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Tonight I finished a series with my small group students. My goal has been to make their faith a central part of their home lives, even if their parents weren’t doing it themselves. The method of choice for of our final lesson was to put their sin side-by-side with their praise so they could see [...]

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Parents can put a lackluster relationship with their teenage child on a path toward restoration sometimes by pulling a good prank. It’s hard to remain distant from parents when kids and their friends are defending themselves from bombs of water exploding all around. Relational friction can be eased through laughter and creating good memories. The [...]

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I’ve been streaming a low quality live feed of our high school services online lately. I’ve had some great feedback like this Facebook message a girl left for me today: This is a great idea to: – Reach regular students who can’t make it to church – Allow prospective students to check out your church [...]

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Kurt Johnston (Student Ministries pastor at Saddleback Church) has a podcast worth checking out. Here’s one of his videos: Starbucks vs. Waterloo. It’s great stuff. I recommend going to his site to check out his other podcasts.

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We might be a little late to the game on this, but it sure has made a huge difference in our small groups. We’ve had a big problem of students using their cell phones during small groups. They do their best to hide it, but the blue glow on their faces betrays even the most [...]

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Taylor Bird (blog, Twitter) graduated from our ministry a couple of years ago. Since then, he’s moved on to Pepperdine University, but has returned to do summer internships with our high school ministry at Saddleback Church. We carpooled to see another former student graduate from Azusa University last Saturday. During the drive, he shared his [...]

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