Jonny is on the left Jonny Dolan, a student at our Irvine campus, was highlighted in this article for his school newspaper. He’s been leading worship for a while with his buddies. It’s great to see him putting himself out there more publicly about his faith. Here’s an excerpt: “What set me back the most [...]

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One of my responsibilities at Saddleback Church is to keep the High School Ministries blog up to date. The blog has all of their latest videos from the weekend services and some other cool stuff. If you want to know what’s new with our High School Ministry, swing by there from time to time to [...]

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From February 9-12, 2010, Saddleback Church will be hosting 10 conferences in one event. Your entire church staff and volunteers can come to one training extravaganza and attend sessions for your own areas of ministry. Click here for details Click here to register

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I just got home from my trip to Texas. One of my favorite things about being gone for a few days is coming home to a Tivo full of shows I missed while I was gone. It’s good to have a TV marathon and catch up with Survivor, Biggest Loser and a few other shows.

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I agree with Jim’s thought. Here are some great ways to position yourself as a trusted person a teenager will approach: 1. Volunteer for the next retreat or event with the students away from the church. Extended time away will build memories and help students become familiar with you. This will help them feel comfortable [...]

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If you’re interviewing for a youth ministry position, Tim Schmoyer has created a list of red flags to watch for and what they mean. Be sure to check it out to save yourself from getting into an unhealthy church environment. I’ve pasted a few of them below, click here to read the rest. 2. We [...]

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Here’s an excerpt from a great post about student leaders on Andy Disher’s blog. Click here to read the rest One of the many lessons I’ve learned is that Student Leaders have more of an impacting testimony that we, their youth pastors/leaders, do. Their peers will listen to them more than they will listen to [...]

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Doug Fields and Walt Mueller co-wrote a piece about Marko being let go from Youth Specialties this week. Click here to check it out. It’s got some great insight into the situation including the decision to sell Youth Specialties to Zondervan.

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A friend of mine and fellow volunteer, Parker Stetch (blog, twitter), has a blog that youth workers should check out. He’s got some great ideas and funny stuff, too. I love that he’s new to youth ministry, but he’s already sharing some great stuff. Currently on the front page of his blog you’ll find: Ninjas [...]

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Our volunteer staff was recently asked what we’re doing to bond with our students. There were some clever ideas shared. Here are a few of them: 1. One group has a student who is unable to attend anymore. They have decided to still include her by having her picture with them and including it with [...]

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