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A Third Kind of Youth Ministry
Just read a blog post – The Youth Ministry Gap.
The gist of it is that when the words “Youth Ministry” are uttered, it could actually mean 2 different things.
1. “Professional Vocational Youth Ministry” which he say is 20% of the workers.
This youth ministry is pretty sophisticated. Like any profession people fall into schools of thought. [...]
Cabin Time Questions For Ordinary Club Talks
Help for Young Life Leaders NOW has some great advice for weekend camp speakers.
I recently spoke at a YL weekend camp. One of the best pieces of YL camp speaking advice I ever received was to plan your cabin time questions before you plan your talk.
That is outstanding advice, but reading the post gave me [...]
The Psychologist Skit
We just did this skit on Monday. It is my favorite to do and had the kids cracking up.
Mr. Tolson is knocking at the door on the door of Dr. Roberts, the in-house psychologist.
Dr. Roberts: Mr. Tolson
Mr. Tolson: Are you Dr. Roberts?
Dr. Roberts: Yes, come in. Please have a seat. Sorry [...]
Gospel-Centered Everything…Even Topical Discussions
I’ve had some great discussions over the past year or so about making Jesus central to every Young Life talk we do. That’s easy most of the time, but challenging when it comes to particularly the Sin talk – telling kids about our separation from God due to our sinfulness. But still, Jesus is & [...]
Easy & Funny – Gotta Get Those Blindfolds
I tell ya…I get more fun game ideas from watching Ellen than from anything else – except the Source of course.
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qnqidr7PdTk]
Mix It Up Monday – Bobbing For Gum & Jello
Make a bunch of jello & sink gumballs in it. The jello doesn’t have to be all that firm (or firm at all), but the more firm it is the more the gum balls will stay midway between the to & bottom of the container. Have kids bob for the gum balls in the jello [...]
How About A Friday Quote – Where are you going?
One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. “Which road do I take?” she asked. “Where do you want to go?” was his response. “I don’t know,” Alice answered. “Then,” said the cat, “it doesn’t matter.”- Lewis Carroll