This year, our 27 week curriculum “Be Do Love” curriculum came up short by 3 weeks. We factored in three weeks of snow cancellations or “flex” time that we did not use. To make up for it, I pulled out … Continue reading
Weekend Teaching Series: Faith and Hope (week 1&2 of 3) Sermon Message: Looking at what it means to have faith and hope as teenagers. Main Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:13 Main Game: Chinese Jelly Bean Challenge Ask for three volunteers and … Continue reading
5 Ways to Win Quick with Youth Group Parents A healthy youth ministry should work to create a partnership with the parents – both are responsible for the spiritual education and guidance of their teenager, so why not work together? … Continue reading
As we reviewed Tuesday, the cookie cutter discipleship program did not work for us. We wanted to create an environment with the volunteer walking along the journey with the students to live life with them and support the students as … Continue reading
Yesterday, we posted the idea of rethinking discipleship and how Jesus saw it. Today, we wanted to share what led us to this decision and why cookie-cutter discipleship can cause youth ministries to fail to go deep. We assumed students … Continue reading
A couple of weeks ago USAFA Club Beyond had our last monthly volunteer training for the school year and we processed the year. One thing that came out is that the “cookie cutter” model of discipleship will not work at … Continue reading
While we are going to provide a couple of ways to measure success, you will ultimately need to come up with your own way of success. This should be decided before you even begin to tweet or immediately after creating … Continue reading
Every week I send out a follow-up email to all of the parents of students from USAFA Club Beyond. This was put out there for two reasons: first to expose the students to these lessons more than just on Wednesday … Continue reading
Early School Start Tied to More Teen Crashes Teens who start school earlier in the morning are at increased risk for traffic crashes, a new study finds. Go Figure Numerous recent stats on martyrdom, church discipline, theology, and other topics. … Continue reading
Last month I met up with my volunteers for training and part of the time I shared the vision of ministry for the next two years to better impact parents of students at youth group. We then brainstormed for the … Continue reading
