This is the latest video Jake Rutenbar debuted at the 2010 Simply Youth Ministry Conference. This trophy moment goes out to Jamie Stolp Youth Pastor Jamie is honest and tells it like it is. He is straight forward with the youth. He is funny but knows when its time to be serious. Jamie makes Celebrate [...]

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We’d love for you to join us LIVE tonight at the Simply Youth Ministry Conference! We’ll be live streaming the general session at 7pm CST. The Skit Guys are taking over, so we’re not quite sure what to expect! You can watch tonight’s session of Simply Youth Ministry Confrence here #symc10

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Mark Devries showed these in his seminar Secrets To A Healthy Youth Ministry today. So great! The material was great, too. Check out his website for more information.

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- Parable of the sower – some seed bears 100 fold fruit – Started over in youth ministry at 50 when we got fired from our church – History will be kind to me because by the grace of God we will live it – Resentment is like allowing somebody who’s hurt you to live [...]

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- A scribe asked Jesus, “What’s the most important commandment” – If you want to leave a legacy, it begins upward, inward, outward – We forget what’s most important because we’re so busy – To leave a legacy worth living, we must live the legacy of God – Upward: I don’t remember a man in [...]

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I caught the tail-end of a game called Cookie Face at Kurt Johnston’s breakout at SYMC. The Oreo starts on the players’ foreheads and, without touching the cookie, they must eat it. – Great game – Captivates the crowd – Builds a shared experience/memory This trophy moment goes out to Ben McClary, Telah McClary Chriss [...]

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This weekend at the Simply Youth Ministry Conference VolunteerYouthVolunteerMinistry.com got some great mentions from Kurt Johnston and Doug Fields. I love getting the word out about what’s going on here and getting volunteer youth workers sharing ideas.

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I met up with Justin and Amber Dougan at the Simply Youth Ministry Conference. Justin won the VolunteerYouthMinistry.com conference give-a-way – a free flight and admission to the conference! Justin won and was able to bring his wife… which was great because I was too cheap to fly 2 volunteers to the conference.

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- God shapes our ministries through memories – Ministry disasters become lasting good memories – God works through us to build a legacy for the next generation – Philippians 2 “…At the name of Jesus, every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord” – Paul encourages passion – Authentic passion always looks a little [...]

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I’m developing some training for youth ministry volunteers. I’d love your input about what topics you could use some training on as a volunteer or for your volunteers. 1. Dealing with conflict 2. Teaching strategically 3. Counseling wisely 4. Owning your ministry 5. Loving your students 6. Building your team (recruiting volunteers) 7. Renewing your [...]

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