Posted on June 22nd, 2010 by Dennis Beckner
Thanks to Sarah, a youth ministry chaplain from NZ (New Zealand?), for sharing these links: – Postsecret.com – topic of lonliness – 1000awesomethings.com – contentment – www.TheTroubleWithParis.com.au – excellent small group discussion on hyperreality – www.creativemyk.com and www.sxc.hu for all our powerpoints -animoto.com for video making -www.toptenz.net for intros Disclaimer: I have briefly looked at [...]
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Posted on April 24th, 2010 by Dennis Beckner
Recently, Dennis approached me and asked if I would do a post for his blog. I was honored to be asked to do a blog post for him, especially because I’m so new to youth ministry. As a relatively new Junior High small group volunteer, I feel so humbled to be given this opportunity to [...]
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Posted on March 2nd, 2010 by Dennis Beckner
What do you do with the kid who’s different? The boy who wears eye makeup and has black fingernails, the girl who goes through five shades of hair color every two weeks, the bookworm amidst athletic kids, the student who makes offbeat comments that leave everyone scratching their heads… the list can get long in [...]
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Posted on January 11th, 2010 by Dennis Beckner
You know the saying, “The squeaky wheel is the one that gets greased”? It seems that’s true in youth ministry. We give our attention to obvious needs. By the time we’ve dealt with one, another pops up. Sometimes needs that aren’t as obvious go unmet because we haven’t taken time to unearth them. In this [...]
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Posted on October 22nd, 2009 by Dennis Beckner
Haley Veturis is a 2-year intern with our high school ministry. She has taken a unique approach to bonding her girls together while raising the bar for them by giving them expectations to live up to. She’s had a great response. I asked her to share her idea with you. Here’s what she had to [...]
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Posted on March 3rd, 2009 by Dennis Beckner
If your church doesn’t currently have a youth ministry prayer team – make that your primary goal for the remainder of the year! Other youth ministry goals are great to have – i.e. increase in numbers, increase in volunteers, monthly service projects, an annual mission’s trip, etc. But prayer is paramount! A youth ministry’s success [...]
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