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		<title>Try This: Stopping Gossip in its Tracks</title>
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Here are a few gossip killers for your youth ministry:
1. Put the truth out there &#8211; knowledge kills gossip because the nature of gossip is to be 1/2 truths and secretive. If there&#8217;s gossip going on about your ministry, get the truth out there or at least dispel the myths.
2. Bring the parties together &#8211; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.volunteeryouthministry.com/2010/03/10/try-this-stopping-gossip-in-its-tracks/</link>
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		<title>Some of My Greatest Joys in Youth Ministry</title>
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-	Helping a student work through his doubts and issues toward spiritual health
-	The phone call from a student who trusts me enough to ask for help
-	Getting an invitation to a student’s event when the paid youth staff don’t 
-	When a student who blew off my advice comes back in frustration and asks how I knew what [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.volunteeryouthministry.com/2010/03/09/some-of-my-greatest-joys-in-youth-ministry/</link>
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		<title>Students: Owning vs. Consuming</title>
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In the November/December issue of Group Magazine, Rick Lawrence has an article on page 10 about how we damage students by saving them from mistakes and making decisions for them. On this topic, the article reads,
The handicap is real: If kids can&#8217;t decide which pasta to pick [A subject addressed earlier in the article], how [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.volunteeryouthministry.com/2010/03/08/students-owning-vs-consuming/</link>
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		<title>Try This: Saving Your Sanity and Getting Your Students Back On Time</title>
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This may not be as much of an issue anymore with every kid and their dog having a cell phone. However, there have been many times I&#8217;ll take students to an event and give them a time to meet back. Sometimes there&#8217;s that group where none of the students have a watch. You can bet [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.volunteeryouthministry.com/2010/03/08/try-this-saving-your-sanity-and-getting-your-students-back-on-time/</link>
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		<title>Mission Trip Wisdom: Passports</title>
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A group of our high school students left for Kenya this week. Two of them were not allowed to board the flight because their passports were within 6 months of expiration.
If you&#8217;re taking students on an international trip, make sure the passports are good for more than 6 months. Just to be safe, a year [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.volunteeryouthministry.com/2010/03/08/mission-trip-wisdom-passports/</link>
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		<title>Traditions</title>
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Traditions get kind of a &#8220;that&#8217;s my grandpa&#8217;s generation&#8221; reputation around the church. I&#8217;m kind of a fan of tradition and rites of passage.  I believe it&#8217;s important to have a connection from one generation to the next.
All of this came to the forefront of my mind tonight when I saw a guy wearing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.volunteeryouthministry.com/2010/03/07/traditions-2/</link>
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		<title>Skit Guys: Easter Invitation</title>
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Check out the Skit Guys&#8217; online

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		<link>http://www.volunteeryouthministry.com/2010/03/06/skit-guys-easter-invitation/</link>
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		<title>Try This: Made You Look!</title>
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A while back I sent this text message to a student, &#8220;Made you look.&#8221; He, in turn, texted that to everybody in his contact list.
It&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.volunteeryouthministry.com/2010/03/06/try-this-made-you-look/</link>
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		<title>Who Would Have Thought Disneyland Cures Writers Block?</title>
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Thanks to the growing readership of this blog, I&#8217;m starting to get requests to train volunteer youth workers. While it&#8217;s an enormous honor to be asked, it also means I need to write some training sessions. I&#8217;ve got 16 year&#8217;s worth of youth ministry experience and conferences up in my head, and tons of material [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.volunteeryouthministry.com/2010/03/06/disney-cures-writers-block/</link>
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		<title>My 3, Volume 1 &#8211; Kurt Johnston</title>
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My 3 is a new monthly post for paid professionals to speak 3 bits of wisdom or encouragement into this otherwise &#8220;by volunteers for volunteers&#8221; community. I&#8217;m very grateful to Kurt Johnston of Saddleback Church for being the first youth pastor to contribute.



Here are 3 gems he shared:

Speak Up! Because you have so much &#8220;skin [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.volunteeryouthministry.com/2010/03/05/my-3-kurt-johnston/</link>
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