Hey Campers, what an amazing week I had with you. Thank you for coming to Life For Youth Camp and accepting my challenge to grow in Christ! I have a bible study book here for new believers and here for those who want to grow deeper. Here are my notes from the week I was…
I am so thrilled to have my friend Brian Aaby today on the Youth Ministry in Motion Podcast. He haw worked with youth and youth workers for a long time from Youth Specialties to teaching and now with the Slingshot Group, helping youth pastors find their perfect place to serve. Resources If you are looking…
Welcome! If you’re new here and are not a subscriber, subscribe here and get the Youth Ministry Round Up in your inbox. There has been much talk about falling away, losing faith and apostasy the last few weeks due to the statements by Joshua Harris and Marty Sampson (of Hillsong fame). Each has said they…
It’s currently summer time and thousands of teenagers will make commitments to Christ at camp and drop their commitment as fast as a bag of dirty laundry when they get home. We can change this. It’s my belief that it takes multiple commitments to Christ before a teenager starts to “get it” and they discover…
Who are we in Christ? That’s the question I wanted to answer for a bunch of middle school and high school students during a weekend retreat at Life For Youth Camp in Vero Beach, Fl. The answer I came up with: Supermodels. After thinking and praying about what the text would be for the weekend…
I attended the TRIBE conference this past weekend, hosted by Jeff Goins, and a speaker used an illustration I had heard before. He began with, “What is the the most valuable land in the world?” Several possible answers included the oil rich lands of Saudi Arabia, the gold mines of South Africa, the real estate…
Welcome! If you’re new here and are not a subscriber, subscribe here and get the Youth Ministry Round Up in your inbox. Hey! How’s your school year going so far? Great I hope. While you’re still tweaking that calendar, don’t forget to jump over to my booking page and see if I’m available to come…
Quotes Do you agree? 🧐🤔 pic.twitter.com/dYlkh4cz6W — Larry Kim (@larrykim) April 18, 2018 Don’t lose your pen! pic.twitter.com/363yw0RmR1 — Joel Comm (@joelcomm) April 18, 2018 Articles Justin Bieber Led Worship at a Coachella Event A Free, Just-As-Good, Alternative To Photoshop? What To Do When Everything Is Changing (Good for businesses, good for youth ministries) Podcast…
I recently watched a video (below) by fellow youtubing youth pastor Delmar Peet, and he brought out some excellent points as to when a youth pastor should be fired. I’d like to add my two cents with a list of my own. Sexual Immorality/Abuse/ etc. is a no brainer and is the clearest of the…
If there’s one thing that makes me cynical, it’s optimists.- Julian Baggini This explains a lot. I am not a fan super-optimistic, everything is coming up roses, and farts smell like new car smell, kind of people. I’ve always been like this and I have finally embraced it. I was called a cynic the other…
