flashback friday (nov 4): 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

• The Benefits Of A "Co-Leader" Model Of Small Group Leadership
• Youth Worker BOOST: I Am The Greatest
• FREE Thanksgiving Lesson from ym360!
• Youth Ministry Essentials: 5 Tips On The Importance of Shared Experiences

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.

• Andy Root--Great article from Dr. Root in Youth Worker Journal entitled "Youth Worker as Theologian: Why Youth Ministry Is Fundamentally Theological."
• Chris Wesley--Love this post from Chris: "Signs That You Are Standing In The Way."
• Doug Franklin--Great post from Doug about the fallacy that there is a magical moment where students are "ready" to be leaders. Great insight.
• Doug Fields--Doug asks a great question: what if the root of our busyness is fear? Ouch.
• Jay Higham--There are just a ton of solid ideas here from Jay: "How We Communicate with Students And Parents."
• Jeremy Smith--Thought this post was really good and super helpful: "Why Facebook Should Not Be Your Youth Ministry Website."
• Phil Bell--Great post from Phil entitled: "Are Kids Fighting To Come To Youth Group?"
• Rachel Blom--Love this from Rachel: "Is Your Youth Ministry Too Nice And Too Safe?"
• Tim Schmoyer--Tim posted just to give a little shout out to one of his newest ventures, the excellent blog "Ministry Family.com." If you haven't checked it out, I would advise you to. You can start here.
• Walt Mueller--Really like Walt's take here in a post entitled "Lesbian Homecoming Queen and King."

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.