December 2010
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A reflection on Revelation 8:1
“When the Lamb ripped off the seventh seal, Heaven fell quiet—complete silence for about half an hour.” (Revelation 8:1 MSG)
Recently on my own I have been studying through the book of Revelation. This week as I started verse one of chapter eight I decided to camp out on that one verse for a while. Such a small verse relays such a HUGE truth: sometimes when we encounter the...
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A reflection on Revelation 8:1
“When the Lamb ripped off the seventh seal, Heaven fell quiet—complete silence for about half an hour.” (Revelation 8:1 MSG)
Recently on my own I have been studying through the book of Revelation. This week as I started verse one of chapter eight I decided to camp out on that one verse for a while. Such a small verse relays such a HUGE truth: sometimes when we encounter the...
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The new "Plugged in" iPhone app →
I just got this app for the iPhone 4 last week and it is a GREAT tool for choosing movies/dvd’s/video games to see/play with your students. The app rates every current movie/dvd/album/game so you can make an educated decision about whether or not you want to see it. Check it out and let me know what you think!
Pax,
Rob
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The new "Plugged in" iPhone app →
I just got this app for the iPhone 4 last week and it is a GREAT tool for choosing movies/dvd’s/video games to see/play with your students. The app rates every current movie/dvd/album/game so you can make an educated decision about whether or not you want to see it. Check it out and let me know what you think!
Pax,
Rob
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Youth Ministry Poll: Do you have a purpose/mission... →
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Top 10 reasons to attend this years SYM Conference
1. Doug Fields has a sweet gotee
2. The skit guys will make you laugh so hard, chocolate milk will come out of your nose (that is in fact if you are watching them while drinking chocolate milk)
3. Gungor is leading worship
4. Shane and Shane are also leading worship…don’t tell Gungor…
5. Both of my bosses Kurt Johnston & Katie Edwards will be speaking (they made me type...
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Top 10 reasons to attend this years SYM Conference
1. Doug Fields has a sweet gotee
2. The skit guys will make you laugh so hard, chocolate milk will come out of your nose (that is in fact if you are watching them while drinking chocolate milk)
3. Gungor is leading worship
4. Shane and Shane are also leading worship…don’t tell Gungor…
5. Both of my bosses Kurt Johnston & Katie Edwards will be speaking (they made me type...
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Youth Ministry: Starting Out Right by keeping the...
A couple of years ago I was lucky enough to attend a seminar with the leading new testament scholar and former bishop of Durham in England, N.T. Wright. He was speaking on the state of the Christian church, where we have been and where we are going. At one point during his lecture he said one of the most profound statements of the night:
“…your...
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Last Weekend's "The Other 6"
Since I got a lot of great feedback about this resource last week on my blog, I’ve decided that for now I will be posting up “The Other 6” PDF’s each week for any/all to use in their jr. high ministries. CLICK HERE for last weeks “Other 6”. Enjoy!
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Last Weekend's "The Other 6"
Since I got a lot of great feedback about this resource last week on my blog, I’ve decided that for now I will be posting up “The Other 6” PDF’s each week for any/all to use in their jr. high ministries. CLICK HERE for last weeks “Other 6”. Enjoy!
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WatchMy boss Katie Edwards along with Griff, Doug & McGill in the newest episode of the Simply Youth Ministry Podcast. Go Katie!
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Last weekend @ WILDSIDE 12/18/2010
This past weekend was our finale of “IT’S A WILDSIDE CHRISTMAS” at Wildside (our jr. high Christmas series). Here is the rundown from the weekend:
Pre-service: We grabbed some youtube videos of little kids screaming with joy as they opened their Christmas gifts (like those “We’re going to Disneyland” commercials) and used it as our 5-minute countdown to start off the...
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Last weekend @ WILDSIDE 12/18/2010
This past weekend was our finale of “IT’S A WILDSIDE CHRISTMAS” at Wildside (our jr. high Christmas series). Here is the rundown from the weekend:
Pre-service: We grabbed some youtube videos of little kids screaming with joy as they opened their Christmas gifts (like those “We’re going to Disneyland” commercials) and used it as our 5-minute countdown to start off the...
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Thoughts on Chapter 2 of “Too Busy Not To Pray” by...
I’ve volunteered/worked in youth ministry for about 10 years now, and pretty much without fail every year I will have at least one conversation with a jr. high student that goes something like this:
Me: “How can I pray for you today?”
Jr. High Student: ”Um…I don’t know…for wars to stop… and…um…to have world peace…...
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“It isn’t Narnia, you know,” sobbed Lucy. “It’s you. We shan’t meet you there....”
– The Voyage of the Dawn Treader – Chapter 16
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Pray! iPhone app →
I’ve been thinking about prayer a lot this week and I just ran across this app on the iTunes store and it’s incredible! You can schedule prayer reminders in the app and they will send you a push notification on a date/time that you pick to remind you to pray for a certain request. It’s only $.99. Enjoy!
Introducing: "THE OTHER 6" resource
Here is a brand new WILDSIDE resource I created called “The Other 6”. I am really excited about this new resource/tool in our student ministry. ”The Other 6” is a simple way for students to spend time with God “the other 6 days of the week” that they’re not at church. Basically after experiencing a few of our WILDSIDE Jr. High services I noticed a void...
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Introducing: "THE OTHER 6" resource
Here is a brand new youth ministry resource I created called “The Other 6”. I am really excited about this new resource/tool in our student ministry. ”The Other 6” is a simple way for students to spend time with God “the other 6 days of the week” that they’re not at church. Basically after experiencing a few of our Jr. High services I noticed a void...
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Conversation between me and Drew...
Drew: Rob I have a question for you.
Rob: Sure Drew what's up?
Drew: Do you ever have recurring dreams?
Rob: Only the ones that I keep having over and over...
Drew: Thanks Rob.
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Last weekend @ WILDSIDE 12/12/2010
This past weekend was part 2 of “IT’S A WILDSIDE CHRISTMAS” at Wildside (our jr. high Christmas series). Here is the rundown from the weekend:
Pre-service: We showed this awesome video and used it as a countdown before the service began.
Worship songs: 12 Days of Christmas (Relient K version), O Come Let Us Adore Him (Weezer version), Savior Of The World (Ben Cantelon).
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Pray! iPhone app →
I’ve been thinking about prayer a lot this week and I just ran across this app on the iTunes store and it’s incredible! You can schedule prayer reminders in the app and they will send you a push notification on a date/time that you pick to remind you to pray for a certain request. It’s only $.99. Enjoy!
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Thoughts on Chapter 1 of "Too Busy Not To Pray" by...
“Prayer is an unnatural activity.”
Well said Bill Hybels! That about sums it up for me! In the first sentence of his book, Hybels perfectly describes my own struggle with being a man of prayer. For me living a life of prayer has always been difficult. Now I don’t mean the typical “prayer before a meal” or a “quiet time prayer” I mean a consistent...
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Last weekend @ WILDSIDE 12/12/2010
This past weekend was part 2 of “IT’S A WILDSIDE CHRISTMAS” at Wildside (our jr. high Christmas series). Here is the rundown from the weekend:
Pre-service: We showed this awesome video and used it as a countdown before the service began.
Worship songs: 12 Days of Christmas (Relient K version), O Come Let Us Adore Him (Weezer version), Savior Of The World (Ben Cantelon).
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Thoughts on Chapter 1 of "Too Busy Not To Pray" by...
“Prayer is an unnatural activity.”
Well said Bill Hybels! That about sums it up for me! In the first sentence of his book, Hybels perfectly describes my own struggle with being a man of prayer. For me living a life of prayer has always been difficult. Now I don’t mean the typical “prayer before a meal” or a “quiet time prayer” I mean a consistent...
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"Too Busy Not To Pray" →
So today I read Revelation 5:8-10. Verse 8 reads: “And when He took the scroll, the four living beings and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they held gold bowls filled with incense, which are the prayers of God’s people.”
What really struck me was that “…they held gold bowls filled with incense, which are the prayers of God’s people.” This is such an...
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WatchUsing the new “Microsoft Surface” @ the Annerburg Space For Photography
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God's Plans=Moving ALOT...
From college to marriage, rock star to youth pastor and everything in between, following after God’s will in my life has never been boring. Thinking through every event that has ever occurred in my life I can say one thing with absolute certainty: Following Jesus is the best decision I have ever made.
This morning I was wondering what my life would be like today if I had decided at...
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Last weekend @ WILDSIDE
Last weekend at WILDSIDE we kicked off our Christmas series called “It’s a WILDSIDE Christmas!”. Here was the rundown for the weekend:
Pre-Service: Volunteers set up Christmas decorations on the stage. Christmas songs were playing while students arrived. We also showed this video during our 5-minute countdown
Worship Songs: Deck The Halls, O Come All Ye Faithful, Angels...
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“You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of the dust
You make...”
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A conversation with my wife...
Heather: I don't like playing Halo 3. All we do is walk around killing each other!
Rob: Babe, I'm not killing you. I'm killing your avatar.
Heather: You are such a dork.
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