Princeton Forum on Youth Ministry

Last week I attended the Princeton Forum on Youth Ministry hosted by the Institute for Youth Ministry at Princeton Seminary. It was in Hendersonville, North Carolina at a beautiful camp ground called Kanuga. I went for a two day retreat and then for an additional four day conference.  It was nice to [...]

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Values

Ouch!
Via ASBO Jesus

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Push the Rock

The Christian sports ministry called Push the Rock came to visit us this week – running field games and a basketball clinic. The coaches worked really well with the kids and everyone had a great time.  Seeing the kids have to run and be athletic was really good for them.  Maybe it’s not just [...]

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Teaching kids about the Holy Spirit

The Foursquare Church has an eight lesson series on Holy Spirit Discovery for Kids. Check it out!

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Driving this machinery

The Something Beautiful Podcast interviewed blogger, missional leader, and church planter Andrew Jones. I’ve read his blog for years and while listening to the podcast on a recent road trip, found some of the things he shared about his journey in ministry really resonate with me. One part, in particular, articulated so [...]

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Be Careful Hiring For-Profit Employees in the Non-Profit World

Excellent post by Phil Cooke – Be Careful Hiring For-Profit Employees In The Non-Profit World.  He writes,
“Before you jump at the chance to hire a highly regarded executive from the for-profit world at your church, ministry, or non-profit organization, here’s a few things to consider:
1) The business models are dramatically different.
2) Non-profits don’t [...]

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Holiday cupcakes.

This year I starting baking and had a lot of fun with cupcakes. It’s not that hard to jazz up a basic cupcake and this website gives great ideas for Holiday and Seasonal Cupcakes.
Frosty the Cupcake
1. Frost a cooled cupcake (baked from your favorite recipe) with white icing. 
2. Flatten a large marshmallow on waxed paper with [...]

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How rich are you?

I’m in the top 10% of the richest people in the world. Doesn’t feel like that, but this website – Global Rich List helps put things in perspective!

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Resouce.

Urban Youth Workers Institute has a great resource of mp3s of many of the workshops from their annual conference. My favorites are:
A Place of Community by Efrem Smith
and
What Every Woman In Youth Ministry Needs to Know by Kara Powell
There are many, many more really helpful workshops, so check it out!

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