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- lunchtime fun
I just got back form my weekly trip to the lunches at RHS. As strange as it sounds for a 28 year old guy to say… I really enjoy spending time with the students.
There was an initial round of “popularity” as the novelty of my being there was so fresh. But in the last year [...]
- Getting past Daniel 9
Last night went pretty well. I don’t I lost too many students as our group worked it’s way past one of the “big Baptist passages” of Scripture. Not being the hugest fan of the pre-trib view I think I was able to skirt past it, was true to the passage, and didn’t turn it into [...]
- seventy sevens to you
Note: This is the talk for Light Force tonight. By far, this is the biggest and heaviest talk I have ever attempted with students. I am giving it to them in one massive chunk because I think it is a little easier to understand that way.
Daniel 9: 24-27“Seventy ’sevens’ are decreed for your people and [...]
- a new beginning
Last night we had a good “family pow-wow” with all the Cranky ass high school students to discuss what has been going on. It went really well. Though not 100% of the nastiness came out I clearly saw that the lines of communication had been reopened enough for the issues to be resolved eventually.
We used [...]
- Leadership Manual Hot & Cold List: Jeff’s portion
Hot 5 Contributions
1. Leader Talk
I wish I had good scholastic reasoning for this, (I don’t) but the reality for me is that I just lean towards personal experience in youth ministry as the supreme tool. Even after doing some sifting of possible other factors playing into each scenario offered, I appreciated these insights more than [...]
- 8 Crazy Nights
No, this isn’t about the Adam Sandler box office flop. (Which I thought was a pretty stupid movie!)
8 Crazy Nights is actually a Light Force event that I’ve been working on and thinking of for quite a while.
It all started with a cranky parent last January who said that his student was a little disappointed [...]
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Am I the only one excited about this movie due out December 22nd? DeNiro, Stiller, Hoffman, Streisand! I am so there.
- back to our regularly scheduled program: ministry!
Yeah, I have a lot of plates spinning. But it’s always nice to get the reminder that I am here to minister to students.
Mission trips. Research papers. Fun events. None of that matters without the core reality of people ministry.
Amist all that is going on we have some perfect illustrations of students who are starting [...]
- Leadership Manual Hot & Cold: Adam’s Portion
Hot
1. Focus on long-term impact and leadership development
Too often student ministry is short-sided and doesn’t see their role extending beyond the youth room doors. It is nice to see that they authors started with, and reminded their readers of, an understanding that on some level all student leadership will one day make it’s way into [...]
