Found this over at Collide Magazine’s Blog. I’ve been a huge fan of Propaganda since the first year I saw him on the Blaze Tour at Dare 2 Share! We’ve used Dare 2 Share’s Gospel Journey (Both Original and Maui) both are great tools for training in evangelism. The original was great because it spends… [Read more…]
March 22, 2011 by YPClayConry
We are constantly looking for ways to get our students thinking biblically. One way of doing that is through 3rd party devotionals. Here are a couple I trust Dare2Share’s Soul Fuel: YS Student Newsletter (Which is Monday’s portion of the daily devo from Planet Wisdom) Word of Life Quiet Time We’ve been using these for… [Read more…]
March 14, 2011 by YPClayConry
So in college we watched all the episodes of Homestarrunner’s “Strongbad Emails.” This one was an all time classic! Anyways I’ve been struggling lately. I’ve been struggling with the apathy present in my students. Until lunch today (with a local Youth Pastor) I thought I might be the only one (more on that in another… [Read more…]
February 28, 2011 by YPClayConry
As an avid social media and technology leverager I had been waiting for a few different things to come down the pike in the way of apps, resources, and tools. A couple of them have dropped in recent weeks. Here they are: Mars Hill Church’s Android App That is a link to both of Mars… [Read more…]
February 21, 2011 by YPClayConry
We are always looking for training for both us and our volunteers. Right? Sometimes finding them is easy. But paying for them isn’t. Well have I got a deal for you! Here is a new resource from Word of Life. It’s Called TransferLive. These are high quality training videos done by a leader in youth… [Read more…]
June 4, 2009 by Shawn Michael
When people wonder why we do youth ministry and why we think it’s SO important to the life of the church, this is big part of the reason why… We are so thankful to our volunteers and team workers who work alongside us. Thank you for what you do; it’s SO important.
May 15, 2009 by Shawn Michael
Does measuring success in youth ministry = playing the numbers game? I’m a firm believer that the fruit of ministry does NOT boil down neatly into how many warm bodies are in a room at one time. Numbers are important, though, because numbers — in this context — are people. Hopefully, these “numbers” are lives… [Read more…]
May 7, 2009 by Shawn Michael
So, yesterday proved it: Kyle Goings is DA BOMB! Go here to download Kyle’s hand-out (MS Word .doc) from yesterday’s discussion on student ministry administration/scheduling. At next month’s gathering we’ll be discussing YS Marko’s book “Youth Ministry 3.0″. Click on the banner below for an interesting review of the book from Dan Kimball… Click here… [Read more…]
February 27, 2009 by Shawn Michael
This one’s a good one to pass on to your senior pastor… but how do you get it forwarded to them without passing it on yourself? (grin) HT ts
January 8, 2009 by Shawn Michael
A featured post from our friend, Clay Conry, who just finished up planning, promoting, and hosting the region’s biggest New Year’s Eve outreach event… Well, it’s over. Done. Fin. And now that I have had sometime to consider last Wednesday’s New Years Eve Teen Blast. We had a great time and learned a lot! The… [Read more…]
April 5, 2011 by YPClayConry
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