Training
Friends, it’s with great excitement that I introduce you to our newest resource, “NEW: First Steps For New Christ-Followers.” This is a book that, as the video mentions below, I’ve been wanting to write for quite some time. NEW is a biblically solid, highly interactive journal that helps new (and young) ...
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May 15th, 2012
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There are seasons when ministry is going great for me and for my family. I love these seasons. We’re all involved. Sharing what happened in my day is easy and fun. And there’s a feeling that ministry can’t get any better. But, there are other seasons as well. Darker seasons. Times when the tension between...
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May 14th, 2012
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Maybe it’s already happened. If not it will. You will be called on to help students deal with grief. It could be due to a tragedy in your youth group, or perhaps the death of a teenager in your community. The grief could come from the death of a family member or the close friend of a student.
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May 10th, 2012
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In the last 24 months my job title has been altered to include college-age students. The process of taking on this roll came in the midst of an ongoing discussion centered around answering one question:
What is our church’s answer to meeting the spiritual the needs of college-age students? What w...
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May 7th, 2012
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Hey there . . . It’s me, Andy. For some of you reading this right now, I don’t need to introduce myself. I’ve had the pleasure of meeting you in person over the last few years. (And I mean it when I say it, it is a pleasure to know you.) For the vast majority of you whom I have not met, I’m the guy who leads all of our content creation h...
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May 3rd, 2012
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I must confess that I’m no expert when it comes to developing wonderful relationships with the parents of the students I minister to. Unfortunately, in my six years of on-the-job-training, I had to learn the hard way.
But I most definitely learned!
So, today, instead of kee...
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May 1st, 2012
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This is me being transparent: I feel I was born to network. I remember one summer I was all about collecting glass bottles. I’d take them to the convenience store, turn them back in, and buy candy with the money. (These were some of my best memories.) But I started to realize something . . . I was only getting a small amount of bottles and...
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April 26th, 2012
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Youth Worker Sound Off is a way we get intentional about hosting discussion here on the ym360 Blog. And today’s conversation is one I’m personally very curious to hear your thoughts on. Let’s get to it!
A while back, I was in a great conversation with a friend of mine. This friend happens to be someone whom I co...
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April 24th, 2012
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I’ve decided that from now on, when I give a message, I’m now going to have a giant bowl of foam balls right next to my side. I’ve decided that every time I catch a student talking, texting or doing something that’s a distraction, I’m going to take one of these foam balls and chuck it at them. Just hard enough to get their attention bu...
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April 23rd, 2012
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As a youth pastor, one of my favorite times of the year is graduation. I love the pomp and circumstance as friends, family, and fellow youth pastors gather in the stands at the local high school celebrating this amazing milestone of our students.
Over the past few years I’ve been contemplating my job as youth pastor a...
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April 19th, 2012
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