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Aging conferences need…

In a culture that has become extremely aware of what it means to be Postmodern and desires to gather together in multi-generational services, why do we not support one another?  As I strive to deal with this question, please note that I am guilty of this as much as anyone else. I am currently sitting [...]

4Apr2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Sermon Prep questions

This morning I was driving back home for just a minute and then coming back.  So, I took the time to listen to a podcast by Andy Stanley.  It was one on communication.  If you have ever read his book, Communicating for A Change, then you have and understanding of this podcast.    However, there are [...]

16Mar2009 | | 2 comments | Continued
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Teaching assistance

I am teaching a workshop tomorrow on, “Being serious about God’s word in Youth Ministry.”  I am including the workshop here and would love to hear some of your input or ideas of things that I could add. Be Serious About God’s Word in Youth Ministry David Mehrle Introduction: Illustrations: Ex. Preaching without using your [...]

6Mar2009 | | 2 comments | Continued
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Is Your Church Protected?

This past Monday we gathered with our leaders to talk about ministry and to cover some of the things that we are facing in our world.  We had a great conversation and shared some really exciting things that are going on with our leaders and students.  However, we invited one of our children Ministries staff [...]

18Feb2009 | | 1 comment | Continued
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Relational Student Ministry

I have been doing a lot of reading lately and came across this book, Shaping the Spiritual Life of Students.  The book is written by Richard Dunn and really does a good job of presenting the fact that in realtional ministry we need to be fully present.  Or as he states in his book we [...]

16Feb2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Evaluating your philosophy of ministry

Philosophy change is one of the hardest things to go through in an organization.  When you have been functioning at a certain level and in a particular model for a long time it makes it very difficult to change.  However, it is something that we must all look at or we will become a complacent [...]

9Feb2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Desires in a Preacer…

In a recent prayer meeting one of our elders had us go through and look at the books of 1 and 2 Timothy and see the instructions that Paul is giving to Timothy as a young preacher.  As we are currently searching for a new preacher there was great insight into what we should be [...]

22Sep2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
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11 Principles of Church Growth

I have had the privilege over the last five years to work with an individual who has not made a name for himself in the publishing world or even tried to capitalize on his talents. However, this is the only individual I know of in the church world who has taken two churches from under [...]

30May2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Starting Over

Written by BJ Bungard “I’m a youth minister and I just switched churches.” That phrase seems more common than others in the church world. I was speaking with a long-lost friend on the phone the other day and found out that he moved churches just recently. I told him that was fitting because I was [...]

30May2008 | | 2 comments | Continued
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Rob Bell on teaching

Many of us are looking at ways to become the next great teacher. Whether it is for us personally in our churches or because we want to travel and share the Gospel message does not really matter. We all want to be better teachers of the Gospel. I ran across this video that interviews Rob [...]

21May2008 | | 1 comment | Continued
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Calibrate Conference

So, Calibrate is finally here and I am excited to have been able to be a part of this event. Last night we got the chance to sit with a small group of like minded leaders and listen to Chris Folsmbee and Kevin Ragsdale share their hearts with us. Over the next several days I [...]

17May2008 | | 2 comments | Continued
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