We returned last night from one of my favorite youth group trips of the year. Each fall I pull juniors and seniors out of school to visit a couple of colleges. This time, it was Moody (my alma mater) and Wheaton College.
In the most technical sense, the weekend went off without a hitch. The students [...]
Are student leadership teams that offer seasonal commitments more effective at developing true missional leaders than those who require a total, year-long commitment?
Our culture has continued to become more and more demanding of our student’s time. Many student leaders at church also serve in similar roles at school; in clubs, sports, dramas and other extracurricular [...]
What percentage of student leaders walk away from their faith/the church within one year of graduating high school as compared to the percentage of students who were simply regular attendees of a youth group that walk away from their faith/the church?
I have heard absurdly high statistics on the number of students who leave the church [...]
What aspects of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint’s student missionary experience can be transferred into evangelical training of student influencers?
It’s no secret that our LDS counterparts get results. Roughly 40% of their 18-22 year olds commit to 18-24 months of missionary service. Each Wednesday, 500 new missionaries show up at the Missionary [...]
What specific contributions can “adult coaches” make in the lives of student leaders to increase their faithfulness & effectiveness to the mission of the group?
I chose this direction for the question because my coaches are always seeking the specific “how to’s” and “what to’s” of ministry. I can create the vision for them, get them [...]
With so much sidebar space available I’ve decided to add-on a couple of features which may be useful to all blogs go to heaven readers as well as increase traffic to the site.
Links section: Located right on top will be useful ministry-related inks and well as silly links or links I just find interesting. I’ll [...]
Forget all the runamook about whether or not we should be calling this a harvest party or a Halloween party, tonight is the big night.
One of the few places where Romeo really shines is when we all pitch in to make a big event happen. Tonight’s outreach is one of those times. People have been [...]
Going back a few years ago, Kristen and I were very proud members of http://www.calvarymemorial.com. We still refer to Calvary as “our beloved Calvary.” (Though this has faded a bit as time has gone on. We actually don’t miss it too much anymore.)
Anyway, each week I get an e-mailed version of the Sunday sermon. I [...]
As I’ve been taking this class at Huntington I’ve really wanted to study more about how the LDS motivate train and send out about 40% of their students for a mission of 18-24 months.
I recognize that there are significant differences theologically and practically between LDS and evangelicalism, but there simply must be something we can [...]
I rarely write about my children since I don’t want to be that guy who blabs all kinds of embarrassing things off about his kids. But this is begging to be told.
Megan is now 3 1/2 years old. She just started preschool a few weeks ago and she is generally easy to get along with. [...]
