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Be Yourself

Today I read a great post from Tim Schmoyer. You can read it here. I think it is so important to lead from your strengths. I have found that I am happier and I am doing more, and better when I lead from my strengths. This post is written to youth workers but really it can be appliedContinue reading “Be Yourself”

Reaching Teens – Marketing Article

Came across this interesting article from ypulse. The article is written from a marketing perspective but some of the points can be applied to youth ministry as well. Particularly, the message needs to be simple. The other ida that made me think was make the item customizable. How do we do this with youth ministry? How canContinue reading “Reaching Teens – Marketing Article”

Encouragement From Around the World

So i just checked my email today and I say a note from a name I didn’t recongize but it was an encouragement letter from a youth pastor in Kenya. He said he found my website and he was encouraged. Wow, I have gotten all kinds of bogus scam email from africa so I’m aContinue reading “Encouragement From Around the World”

New Series and stuff

Hey Everybody, last thursday we started a new series called Everyday Heroes. We looked at 1 Timothy 4.12 (one of my life verses) and we talked about setting the example as the first step to being an everyday hero. You can download it here. It was good times. Hey while you are downloading stuff checkContinue reading “New Series and stuff”

I Miss Yac

Mike Yaconelli was an incredible man. His book Messy Spirituality rocked my world. enjoy this video montage

everyday heroes series

I am really excited about the everyday heroes series. We are starting this thursday at >>beyond>> We are starting with one of my life verses. I’m always excited when I get to Talk about 1 Timothy 4.12. So that’s where we are going to be this week. I am really praying that we can startContinue reading “everyday heroes series”

Last night of Masks

So tonight was the last night of the Masks Series. And it was a good time. Since we’ve moved over to Thursday Nights we have had quite a varied group of attenders. It’s funny to see who has been there every week and who hasn’t. Pretty interesting. If you feel so inclined you can downloadContinue reading “Last night of Masks”

Last week of the Masks Series

This Thursday is the last in our Masks serious. The whole thing has been about trying to live authentic lives, and thus to take off our masks. This Thursday we are going to talk about “Blessed are the Uncool.” The title is borrowed from a book called “Blessed are the Uncool.” We are going toContinue reading “Last week of the Masks Series”

Masks

at >>beyond>> we have been talking about being authentic during our current series masks. Last week I felt went really well. Considering that last week was our first week in a new place we did all right. I am excited for where things are going to go. But the whole principal behind the series isContinue reading “Masks”

What teens expect from church

This study is worth the read. It was encouraging because as a teacher of the word I am purposefully trying to make what we talk about relevant and that is what this study shows is helpful. It is discouraging because this study also confirms that by and large students don’t really care about what’s goingContinue reading “What teens expect from church”