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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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 arrived to SYMC today and was bummed it wasn’t snowing. A quick check of the weather shows the snow is on its way.

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I’m heading out to Chicago for the Simply Youth Ministry Conference on Thursday. Watch VolunteerYouthMinistry.com for summaries of what’s going on. There’s some good stuff coming this week! Also, if you’re on Twitter, watch for the #SYMC2010 hashtag. You can also follow me on Twitter. My Twitter name is dbeckner

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