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Good News curriculum video shoot
Yesterday, Jon and I spent the vast majority of our day shooting the 6 fictional stories that go along with each lesson in our forthcoming Good News in the Neighborhood curriculum. Seeing some of the big picture pieces come together in this project has been amazing. Doing the video segments actually brought new life into…
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It’s Here! Good News in the Neighborhood Curriculum
Big news! Jon Huckins and I have been working on this curriculum for youth groups and young adults for several months. I’m excited to tell you that it’ll be out on April 2nd, 2012. Woohoo! If you buy it before it comes out… you’ll get it on April 2nd AND you’ll save $15. Here’s the…
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Teenagers are Desperate for Good News
One reason youth ministry is flatlining is crappy theology. Kara Powell, executive director of the Fuller Youth Institute, was recently interviewed by Relevant Magazine about the present reality that youth ministry presents a faith students easily walk away from in college. She was asked, “Do you think there are any misunderstandings or misconceptions that contribute to young adults leaving the…
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Good News Spreads FAST
I sit in a funny place sometimes. Meeting with a church leader or talking to a passive Christian, they will tell me that they are too busy or too engrained to change. As if reaching 10% or less of their community isn’t an emergency? Like, I don’t care what your theological position is on hell.…
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Hard wired for Good News
Have you ever wondered how you could grow your church? What if I could tell you a way to grow your church and your churches impact in the community? Here’s how. It’s mostly free. And it’s totally doable. Guaranteed to not backfire. Be Good News to your neighbors. Not start a Good News program. Not…
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Good News idea: Ring that bell
Pretty soon you’ll start hearing a familiar Christmas jingle. No, I don’t mean the annoying Christmas muzak you’ll hear at the grocery store. I mean the jingle of the bell ringer outside. If you’ve rushed by the red kettle as quickly as possible your whole life, maybe you don’t know that it’s a fundraiser for…
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5 Ways to Be Good News in Your Neighborhood on Halloween
Christians have a weird history with celebrating Halloween. Not growing up in the church I was appalled when I heard church people refer to it as “Devil’s night” and say things like, “Of course we don’t celebrate Halloween.” It’s as if we’re talking about two different holidays. There’s the one that actually happens and the…
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5 Ways Your Church can be Good News to Unemployed Young Adults
A Bureau of Labor Statistics report released Wednesday said 745,000 more job seekers between 16 and 24 years old were unemployed from April to July. That compares with an increase of 571,000 among the same age group last summer. In July, the share of young people who were employed was 48.8%, marking a record low…
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An example of Good News to a public school
A while ago I wrote a blog post called, 10 Ways Your Church can be Good News to Public Schools. Here’s one church doing just that. Amazing. Check out more like it at 20/20 Vision for schools. Imagine what could happen if your church got together and said, “How could we be Good News to…
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Created to be Good News in the Neighborhood
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to teach at Encounter, the high school ministry of Journey Community Church. Here’s the main idea of my talk: With the canvas of our life God gives us the ability to create a masterpiece with our lives through our good works. Ephesians 2:10 describes believers a God’s masterpiece. [Pause, think…