Last night a FaceTime call came in on my iPhone. It was from Donny, a student who has been my righthand man at The Landing (a program I lead for students at Saddleback Church). I’d been thinking about him all day because he had left to start school at Biola University yesterday. He called in [...]

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Last week I posted some free resources on VolunteerYouthMinistry.com.

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Being such a fan of my iPad, I’m excited to use this new free application from Group Publishing when life groups start back up in a few weeks. If you use the Live curriculum and you have an iPad or iPhone, I highly recommend downloading this free app! Click here to go to the app. [...]

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I was talking to one of my all-star students tonight who’s heading off to college this week. Here are a few comments I made to him that all college-bound students need to hear from their youth pastors: 1. Don’t push you parents out the door too quickly when you get there. You’ll want them to [...]

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I’m doing a video series about temptation called The Invisible War with my high school small group students. The series was created by Rick Warren. In the lessons, he talks about how Jesus quoted scripture in the face of temptation. I thought if that was what worked for Jesus, then we should follow his model. [...]

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You can download a free sample lesson from The Landing or purchase the curriculum by clicking the product link below.

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I promised attendees of the Celebrate Recovery Summit that I would share some resources and notes with them. They are downloadable below. These are materials I have either developed for The Landing at Saddleback Church or received permission to distribute. Let’s be resources to each other. Got something to share, let me know. I’d love [...]

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UPDATE: The Landing shirts are now available! Click here for details We got this T-shirt design today for The Landing. What do you think?

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This week I get to talk about one of my favorite subjects: Helping students grow closer to Christ. It’s so great to get to share with others what I’ve been working on for the last year and to hear from them what’s happening in their neck of the woods. If you’re a youth worker, don’t [...]

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