Category Archives: Youth Ministry

Youth Integration is Key

Great post from Tim Schmoyer today. Read the Whole thing. “. . . our fundamental approach to giving students ownership must change nevertheless. Otherwise, we die and pass on a church system that is incredibly broken, disconnected and outdated.” I love youth worship, I love youth group, but in the end, I think we tooContinue reading “Youth Integration is Key”

Monday Morning Memo-Random

Well it’s Monday, my weekend was very busy, and today so far has been nice and not stressful. Let’s re-cap, our beyond::afterhours event went well. It was spring break for some of our students so they didn’t have the same level of contact with their friends, so we didn’t have as many students come out,Continue reading “Monday Morning Memo-Random”

Interesting new blog

I’ve come across an interesting new voice in the youth ministry blog-i-verse. Once A Youth Pastor. This guy was a youth pastor, and now that he’s not he’s asking a lot of questions about youth ministry effectiveness, essentials, etc. Pretty interesting. Somethings I agree with, others I don’t. But he raises a lot of goodContinue reading “Interesting new blog”

Where to begin

Last week was a bit of a whirlwind so I haven’t really had a chance to decompress, and process all that went on at winter camp.  But I will say this, Best Sno-Blast ever.  This may have been my favorite winter camp that I have ever been too. If you are looking for a campContinue reading “Where to begin”

What do you want to do with your life

this is from the recent issue of trends and tudes. 54 percent of 8-12 year olds and and 66 percent of 13-21 year olds want to “Travel the world.” 46 percent of 8-12 year olds and 59 percent of 13-21 year olds want to “Speak another language” 40 percent of 8-12 year olds and 36Continue reading “What do you want to do with your life”