A healthy culture is critical to a healthy youth ministry. Yet, it can often be overlooked as a building block to a ministry.
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I left directly from Sno Camp on Sunday to fly to Orlando for the BOB conference. Well, kind of a conference, but not really. It's a small gathering of pastors that happens each year that I'm quite blessed to be a part of.
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SNO CAMP!
This weekend we (FEB Youth) held our first of two Sno Camp weekends. 500 + students and leaders at Muskoka Woods for an amazing weekend.
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Discipleship is at the very heart of what we do in youth ministry, but too often we try to make our discipleship efforts fit the programming that’s already in place. That’s backwards. Start with how your ministry will reach students for Christ and grow them as His followers and then build a program that meets those needs.
To build a discipleship plan think through how you will meet these 5 needs of your students:
today was all about prep and packing... and a little bit of time with some great Jr High guys.
thursday mornings I get to spend some time with the grade 7/8 guys at our Christian school.
Wednesday again! Always a crazy day.... especially when my kids decide that day should begin at 5am. Not cool, boys, not cool at all...
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Without good leadership your ministry is doomed to fail. Leadership can seem complicated and daunting, but it doesn’t have to be. There are 3 keys to leadership in youth ministry: Lead Yourself, Build other leaders, and Follow Well.
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Our registration deadline for our Sr High Sno Camp retreat was last night, soooo today - lots of forms and money to deal with - and hooray for Nichelle to help with that!
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First full day back in the saddle after a quick snowboarding trip with some friends.
Best thing about the day today - Nichelle started!
The past two days have been slow paced for me. February 9th was Angela's birthday, so I ducked out early to get some plans sorted out for her. But, one thing I did get done yesterday was our first official rugby meeting of the season.
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