I told our students there would be a prize for the worst homemade white elephant gift for last night’s small group Christmas party. For the prize I picked up 2 movie ticket vouchers and a $15.00 gift card to a local fast-food restaurant. The prize was “dinner and a movie with your small group leader.” [...]

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I put together some Jib Jab videos to show at our small group Christmas party tonight. They were a bi hit. I recommend giving them a try. I felt bad that there weren’t enough spots in each video to fit all the students into. We can do more videos in the future, though. You’ll notice [...]

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Some of our students played Carol of the Bells on their iPhones at our weekend services last weekend. It was pretty cool. To see the applications they used to make it happen, check out this post on Josh Griffin’s blog (MoreThanDodgeBall.com)

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Jim Burns sent this out on Twitter. It’s awesome. This video has been viewed 1.3 million times. Once you watch it, you’ll know why. Super creative way for students to interact with a worshipful song and have fun doing it. I wish I knew who these people are. Check out the video…

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My goal for writing this post is to help volunteers see how we can take an active role in improving our ministries. When we see needs, we shouldn’t wonder why it’s not being met. We should actively work in conjunction with the ministry leaders to make needed improvements or solve problems. Here’s my experience from [...]

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This weekend I had a lot of fun experimenting with streaming our High School Ministry services at Saddleback Church. This was incredibly easy. You may want to consider trying it out. Here are some things I learned: – While this “can” be done using and iPhone, it’s not the best option. For the last service, [...]

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*** Update: Today (Dec. 13, 2009) the 9:00 and 11:15 (PST) services for Saddleback Church’s High School Ministry will also be streamed live in the box below. Click the refresh icon at the bottom of the video player to start the video. *** This afternoon starting around 3:30, I’m going to be streaming some live [...]

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Yesterday I downloaded the newest Ustream app for iPhone. It allows me to stream video for free online. I was able to use it right away at a concert my students performed at Disneyland. His parents couldn’t be there, but they were able to watch it online live while it was happening! So incredibly cool! [...]

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Tonight I announced next week’s Christmas party to our small group students. I told them for the gift exchange, they had to make a white elephant gift. The group will vote on which one is the worst. The person who brought that gift will win a prize. Look for the follow-up post next week. I’ll [...]

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Last week led a discussion with my high school small group guys about God’s judgment and discipline. While that sounds kind of depressing, it was a very eye-opening discussion. As a follow up to that lesson, we talked about God’s amazing love for us this week. It was great to show them from God’s word [...]

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