February 2011
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Q & A with Kurt Johnston on leadership, the Church...
Every month I want to highlight one of my good friends who are amazing leaders in the arena of youth ministry. This month’s interview is with my boss Kurt Johnston who is the Pastor to Students at Saddleback Church. Enjoy! WHAT DO YOU DO FOR A LIVING/WHERE DO YOU SERVE IN MINISTRY? I serve as the Pastor to Students at Saddleback Church in Orange County, California. Basically my role is to...
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Youth Ministry Freebie: series slides & countdown
Looking for some graphics to use for an upcoming series or youth ministry event? Click here to download this week’s iheartyouthministry.com freebie! The zip file includes a series slide,worship slide and a 5-minute video countdown. Enjoy!
Pax,
Rob
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Q&A with Travis Walker & Rob Ham On Starting Out...
This week I received a great email from Travis Walker who is a youth worker in Michigan. Travis asked some great questions, so I decided to post my answers below.
Travis: Rob, if you were to start all over and start today creating a middle school program, what would be your top 5 “musts”?
Rob: Having worked in youth ministry for about 10 years now, there are definitely a bunch...
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WatchCheck out the video above for some thoughts I had today while working the RADICALIS (Purpose Driven) youth ministry conference at Saddleback Church. Enjoy!
Special thanks to Grant for helping me out with this video!
Pax,
Rob
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Last weekend @ WILDSIDE February 19-20, 2011
The weekend we kicked off a brand new two-week series on the Bible. For the first week we walked our jr. high students through a general overview of what the Bible is, what it’s comprised of, who wrote it, and what can be found inside.
Series: “A LOOK AT GOD’S BOOK”
Pre-Service: We used this classic video as our countdown video as students got ready for the service to begin. As...
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Thoughts on the RADICALIS Youth Ministry...
Today at Saddleback Church we began our annual RADICALIS (radicalis literally means “from the root”) conference for those working in ministry who want to learn about how to build healthy/biblical ministries and churches around the world. RADICALIS is really 15 conferences in one, including Saddleback’s Purpose Driven Youth Ministry conference, which is where I spent the...
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Last weekends “THE OTHER 6” student devotional
Here is this weekend’s copy of “THE OTHER 6” for part one of our “A LOOK AT GOD’S BOOK” series on the Bible. . The “OTHER 6” is a jr. high student devotional based off of WILDSIDE’s weekend messages. Click here to download the newest “THE OTHER 6”!
Pax,
Rob
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WatchEvery weekend at church I meet a student who is just plain awesome! This weekend I got the chance to meet Scott, a freshman in our High School Ministry with an awesome talent. Click on the video to see what his talent is!
Pax,
Rob
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iLIFE: Getting Jr. High Students To Grow On Their...
Without a doubt, last night was one of my favorite youth ministry moments of the year. Jr. high students poured in to our youth rooms not to play games, not to see funny videos, but to figure out how to grow closer to Jesus on their own in their individual lives. So what did they attend? WILDSIDE’s brand new program for student discipleship called “ilIFE”.
So what is iLIFE?...
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Grade Groups: Smaller Is Better!
This week I’ve been getting a bunch of emails from youth workers all over the country asking for me to explain the idea behind what we at WILDSIDE (Saddleback’s jr. High ministry) call “Grade Groups”.
The idea is simple: we want every jr. Higher who passes through our doors on the weekend to be known by a caring adult in our ministry. We want our team to know the name of every student that...
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Last weekends "THE OTHER 6" student devotional
Here is this weekend’s copy of “THE OTHER 6”. The “OTHER 6” is a jr. high student devotional based off of WILDSIDE’s weekend messages. Click here to download the newest “THE OTHER 6”!
Pax,
Rob
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Last weekend @ WILDSIDE February 12-13, 2011
Last weekend we wrapped up our two-week series on loving God & loving others. We had a LOT OF FUN this weekend!
Series: “LOVE: WHAT MATTERS MOST”
Pre-Service: We used this video as our 3 minute countdown to begin the service. We also had a couple of our students sing “LOVE STORY” by Taylor Swift as students where coming into the service (our jr. high kids went nuts for...
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Youth Ministry poll: Do you currently have a...
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Guest Post: Introducing "THE LANDING" with Johnny...
Hey guys,
So Rob asked me to write a short post for his blog. The problem is, I don’t know how to keep things short. I’ll try Rob, I’ll really try.
I should probably start by introducing myself. My name is Johnny and I’m from a ministry called Celebrate Recovery. We’re basically a Christ centered 12 step ministry for anyone who has what we call a hurt, hang-up...
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FREEBIE: Youth Ministry Spring Calendar
For those of you who are planning out your spring calendar this month and don’t have time to create something on your own…here is a new youth ministry spring calendar I made for you to use for free! Just click here to download the editable photoshop file, plug in your own dates/events and you are all set! Hope this is helpful!
Pax,
Rob
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Q & A with John Selbak on leadership, the Church &...
About a week ago I posted about the importance of having mentors that speak into your life/youth ministry. Today I decided to interview my close friend/mentor John Selbak. I’ve had the privilege of getting to work alongside John in ministry over the years and he is a very valuable source of wisdom as I strive to be the best disciple of Jesus and youth pastor that I can be. Enjoy the...
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Last weekends “THE OTHER 6” student devotional...
Here is this weekend’s copy of “THE OTHER 6”. The “OTHER 6” is a jr. high student devotional based off of WILDSIDE’s weekend messages. Click here to download the newest “THE OTHER 6”!
If you would like a free template to use “THE OTHER 6” in your youth ministry, just send an email to robh@iheartyouthministry.com .
Pax,
Rob
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Tentative Schedule for the STUDENT WORSHIP...
Hey everyone! Last month I posted about our upcoming STUDENT WORSHIP CONFERENCE at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, CA. The band “Gungor” will be leading worship and hosting workshops over the course of the weekend. It is going to be an amazing time for your worship band students to learn & grow and have a blast!
The conference is on February 19th (it’s coming up soon)...
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The Importance Of Having Youth Ministry Mentors
Yesterday I had the opportunity to spend time with one of my favorite people in the entire world, John Selbak. John is a long time friend (almost 10 years now) and one of my most important ministry mentors. Later on this week I will be posting an interview with John about his life/ministry and his thoughts on leadership and the church.
Today I want to take a moment to share 3 BIG REASONS why...
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iheartyouthministry.com giveaway!
Hey there youth workers! Every now and then I want to make it a point to give away some awesome youth ministry resources to those of you in ministry who could use it! And since I happen to be in a great mood today, I’ve decided to give away THREE FREE YOUTH MINISTRY RESOURCES this week!
The winner of this month’s giveaway will receive a FREE copy of the “LIVE” Bible for...
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Youth Ministry Poll: How far out do you plan your...
