flashback friday (april 15): this week's links from the youth ministry blogosphere

One of the things we are committed to at ym360 is Networking. Our vision for networking is connecting you to people and organizations doing awesome youth ministry. Flashback Friday is a feature where we give you the run down of all the awesome posts from the past week in the youth ministry blogosphere. Consider it our way of keeping you connected with what is going on.

This week's posts from the ym360 Blog

• Youth Ministry Essentials: The Summer Camp Checklist
• Youth Worker BOOST: Living In The Now
• The Importance Of Community In Youth Ministry
• Youth Ministry Essentials: 5 Distinctives Of Relational Ministry

Posts From Other Awesome People

We search the Internet to bring you relevant information to help you be a better youth worker. Here are some links from posts we thought were pretty great.

• Youth Ministry.com--If you do one thing today, watch this video, entitled "Last Word". Seriously. It is a powerful testimony from a youth pastor who was a Marine serving in Afghanistan. Powerful stuff.
• Doug Fields--If you struggle with time management Doug Fields has written one of the best posts I've encountered on how to organize your life. It's a three part post, and while most of the pay-off is in the last post, the first two set it up. I'm linking to the first one here.
• Kenda Dean--Love this post. A must read: "What Are The Top 10 Characteristics of a Healthy Youth Ministry?"
• Marathon Youth Ministry--ym360 contributor Chris Wesley asks a great question: "How Many Hours Do You Work?"
• Youth Work Talk--Fun and informative post by our friend Phil about leadership lessons he learned from "Baja Fresh."
• More Than Dodgeball--I love the title of this post: "Do These 3 Things Well In Ministry And You'll Do Great." Really short, really practical post.
• Youth Leaders Academy--Love this post. "Four Risks Of Making Your Sermon Too Practical."
• Think Next Now--ym360 contributor Mark Cox writes a GREAT series of posts entitled "Dear Students." These are direct posts to students. I've linked here to one on money, but all of them are great.
• The Mayward Blog--Super practical post here about a common problem we all deal with: "5 Tips for Discipline and Disruption in Junior High Ministry"
• Communicating Clear[er]--Sam Burke writes a really good and simple post here about developing "Parent Friendly" Youth Ministries.
• Average Youth Ministry--Ben Kearns writes a great post here about 3 components that lead to an effective leaders' meeting. Very practical post.

That's all the links for this week. As always, have an awesome weekend . . . And THANK YOU for the chance to serve you as part of the ym360 community. 

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