Skit Guys: Easter Invitation

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Try This: Made You Look!

A while back I sent this text message to a student, “Made you look.” He, in turn, texted that to everybody in his contact list.
It’s kind of stupid, but good for an easy laugh and great for a funny memory. An easy-to-create memorable experience is gold in youth ministry. Showing our lighter side also makes [...]

Top 10 Bad Youth Ministry Ideas

This is from the Simply Youth Ministry Conference last week. It was a great comedy bit from the Skit Guys. I got this from MoreThanDodgeball.com.

I got this from MoreThanDodgeball.com

SYMC – Jake Rutenbar’s Youth Ministry Stereotypes

This is the latest video Jake Rutenbar debuted at the 2010 Simply Youth Ministry Conference.

This trophy moment goes out to
Jamie Stolp
Youth Pastor

Jamie is honest and tells it like it is. He is straight forward with the youth. He is funny but knows when its time to be serious. Jamie makes Celebrate awesome!
Autumn
Celebrate Church
Sioux Falls, South [...]

SYMC – I Will Survive / Stuck Escalator / Starbucks Marketing Like a Church

Mark Devries showed these in his seminar Secrets To A Healthy Youth Ministry today. So great! The material was great, too. Check out his website for more information.

Cookie Face

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 Brandt, Jessi Brandt, [...]

VolunteerYouthMinistry.com Clothing

I’m not starting a clothing line, but I did get some jackets embroidered today to wear at the Simply Youth Ministry Conference this week. The place that did the work was awesome. They did the work while I waited and allowed me to videotape it with my iPhone. I had my brother-in-law speed it up. [...]

Sweet Handslap Video

I posted this about a year ago. It came to mind recently so I thought I’d post it again. This is a video I shot of Josh Pease and Zack Barker having a handslap contest to the death. It was after our High School Youth Ministry weekend service. It’s classic. Enjoy!

The County Fair

We went out to the count fair to catch a Swithfoot concert. I haven’t been to any county fairs, since I was a kid so I’m not used to seeing things like fried Oreos. I thought that was just the stuff of legends. Got to admit. I’m kinda afraid.

Glee

Randomly found myself and a friend hanging out at a studio recording for an upcoming episode of Glee.