We’re in Day 2 of our PDYM Student Leader conference at Saddleback Church. If your student ministry couldn’t be here this year, put it on your calendar for next year. It’s an excellent way to help students understand in a personal way why your ministry does what it does and how they have an important [...]

Filed under: News | No Comments »

We have plenty of space for students to sign up for summer camp. However, many students are having to sit out this year because their family budget can’t afford to shell out the $399 needed to go. This has created a great teaching opportunity. I’ve used this situation to challenge students to think outside the [...]

Filed under: Resources | 2 Comments »

Click here to read all the sweet details complete with screenshots iPhone 3.1 Beta Walkthrough Jul 6th @ 06:13 am › Rene Ritchie iPhone 3.1 Beta 1 has just been released, and unlike the major new version that was iPhone 3.0, it’s still unclear how many features — compared with bug fixes — will be [...]

Filed under: News | No Comments »

Here are some thoughts from my quiet time today. While these are useful in my own life, I thought I’d share them because there’s also some good application for teaching on these verses. In these chapters, David convinces Jonathan that Saul is out to kill him. David escapes and the chase is on. Saul kills [...]

Filed under: Lesson Helpers | No Comments »

This week I’m video taping an interview with long time husband and wife volunteers of our high school ministry. The interview will be picking their brains about youth ministry, what they’ve learned, where they succeeded and the bumps and bruises along the way. Please comment on this blog post if you have any questions you [...]

Filed under: News | 1 Comment »

Click here to read the story on FoxNews.com Saturday, July 04, 2009 WASHINGTON — Evangelical megachurch pastor Rick Warren says America’s largest Islamic organization showed courage when it invited him to speak at its annual convention. Warren is the founder of Saddleback Community Church in Orange County, California, and one of the most prominent religious [...]

Filed under: News | No Comments »

This post is inspired by Andy Stanley’s Leadership Podcasts (available for free on iTunes). In Andy’s podcast titled High Performance Teams, his first point is that leaders need to clearly defining a problem that must be solved. After listening to this podcast several times, I became inspired to do some creative thinking about how this [...]

Filed under: Freebies, Resources | 3 Comments »

Documenting youth ministry events is hugely important for the life of your ministry. – It is useful in promoting future events – It helps outsiders get a look at what your ministry has to offer – It serves to remind students of spiritual commitments attached to events Tim Schmoyer has a great blog post about [...]

Filed under: Resources | No Comments »

Here’s a great the scoop on what’s next for Facebook on the iPhone: — Details On The Upcoming New Facebook iPhone App. Now With Events! by Jason Kincaid on July 1, 2009 It’s been a big day for Facebook, with news earlier this morning that the social network will soon be totally revamping its privacy [...]

Filed under: News | No Comments »