I just like this photo: So many lessons. For us pic.twitter.com/6o9IZS6cMX — Adam Ford (@Adam4d) March 30, 2018 Articles More People Likely To Divorce After Watching Porn, Study Says How I Plan Curriculum – Heather Lea Campbell How I Write A Sermon Series Mother Allegedly Uses Tazer To Wake Up Son For Church Podcasts This…
When kids come to your youth ministry could it be mistaken for something else? Could it be mistaken for a club for only the cool kids? Could it be mistaken for a YMCA with great activities? Could it be mistaken for a TED talk where kids just sit and listen? Could it be mistaken for…
Vanity meaningless a chasing after the wind Are all themes of the book of Ecclesiastes and only now am I realizing that this also applies to youth ministry. When I read verses like And who knows whether that person will be wise or foolish? Yet they will have control over all the fruit of my…
It came out of my mouth so fast I barely had time to think about it, “You are helping them to fail.” My friend has a videography business. He uses the best technology but has flashes back to 1992. In the conversation we were having, he recommend to someone about making DVD. My jaw just…
I’ve tried my best to please kids, to a point, but youth ministry is not a democracy. Some things are not up for a vote. I don’t let kids vote what music is played in the youth hall or the van , I set the standard and give them options. I don’t let them vote…
This is my 10th post, in a series of 12, where I use Jeff Goins book, Real Artists Don’t Starve, to convince and inspire you, the local youth worker, that you are an artist. This particular chapter deals with artists who give away too much of their art or do not recognize the worth of…
Welcome back! This is my fourth post in my attempt to convince you that you’re an artist. You may be a youth pastor, a small group leader, a bi-vocational youth worker who does plumbing on the side, or a volunteer youth worker. You…
This is day three of my twelve part series, using Jeff Goins new book, Real Artists Don’t Starve, to convince you, the local youth pastor, that you are an artist. You can catch up by starting here and then here. Why not grab the book and read long with me? Little did she know, how-…
I was at a Youth Specialties NYWC and I was sitting in a Doug Field’s breakout session and he said, “You don’t have to be original, beg, borrow and steal.” Wait, I didn’t have to come up with all this stuff myself? It was ok to steal ideas from other youth pastor and youth ministries? This…
You Still Have Time To make your grad gifts shine! Whether you are a youth pastor prepping for Grad Sunday or a parent just want to make graduation a little extra special, here are three ways to spice up the boring grad gift. I just finished the video that shows my completed grad gift boxes…
