Is this your small group? You: I ask an important question Them: Awkward silence You: C’mon guys (in whiny voice) No more! The Elevate Sessions are an interactive way to get your students talking about where their life is going: Up, Down, or Sideways. Check out the video below and then snag your Elevator ride…
“When you enter the land which the LORD will give you, as He has promised, you shall observe this rite. “And when your children say to you, ‘What does this rite mean to you?’ you shall say, ‘It is a Passover sacrifice to the LORD who passed over the houses of the sons of Israel…
This is my ninth, and final, post in my series 9 WaysTo Dynamically Revive Your Youth Ministry. You can click here to start at the beginning. When I give you ideas and tactics for reviving your youth ministry, I make some assumptions. I assume you are praying. I assume you are taking care of your…
This is the sixth post in my series on The 9 Dynamic Ways To Revive Your Youth Ministry. Click HERE to start at the beginning if you like. If you want to revive your youth ministry, look to the bottom grade level. Look at who is coming up from your kids ministry. Look at the middle school…
This is part two in the series 9 Dynamic Ways To Revive Your Youth Ministry, you can start here to catch up In the aftermath of the Parkland, Fl. shooting, the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School are making their voices heard. They’re planning on marching on Washington and are making powerful speeches to powerful people. Regardless…
There is a fascinating interview with music legend Quincy Jones on the website Vulture. Quincy is turning 85 soon and, as I’ve witnessed older people do, he just lets loose on a variety of subjects. Apart from him fluently using the phrase MF, Quincy shares some interesting insights on today’s music that, I think, are…
On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?” John 6:60 Growing up is hard. When we are babies we hear the word no many times, No! Don’t touch that No! Get that out of your mouth No! Get off there. These no’s we here are often…
When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do. John 6: 5,6 Can you imagine Philip. I can see…
Meanwhile his disciples urged him, “Rabbi, eat something.” But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.” Then his disciples said to each other, “Could someone have brought him food?” John 4:31-33 When you go to a fast-food place, you stand and look up at the menu to order,…
“Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip. John 1:46 Nathaniel was the first critic of Christ. He judged him because of where he was from. He didn’t think anything good could come from a bad place. Disciples have to learn this principle early or they’re going to be a…
