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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Apparently my pastor, Rick Warren, is under attack “again”. On the menu today is accusing him of promoting Chrislam. Here’s the second of two articles I’m posting on the subject. I’ve been part of Saddleback Church since December of 1998 both on staff and as a volunteer. I’ve co-lead Bible studies with his oldest son, [...]

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Apparently my pastor, Rick Warren, is under attack “again”. On the menu today is accusing him of promoting Chrislam. Here’s one of two articles I’m posting on the subject. I’ve been part of Saddleback Church since December of 1998 both on staff and as a volunteer. I’ve co-lead Bible studies with his oldest son, and [...]

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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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This August I’ll be part of the Celebrate Recovery Summit. My specific role will be helping teach the breakout session about The Landing (recovery from life’s hurts, habits and hang-ups for students). This program has been a big help to students at Saddleback Church. If there’s any way you can make it to this year’s [...]

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Today our staff at Saddleback Church was asked to drop everything and come to be the studio audience for a taping of a new video curriculum Rick Warren is taping today. It’s a curriculum to help our small groups learn about and deal with temptation. What a great opportunity! Serving on staff at Saddleback Church [...]

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I am very excited to see this movie when it comes out! The book was amazing.

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A friend of mine said her church in the Ft Worth area is looking for a youth pastor. If you’re interested, click here to check out their website and get the contact information. I don’t know anything about the church, but she did say the youth ministry runs about 100 students and the church has [...]

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Accredited Online Bible Colleges came out with their top 50 youth ministry blogs. I’m happy to say VolunteerYouthMinistry.com made the list at #37. Thanks Accredited Online Bible Colleges! It feels good to be recognized.

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The newest youth pastor at one of the newest Saddleback church campuses has a new (fairly new) blog that you should check out. He’s got a great talent and passion for youth ministry. His name is Rob Ham and his blog is IHeartYouthMinistry.com

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