Archive for May, 2009
Communicating for a Change
There are a few books that one needs to re-read every couple of years. When it comes to communicating and teaching on a regular basis on of those books from my library is, Communicating for a Change by Andy Stanley. It is a great reminder of what one should be doing in preparing for a [...]
29May2009 | David Mehrle | View Comments | Continued
Tony Morgan coming to STL…
In just over a month Tony Morgan will be stopping at Harvester Christian Church as part of his book tour. Tony will be speaking and sharing with us through out the morning. If you have not yet read, Killing Cockroaches, you will want to go out and get it. Or you can just show up [...]
27May2009 | David Mehrle | View Comments | Continued
Teens and sex…
Having been in Student Mnistry for over 17 years I have had my share of conversations about sex with teens. We have talked in a large group setting where we explain what the Bible has to say about sex. We have had those conversations that you never really want to have but it comes with [...]
27May2009 | David Mehrle | View Comments | Continued
Important lessons for Interns
What a great time for churches to be pouring into the lives of those who want to be in ministry. Every year we bring in a team of interns and run them through the gaunlet in hopes of them leaving feeling more prepared for ministry. Although at times it can be difficult to manage an [...]
23May2009 | David Mehrle | View Comments | Continued
Quick Communication tips
It’s Wednesday night and we have just finished a great night of ministry with our students. You stand in the gym talking with the last remaining students as they wait for their ride to go home. Time has passed quickly and it is already 9:30 and all of your leaders have left the building. You [...]
18May2009 | David Mehrle | View Comments | Continued
Twitter is more than you think
Great blog article – check out what was written about twitter on nikomas.com
Twitter is starting to take over the world! Because of that I’ve heard a lot of people who have never used it rip on it. Which is fine. I don’t care. I don’t own twitter stock! But most of those people have never [...]
Saturday morning thoughts…
This morning I am sitting here and just thinking about my oldest son, Ashton. In just a few weeks he will enter into our Jr. High ministry. He is very excited to finally be old enough to be a part of what we do on a weekly basis. He looks forward to serving and learning [...]
16May2009 | David Mehrle | View Comments | Continued
Gather your team
Over the last several weeks I have not been really meeting with my team. I miss these chances to connect and have conversation about what is happening in our ministry area. So, why have I not been meeting? I have been thinking of ways to redesign our team meeting to help make it more effective. [...]
13May2009 | David Mehrle | View Comments | Continued
A new brainstorming method
This past week I met with our team of leaders who devleop the programming side of our services. This is a team of about 8 – 12 people who are either worship leaders or they play some part in the execution of our student services. Over the last year we have been meeting once a [...]
11May2009 | David Mehrle | View Comments | Continued
Mother’s Day
With Mother’s Day on the horizon. At “the Quest we decided to have a couple of mom’s come and share with us the blessings they received from their mom. Each of the ladies who shared did a great job of communicating life and faith relationships that exist between them and their mother’s. It was interesting [...]
11May2009 | David Mehrle | View Comments | Continued
I once was asked about if you needed someone to help you change a tire at 2:00 in the morning ...
Nicely written, Dave. Except that I've gotta push you some on number 1. How is it that we ...
Kyle you are exactly right. Too often we go to a conference or a friends church and we decide ...
Know your community.I see this time and time again, the service is made up of other peoples ideas and what ...
You become thankful for a good pit crew, a spare tire in the trunk, and the jack that you remembered ...
Glad to see what God is doing for you guys. Praying for you! 
Regretfully, I don't really have as much time as I'd like to read, since college is so demanding, but I ...
That's awesome. Really cool. 
That's awesome. Ashton is a good kid! On his way to changing lots of lives. 
Hey, guys thanks for all the encouragement and support that you are offering right now and have offered over the ...
