For the first part of working with one youth group, I was having a hard time finding out what the youth were interested in and what their passions are. They were junior high age so I found this task a little more difficult. There were days I thought all they were worried about [...]
Ok, probably not the best idea shopping @ Wal-Mart on New Years Eve for a youth ministry lock-in because there was about 2 Million people in there most likely shopping for New Years party stuff.
However, I got it done and it feels good to be ready for the lock-in on Friday. Here’s some pics [...]
Hey – I’ve been taking a Christmas break, but I’m I have also been planning on doing a Survivor Lock-In this Friday Jan. 2nd in our town and so for the rest of the week I will be updating you on how it’s going.
About the end of September I mentioned to our middle [...]
Does anyone do Bridger Programs?
What is a Bridger Program?
Bridger Programs are ministries that are in place to help create a bridge over into your main youth meeting where your regular Bible Teaching and worship take place.
The point of the Bridger Program is to build some relationships with students that would stay away [...]
One thing that made me smile right away was that Invesco field was literally right across from my hotel room. Above is a shot from the hotel room itself. What happened to the Broncos anyways?
Ok, so here’s what happened to our youth ministry:
Thursday November 13th since we are coming from Conrad, [...]
Students love to text. Some say they can do it in their sleep, and I believe it (if anybody has been able to catch this phenomenon on film, let me know). How can we harness this power and use it for good? These tools let you utilize the potential of text messaging in your youth ministry [...]
Here are some thanksgiving ideas for your youth ministry:
Have an Unplugged Youth Group Night – What’s that? Recently my family went to Madagascar 2 ( which I didn’t like as much as the first one, but anyways..) and before the movie had started there was a preview about an old fashioned Christmas. What was [...]
That’s right! Bring it on! I dare your youth ministry to check out a Dare2Share event near you!
I’m so excited because this weekend about 40 of us adult volunteers and youth will be traveling to Denver, CO for this years Dare2Share event! Anyone going to be at this event? If you recognize [...]
I understand that everyone has their own youth ministry convictions about what to do and not to do for Halloween. With that being said, I wanted to string together some ideas and hopefully there is something that will work for your youth ministry.
Pumpkin Bowling: I love this game. It’s really easy to set up [...]

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