By sending a small group update to parents of my small group students each week: – I’ve built friendships with parents where there was not a connection at all – Parents are finally getting the information I want them to know (instead of just hoping students will remember to pass it along) – Parents feel [...]

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Each week we’ll be writing about different ways that we, as leaders, can effectively be examples to our students, and we’ll discuss different topics to talk over with our students. These topics range from relationships to being active in a small group. All of these topics are nuggets every leader can apply to his or [...]

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This is a weekly e-mail I send to parents of my life group students. I’m going to post them on this blog in case they might somehow be useful as a template for other youth workers or a good source to mine ideas from. Recap of this week Each night we focused on different verses, [...]

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A youth pastor  friend of mine (Troy Teeter) turned me on to this very cool blog about tech stuff and advice/helps for youth pastors. From what I saw, this is the eye-candy center of the universe for all things “geek meets youth ministry”. I highly recommend spending a few hours there… often! Be sure you [...]

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Matt and Steven, the guys who write the weekly Generation to Generation posts on VolunteerYouthMinistry.com have written a guest post over at MoreThanDodgeball.com. Check it out. I’m excited to see these guys getting more exposure. Great stuff is in store for them and the world of youth ministry through them!

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In Josh Griffin and Doug Fields’ new book 99 Thoughts for Small Group Leaders, I got to write a 3-page entry from the volunteer perspective on the heart of relationships. You’ll want to check it out on pages 93-95. I’m also very happy about the URL of this blog getting printed as well. Still don’t [...]

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Each week we’ll be writing about different ways that we, as leaders, can be effective examples, and we’ll discuss different topics to talk over with our students.  These topics range from relationships to being active in a small group. All of these topics are nuggets every leader can apply to his or her life. It’s [...]

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This is a weekly e-mail I send to parents of my life group students. I’m going to post them on this blog in case they might somehow be useful as a template for other youth workers or a good source to mine ideas from. Parents, This week was kind of fun. We started out building [...]

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This morning I start my first day working for the Celebrate Recovery Ministry at Saddleback Church. Although I will have many duties, the one I’m most excited about is overseeing a new program for students staring in January called The Landing. I will still be volunteering with the High School Ministry of Saddleback Church so [...]

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