am really looking forward to this gathering. I’m hoping that this will be a really time of refreshing, encouraging and equipping. Last year I was introduced to Earl Creps, and heContinue reading “Winter Wonderland Adventure”

Wednesdays w/ Wright

A cop stopped me for speeding. He said, “Why were you going so fast?” I said, “See this thing my foot is on? It’s called an accelerator. When you push down on it, it sends more gas to the engine. The whole car just takes right off. And see this thing? This steers it.” S.Continue reading “Wednesdays w/ Wright”

Snowing . . . Again, February 28th — Huh?

So here we are a day before March, when the Seattle area is generally raining and warming up. But here we are yet again with snow. I can’t figure out what’s going on this year with weather. It’s crazy, and it always seems to be snowing on Wednesdays which has messed up Transit more thanContinue reading “Snowing . . . Again, February 28th — Huh?”

Slowing down the pace of youth ministry

Really youth ministry happens through relationships. Tonight I was privledge to hang out with one of our guys, Jordan, who rocks. We played some Wii and we talked about our cell groups. I thought it was good, and I need to do more of this kind of ministry, slowed down, relationship oriented type things. IContinue reading “Slowing down the pace of youth ministry”

Excited for Youth Leaders Summit

So this week is our Regional Leaders Summit. I love this event, in the past we brought a team and it worked really well, but this year we are just going Kathy, Judah, Myself and Emily Millard, who got the time off work. So it’s a smaller group but it’s going to be dope! JoshContinue reading “Excited for Youth Leaders Summit”

When it rains it pours

I’m feeling rather reflective today. I have been really wrestling with the state of our student ministry. We meet in cell groups 3 out of 4 weeks and it’s happening but it’s not really working the way I want it to. I received an email from one of our students and I also talked withContinue reading “When it rains it pours”

Church Innovation

Here’s a great post about innovation in churches Church Marketing Sucks. Innovative Churches: Does Size Matter? By Brad Abare on Philosophy Part 9 in a series on Innovative Churches. Be sure to contribute to the Most Innovative Churches list. Does size matter? What about smaller churches and those with limited financial resources? Or, is innovationContinue reading “Church Innovation”