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Rob Ham is the Jr. High Pastor at DAYBREAK CHURCH in Carlsbad, CA. He previously worked as the student ministries pastor at Saddleback Church in Orange, CA. Rob is an alumni of the Saddleback Church Leadership Academy For Church Planters. On this blog you will find daily content on youth ministry ideas, training, resources and more! If you are interested in being a GUEST WRITER on iheartyouthministry.com just CLICK HERE to submit a post for review. This site gets updated daily so SUBSCRIBE TO MY FEED to get the latest posts. These aren't the droids you're looking for...

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Youth Ministry is one of the hardest things ever. And Yet I love them.

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Kari Jobe knows it’s all about the 1! :)

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I'm getting really excited for my future :)

When I think of getting involved in a church plant, I just get so thrilled. I literally can’t wipe the smile off my face. :) There’s so...

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hey peeps-question….

what do you think the modern day equivalent of foot washing is?

its a question in my book for this week’s sunday school lesson and im drawing a...

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Confrontation: Still Learning

Earlier this week I had to deal with some issues in our youth ministry which included some of everyone’s favorite part of doing YM: confrontation.

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Mario: Can you meet with Lance and me tonight about youth group?

Me: *sniffles* Well, I'm sick, but-

Mario: That's a no, then. You keep your sick germs far away from me!

Me: *cough-laugh* That's what my boss said.

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Starting to look at....

Bible schools, seminaries, and schools of ministry around the country. So after LSU I may have an idea of where I would want to go! :) Maybe somewhere out...

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God is moving like crazy this week

There are few things that inspire me more than seeing around 90 teenagers worshipping God with their entire beings. I can feel God breaking down...

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Last morning of our junior high trip...

Cleaning was harder than herding cats. And a young man put the wrong soap in the dishwasher, therefore we had a massive bubble party in the...

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Dealing with Criticism: Feel, Felt, Found

Loved this little nugget of wisdom I heard from Kurt Johnston the other day re: dealing with people who come to you with...

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VLOG #3 from the Simply Youth Ministry Conference in Chicago, IL. I chat with my new friend Tom Roepke about caring for hurting youth workers and about how we need to invite students to really step up and lead in our youth ministry programs. You can follow Tom on his blog @ www.samgamgee.org

Pax,

Rob

VLOG from day#1 of the SIMPLY YOUTH MINISTRY CONFERENCE in Chicago, IL. I’ll be posting daily videos on the site during the conference. If you have any questions you would like answered or would like me to interview someone on the Saddleback/Simply Youth team just email your questions/thoughts to robh@iheartyouthministry.com

Pax,

Rob