December 2012
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October 2012
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September 2012
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jnramsey asked: Where can I view Youth Ministry Hangout #1 (beta)?
IHeartYouthMinistry Podcast #13...sort of...;D
August 2012
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IHeartYouthMinistry Podcast #12
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July 2012
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YOUTH MINISTRY HANGOUT #6
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YOUTH MINISTRY HANGOUT #5
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YOUTH MINISTRY HANGOUT #4
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Confessions Of A Youth Worker
When I think about youth ministry and what it takes to start one I only have 2 different experiences to pull from. The first one was when I was a co-small group leader for jr high girls in a HUGE and pre-existing ministry. The other was when I helped start a youth program from the bottom up a little over a year ago.
When I was approached with the possibility of being apart of the startup...
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Random Youth Ministry Thoughts
At the moment I am prepping for our new summer mid-week here at IGNITION (Daybreak Church’s Jr. High Ministry) and a few youth ministry related ideas are bouncing around in my head. Here they are in no particular order!
-YOUTH MINISTRY INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT. We are going to be playing around with this idea beginning this week. We have opened up an INSTAGRAM account for our youth ministry and we...
June 2012
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Reaching Out To Graduated Students
A few weeks ago now we had “promotion Sunday” at our church. Promotion Sunday is the time when our 8th graders graduate up into high school and we receive a fresh batch of brand new 6th graders into our ministry.
Here is a quick question that came to my mind this week: what are we doing for the students who have graduated out of our ministry? Once our students leave our youth...
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Youth Ministry Hangout #3
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Youth Ministry Survey: Teenage Spiritual Growth
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Intergenerational Youth Ministry
Today I sat in on part two of Kara Powell’s Sticky Faith seminar based on her book “Sticky Faith: Practical Ideas To Nurture Long-Term Faith In Teenagers” and it got me thinking about my own youth ministry experience as a student growing up. When I was in jr. High and high school my experience of youth ministry was very different from what most youth ministries look like around...
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Youth Ministry Book Highlight: "STICKY FAITH"
Today I had the privilege of sitting in on a seminar with Kara Powell (Executive Director of the Fuller Youth Institute and author of the book “Sticky Faith”) about why around 50% of church-going teenagers walk away from the faith when they graduate from high school and move on to college.
I will be writing a few different posts about our discussions later this week (it’s a...
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When Students LEAD...They Don't LEAVE!
One of my favorite parts of working in youth ministry is seeing students step up to the plate and begin to serve. I love watching jr. high and high school students discover their gifts and then use them to serve the church in a variety of different ways. At IGNITION (Daybreak Church’s Jr. High Ministry) one of our core values is having students lead the ministry. We really value having...
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IGNITION Weekend In Review 6/17/12
Series: “Welcome To The Middle”
Title: 6th Grade Weekend
Sermon In A Sentence: Now that you know all about our jr. high ministry, you need to ask yourself “where can I PLUG into the PLAN?”
MESSAGE SUMMARY: This past weekend at IGNITION (Daybreak Church’s Jr. High Ministry) was our promotion Sunday where we received all of our brand new 6th graders. We had a ton...
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How to build a youth ministry program
Yesterday on episode #2 of the “YOUTH MINISTRY HANGOUT” Dennis, Nikkie, Peter and I discussed the most important aspects of building a youth ministry program. Specifically we were asking the question, “how do I plan my youth program?” whether that is a midweek service, weekend service or even small groups. Here are the BIG THREE IDEAS we came up with during the show:
1) KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE! Are...
YOUTH MINISTRY HANGOUT #2
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YOUTH MINISTRY HANGOUT Today!
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This is a brand new song that we’ve been...
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Youth Ministry Idea: "Photo-booth"
Here’s a quick/fun idea for your next youth ministry event. A couple of weeks ago we set up a simple “photo booth” station in our jr. high service where students could take free pictures of themselves and their friends as we finished up our series on friendships/dating.
After their picture was taken we had a volunteer edit/touch up the photos and then we gave them away the...
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Youth Ministry Resource: "SYM Tools"
This is probably one of the COOLEST and most USEFUL youth ministry resource that I could point you to. SYM Tools does it all! Here’s some of the features:
-create your own youth ministry rolodex of students/volunteers
-recruit new volunteers via online applicaitons
-communicate via text blasts to your students
-watch hours of solid youth ministry training from my friend Kurt...
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WatchLooking for a place to take your students for Summer Camp this year? Join us at the MIX Summer Conference on July 22-25th in Orange, CA. MIX is the most jr. high intentional program you will ever take your students to. It’s going to be a blast. Don’t live in California? No worries. Check out the MIX website to find the closest Summer Conference to you! Summer is here!
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IGNITION Weekend In Review 6/10/12
Series: Oh, The Places You’ll Go!
Title: 8th Grade Weekend
Sermon In A Sentence: As your world gets BIGGER, don’t let Jesus slip into the BACKGROUND!
MESSAGE SUMMARY: This weekend we said goodbye to our 8th grade students and commissioned them on to high school. It was a super fun weekend. The entire weekend was Dr. Seuss themed…we even had a Cat In The Hat mascot! My...
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Youth Ministry Hangout #1 (beta)
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YOUTH MINISTRY HANGOUT!
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Youth Ministry Poll: Summer & Youth Ministry
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Some Thoughts For Promotion Weekend
For most youth workers, promotion weekend is upon us (or has just passed) where brand new 6th graders & brand new 9th graders join our youth ministries. At IGNITION (Daybreak Church’s Jr. High Ministry), this upcoming weekend is our PROMOTION SUNDAY for incoming 6th graders. Here is a copy of the email that I just sent out to our youth leaders regarding their roles this weekend....
