The Landing launches at Saddleback Church in January 2011. Click here to check out their blog. You can also fill out their form to let them know about your interest in the program. Click here for more information about the program and to order the program for your church Click this link for a sample [...]

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The Landing is an all-new, year-long program that helps teenagers travel the path to freedom, healing, and wholeness. This dynamic resource mirrors the content presented in the successful Celebrate Recovery program. The lessons deliver hope-filled truths and real-life strategies for giving young people the tools for making wise choices and developing healthy patterns for living. [...]

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Chick fil A has become a favorite place to hang out with students after our student ministry events. Tonight the manager did a drawing to give away several food-related prizes to our students. I love having such a mutually beneficial relationship with a local restaurant. They get a great boost in business. We get a [...]

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Doug Fields and Matt McGill have teamed up to provide a daily article for youth workers. It’s great stuff which I highly recommend subscribing to. Here are the bullet points from a recent article about dealing with criticism. Click here to read the article – Acknowledge the pain. – Learn everything possible. – Write it [...]

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I’m having trouble remembering some of my students’ names from my camp cabin. It’s only our first day, but I’m determined to have them down by tomorrow. To help me out, I made a screenshot my list of students and am using it as wallpaper on my iPhone this week. When I need a name, [...]

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When camp leaders arrived today, we received these shirts. I like it. I can see how a sea of these red shirts will communicate to parents that there are plenty of leaders at camp this week. It also helps them know who ask questions.

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Every time our Student Ministry takes a trip, volunteers are greeted with a goodie bag. We’re leaving for camp today so we got this bag. Its got: – A few games with instructions – A water bottle – Sunscreen – Gum – Chap Stick – An encouraging message on the outside of the bag – [...]

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A few years ago our High School Ministry provided volunteers with these nifty bags for our trips. We can fit everything we need including a pillow and sleeping bag in it. If you’re looking for something for your volunteers, this is practical, incredibly useful and a great encouragement/appreciation gift.

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Every time we take our students on a trip, we try to explain what to pack based on the weather where we’re going. There are always a few students who make poor packing choices based on what they think the weather “should” be. Next week we’re going to summer camp on the California coast. It [...]

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