Last Saturday I had the honor of being a groomsman for a former student. He was a sophomore when he started dating the girl he married. She was in a small group that met in the same house as ours, but they got to know each other through school. They both graduated college recently and [...]

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We ended our small groups for the summer this week. We also had a few other endings… the home we use for small groups is up for sale, so we won’t be meeting there again, one of our leaders is moving to Sacramento so she won’t be back, and many of our students are graduating. [...]

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I came across this tiny tree today at the home improvement store. I chuckled at the sign attached to it which read “shade tree”. I went back later & took this picture because it’s a great reminder for me to see who students and leaders can be rather than limiting them by how they appear [...]

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I have catch phrases I always use with my students. One of them is “I love that guy!” I think students will get tired of it and it will lose its effectiveness… until I get messages like the one above. It’s hard to over encourage students! His reaction to this post is below. This further [...]

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Steven turns 18 on Friday. However, he’s sick so he couldn’t come to small group this week. We weren’t going to let that get in the way of celebrating his birthday. Since we didn’t have WiFi, we used a free application called Tango to video chat with him and give him a little birthday love. [...]

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Ryanne Witt at Saddleback Church’s High School Ministry has started a new blog to care for volunteer youth workers. You can check it out at http://lovethyvolunteers.blogspot.com/

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