Got Questions? - Your Students Do!
I recently asked the Jr. High students that I lead to come up with questions that they currently have about God, the Bible, Christianity and wow, I couldn’t have been happier by the quality and thought provoking questions that I got back. Above is the actual questions that I received back on strips of paper that we [...]
Levels of Ministry: Level Three
Transitioning off of Level One and Level Two, we come to a level in youth ministry called, “Community”.
If you have seen The Lord of The Rings movie series this what we call “The Shire” effect. The Shire effect? Yeah, in a perfect youth ministry fantasy world, this would be where every student’s spiritual needs are [...]
Levels of Ministry: Level Two
I love reading, listening, and pondering the philosophy of youth ministry. In an earlier post, I wrote about a level one ministry.
Adding level two will greatly enhance a depth that didn’t exist before in your youth ministry. Begin focusing on the following to provide a greater depth than you had before:
Recognize the role of your [...]
Simple Student Ministry To Be Published
Towards the end of 2007 I got to speak over the phone with Jeff Borton who is the high school pastor @ Christ Fellowship Church in Miami florida. The executive pastor at Jeff’s church is Eric Geiger who co-authored the book above called Simple Church.
Jeff found my youth ministry blog and has asked if I [...]
2008 Reasons to Do Youth Ministry in 2008!
I don’t know if we can get to 2008 reasons to do youth ministry, maybe I’ll be surprised. I will start with number 1 and then please add your reason via a comment and we will see how far down we make it. You can also forward this to others to see what other youth [...]
