Category: light force
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MainStreet is in 36 hours
I am probably overly cheesy. But I am pumped about tomorrow’s MainStreet. For one thing… we’ve outgrown our original location and have had to move up to take over the "big church." I’m also pumped that other people are pumped about what we’re doing. Seeing kids be excited at a rehearsal… even the annoying run…
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Focused on the positives
When things aren’t going great… it’s easy to turn into a pessimist. Even as "the leader" at Light Force it’s sometimes easy to join the "this isn’t going well" bandwagon. In fact, one conviction I had tonight is that I need to be more encouraging to the students who are there instead of worrying about…
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Reaching a Crest
In a lot of areas of my life I feel like a mountain climber. I feel as though I am reaching the crest of a mountain I’ve been climbing for a while. Big goals are getting accomplish, new "personal bests" are being reached, and things are overall getting accomplished. Here’s the thing. When you get…
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Off to Winona Lake
This morning Paul and I (yes, my son Paul) are leaving with 4 students to visit Grace College as well as, hopefully, Taylor University. I say "hopefully" since they have yet to confirm the details of our visit. But I’ve been to Grace before… so at least I know where I am going and who…
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How Far is Too Far?
I’ll be answering that tonight at Light Force.
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Internal vs. External Motivation
What’s the major difference between the typical youth ministry with a paid, trained youth worker and a youth ministry run by volunteers? Understanding what makes students tick. Why is it that youth workers can get students to do stuff willingly that leaves parents with their jaws dropping open? It’s not the “cool factor” nor is…
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MainStreet success
Just a couple of hours ago we completed our latest Kids ministry "MainStreet." This is as big a thing as our little church can do. It’s the Little Engine that Could! Tonight was great. Though people came late, it was quite full. Also, I was super excited to roll out a whole new cast of…
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Yes, eldery people can like new styles of worship too
I caught this on a blog I’ve just started reading, the harmonyblog. (Thanks gman for pointing it out) It documents a man taking his elderly father to church. This wasn’t just getting him to go to any church, this was getting his dad to go to NewSpring, one of them big fancy deals with 1…
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Wednesday Night Revelation
This may shock some people, but to others who do what I do… they’ll know what I mean. On Wednesday night at Light Force, while I was doing the talk, I had some swirling thoughts going on. Nothing revolutionary altogether… but a revelation nonetheless. Background: Part of this thing I’ve coined the "One church model"…
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Human Slingshot… this has youth group game written all over it
This absolutely made my jaw drop. I can’t believer anyone would really do this.