A NOTE FOR THE SLACKER I’m a slacker. Plain and simple. If I didn’t have to work and didn’t feel that God had a plan for me, I would live in a big house on a mountain and do nothing important for the rest of my life. In fact, the first thing I really want… [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…]
August 21, 2009 by Shawn Michael
I first heard about Twitter two years ago when I was researching for a parent Internet workshop I was preparing to teach. When I found out that the purpose of Twitter was to supposedly answer the question, “What are you doing now?”, I actually laughed about it. I made fun of it in front of… [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…]
January 20, 2009 by Shawn Michael
My friend, David Bauchspiess, wrote this great article over at the SD/YCE blog: Last week at our district youth leaders retreat we were reminded how vital it is to make contact with students transitioning from high school to college within the first two weeks of their first semester. It’s an easy way to remind them… [Read more…]
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…]
December 5, 2008 by Shawn Michael
At this month’s network gathering, Erin S. and Bald Bob (our affectionate title for him) facilitated a discussion on social justice and outreach. There was SO MUCH said that morning but I didn’t have my laptop open (because of the inaccessibility of an A/C plug-in where we were sitting) and wasn’t able take notes. The… [Read more…]
December 4, 2008 by Shawn Michael
Ever been to Youth Specialties’ One Day events? They have locations all over the nation. Anyone up for a road trip to the Saturday, April 4th event in Sioux Falls? Download the PDF flyer by clicking the graphic above or visit the event web site here. Here’s some great videos YS put together promoting the… [Read more…]
November 25, 2008 by Shawn Michael
I don’t generally do personal posts on the Network site, but I just got back from what I feel is the cream-of-the-crop of youth worker training options, the National Youth Workers Convention in Nashville. Deanna and I had such an amazing time! If you are interested, head over to our student ministry blog at elevatingageneration.org… [Read more…]
November 4, 2008 by Shawn Michael
I was watching Youth Specialties’ podcast this morning, which featured live footage from last weekend’s National Youth Workers Convention (NYWC) in Pittsburg. It moved me… I’ve attended several of these in the years past but wasn’t able to go the last couple of years as I was saving up for a trip to Israel (which… [Read more…]
March 11, 2011 by Derick Brown
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