SUNDAY WAS AN AMAZING DAY FOR ME. 3 REASONS. 1. SHEER NUMBERS: I'm not a big numbers guy as a means of success, so chalk it up to whatever you want, but last weekend set a new regular Sunday record in just people showing up to our high school … [Continue reading]
SMALL GROUP LEADER POSTCARDS
September 15, 2008 by Leave a Comment
We decided that a postcard is a great way to use some old school snail mail to tell students we value them. We've asked all our small group leaders to take advantage of them. I decided to order them in color. They came in this week. Here's the … [Continue reading]
YOUTH TRACKER IS WORTH EVERY PENNY
September 15, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Ok, if you're a youth pastor who reads this blog, my one piece of solid advice for you is, get a youth tracker.net account. We have all our students in an online database they host. It is therefore password accessible anywhere in the world that I … [Continue reading]
WORK LIKE JOE
September 13, 2008 by 1 Comment
I go to church on Friday nights at Journey.Tonight was the second week in a series called, "the other Joseph". It's on the Joseph of the OT, not the NT spouse of Mary we often think of with Joseph.Anyway, some of the best preaching I've ever heard … [Continue reading]
STUDENT MINSTRIES VISION STATEMENT
September 11, 2008 by 1 Comment
A while back, our church asked me to oversee student ministries, where it included the oversight of not just middles school and high school, but also that of college as well. One of the first things I did was set up some monthly meetings with the … [Continue reading]
Husband. Dad to 5. Student Ministry Pastor. Follower of Jesus. Yatta yatta.
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