April 2011
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Youth Ministry Poll: How do you utilize student...
Apr 13th
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When It Comes To Your Volunteers...BE A BARNABAS!
As I blogged about earlier last week, I really love working with a team. Youth ministry is so much better when you get to work collectively with a group of like minded youth workers to impact students lives for Christ in amazing ways. But how do you care for those volunteers/staff/leaders who work with you in your youth ministry? How can you help prevent volunteers from burnout, boredom and...
Apr 12th
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The power of a TEAM!
Last night my student ministries team and I met for our weekly “design” team meeting where we plan out our upcoming weekend series. I was so blown away by the power of a TEAM last night that I just had to post about it today.  Going into the meeting all we knew was this: We wanted the weekend to be themed around Jesus. That’s it. That’s what we were starting with. As our...
Apr 8th
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Lunch with Griff...too much steak...and other...
Today I got the chance to hang out with my friend Josh Griffin who is the High School Pastor at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, CA. Josh is an awesome guy/awesome youth pastor/Star Wars nerd and all around great guy.  I took Josh out to a steak house (that’s how we roll in South Orange County baby!) and we ate massive amounts of beef. But we also had the chance to talk about youth...
Apr 8th
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Apr 6th
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Youth Ministry Thought: Every student deserves to...
Today I had the chance to go out to lunch with a great youth worker by the name of Twigs Reed. Twigs serves as the director of YoungLife in Orange County (for more information on YoungLife click here). We spent a couple of hours just talking about what God is up to in our ministries and how we can better reach the students in our area with the Gospel.  But there was one thing that really stuck...
Apr 6th
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WatchWatch
This weekend one of the students in our ministry was out sick. So I gathered our core leaders together and we shot this quick “get well soon” video with an iPhone. Here is the text message response that we got from the student: “OMG THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEOO!THAT MADE ME SMILE :))))) ur guys are awesomeee! :) nice meeting you rob’s wife and the the popcicle man?!hahaha...
Apr 4th
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iheartyouthministry.com Easter freebie!
Hey there youth workers! Click here for a FREE zipfile full of great stuff that you can use this easter for one of your weekend/mid-week programs. This easter freebie includes an editable photshop file where you can edit the text to whatever name you want. It also includes a FREE 5-minute countdown and a 4-up promotional postcard PDF. Enjoy and happy easter!  Pax,  Rob
Apr 2nd
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March 2011
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WatchWatch
Check out episode 156 of the best youth ministry podcast out there!  Pax,  Rob
Mar 30th
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Vlog on involving students in leading worship in your youth ministry.
Mar 30th
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Managing Your Time Wisely In Your Youth Ministry:...
For the last three days I’ve been writing posts on the importance of managing our time wisely in regards to serving in youth ministry. Why is this so important? Why take three posts to talk about time management? Because when I speak to youth workers who are in the trenches doing great work with the students in their ministries a common theme can be followed…every youth worker is...
Mar 30th
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Youth Ministry Resource Highlight: "DUFFLED" &...
If you are working in youth ministry then without a doubt you know that in terms of teenagers, email is dead…and text messaging is king! If you want to effectively communicate events/news/quick content to the students in your ministry then text messaging is the way to go. Currently there are two great text messaging systems that you can utilize in your youth ministry to bring student...
Mar 28th
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Managing Your Time Wisely In Your Youth Ministry:...
Yesterday in part 1, I wrote a post on looking out for the “time wasters” that pull us away from what matters most as youth workers. Today I want to talk about the importance of scheduling your week. If you are a lead youth worker than scheduling your week is super important! You are constantly going to be asked by your church (and parents) to do more, go to more meetings, take on...
Mar 28th
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Youth Ministry Poll: What is the biggest "time...
Mar 25th
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Mar 25th
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Managing Your Time Wisely In Your Youth Ministry:...
This week was one of the most productive weeks this year for me in terms of youth ministry tasks. I was able to build our student ministries Facebook page, take volunteers out to eat, develop new program ideas, meet with potential adult leaders and more. The reason I was able to accomplish so much was because of a conscience decision to manage/delegate my time wisely. For the next few days I’ll...
Mar 25th
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When you feel like your stuck...
Have you ever felt like you’ve hit a rut in your youth ministry? Have you ever felt like you were stuck and you needed a spiritual “pick me up”? It’s very easy for those of us serving in youth ministry to get “stuck” from time to time. Sometimes it stems from being overwhelmed with all the craziness around us of planning events, creating curriculum or running...
Mar 23rd
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Mar 21st
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Mar 18th
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Guest post: My time in Kenya
So where do I even begin with my Kenya PEACE trip? I guess I’ll start from the very beginning J I went on this PEACE trip having no expectations…none whatsoever. Our high school team takes this trip every year and for interns, we have to serve for a year as an intern before we are given the opportunity to go on this mission trip the second year of our internship. I had heard such hype about how...
Mar 18th