backtoschool ideas Todd Outcalt As summer break scorches to a close, youth leaders and teenagers alike are gearing up for a new school year. Teenagers are buying new clothes and supplies, and youth leaders are making plans for those back-to-school events that will jump-start the ministry. Sometimes…
…to justify the kiss by describing us girls in purely physical terms as so magical, soft skin, red lips, so kissable, hard to resist so touchable, too good to deny it, aint no big deal, its innocent.( As the video draws to a close Perry says, I hope my boyfriend dont mind it. The camera draws back and…
…faith to make the most of this new beginning. These lessons will equip you to rally your youth ministry into a renewed commitment to knowing Christ and sharing Him with others. With two lessons, It's Not Too Late for a Fresh Start works great for back-to-back mid-week meetings or Sunday School, on…
Back-to-School History and Homework Walt Mueller The young man's comments left me scratching my head. I was cleaning up after presenting a seminar on today's youth culture when he approached me to say "thanks" for the information I had just communicated. "I want you to know," he said, "that I've returned…
…to continually ask myself one question, While there are many things I can do, what must I do? I've whittled the list down from thirty to three. By no means have I perfected these three, but I'm working towards that end. Your three might be different, but as the primary leader of the middle school ministry…
…we need to expand our job descriptions. Traditionally when "youth ministry" is mentioned, we think of middle and high schools, but I've noticed that this is neglecting, missing, or possibly ignoring the reality of the adolescent stage. This crucial stage starts earlier than middle school and lasts…
…Simply Youth Ministry today! * simplyinsider.com Episode 108: Matt is Grandma Hot Chris at 7:59am, August 10, 2009 Click to Play Doug Fields and Jana Sarti are at the table to welcome back Matt McGill. Sadly Josh is away at camp, but that doesn't stop the team from discussing his new book. They also cover…
…Sing Sing, Cannons Favorite Moment: School pride was so evident with this series. I’m excited to see how our students can take what they’ve learned backto their schools and lives, and bring friends from their schoolsbackto church. A great series, sure to be an annual event in HSM from now on…
Weekend Teaching Series: You Own the Weekend: Capo Valley High School (Series Finale) Sermon Title: We are Ambassadors Sermon in a Sentence: Jesus has been represented poorly in the world, it is time for a generation of students to rise up and represent Him well. Key Verse: 2 Corinthians 5:20 So we…
…created it to be beautiful. Teach this message at least once a year, and relationships in your ministry will be different. Week 1 - Distinguishing Truth From Lies Confusion about sex is rampant in our culture today. Mixed messages come from all directions. This message is a way to step back from all…
old school kurt johnston I think it's safe to admit that I'm old school. I started working with junior highers back in 1988. Things were quite a bit different! There was no Media Shout or PowerPoint, I had to cut-and-paste my newsletter together instead of using a graphics program. Students didn't carry…
…the message: The sermon/talk – definitely 40-50% of the overall message rests on the speaker. In our current format, the speaker is the most focused part of the night on the series subject. He or she takes God’s Word and applies it directly and formally to the lives of high school students. Knowing…
…the ceiling was banner after banner showing junior high-aged students in various backtoschool poses (girl holding notebook, boy standing near locker.). When I was younger, I absolutely hated the fact that backtoschool commercials would start showing up on television sometime around July 1st! All these…
…week discussing the Bible being integrated back into schools. Here’s a clip of it: A BASIC QUESTION: WHY TEACH THE BIBLE and not comparative religion? It may not be necessary to provide Islam, Buddhism or Hinduism with equal time, but it seems misguided to ignore faiths that millions of Americans practice…
…– passed a catering truck on the way to L.A. this morning that had this writing on the side. JG Leave a Comment Back from World Series of Pop Culture Josh on January 26th, 2007 Just got back from the World Series of Pop Culture tryouts and we got schooled. They only took the top 3 teams out of the…
…Sing Sing, Cannons Favorite Moment: School pride was so evident with this series. I’m excited to see how our students can take what they’ve learned backto their schools and lives, and bring friends from their schoolsbackto church. A great series, sure to be an annual event in HSM from now on…
…Simply Youth Ministry today! * simplyinsider.com Episode 108: Matt is Grandma Hot Chris at 7:59am, August 10, 2009 Click to Play Doug Fields and Jana Sarti are at the table to welcome back Matt McGill. Sadly Josh is away at camp, but that doesn't stop the team from discussing his new book. They also cover…
…Congratulations…You’re Gifted (Week 1 of 3) Message Title: Learn || Live || Lead Sermon in a Sentence: Every body part in the body of Christ is called by God to be significant by serving; to learn how you can/should be serving you need to discover your S.H.A.P.E. Weekend Scale of Difficulty: 6 out of 10. Not a…
…something we did together when they were in high school, and I am always amazed at the impact it had on their life. Years go by but the teenage years are key times of spiritual formation. Doug's Sermon in Church When Doug was in 10 th grade, I asked Doug to speak at a Youth Sunday Service. The students…
…willing to sit back while students detach after graduating high school. Its even more exciting to see that people want to intentionally guide college-age people toward biblically mature conclusions in the issues theyre specifically facing. Its that kind of heart and passion that leads me to write this…
…serious, come-to-the-cross moment the day before middle school students get out for Christmas Vacation or Spring Break. They are like Energizer Bunnies on steroids before they even hit your door! If your Wednesday night program takes on a different look over the summer, you need to fire it back up by rallying…
…school year would be ruined. His success in fifth grade hinged on his fathers ability to track down that folder. Well, thats what it felt like. After searching for the pack of pink erasers and the classic markers (dont even dare pick up the fine point markers), I was exhausted and broke. Going backto…
…in the late 40s, back when craftsmanship mattered. And its not just the buildings that are beautiful. You are blown away by the girls. You are almost embarrassed to walk by them on the broad cobblestone sidewalks. Blonde seems to be the school color and giggles must be the school song. In the words…
…, Caitlin, was in first grade, I took her to see the elementary school I attended when I was her age. Closed for years, my peek through the windows yielded a trip back in time to 1962. I was amazed that it still looked the same 28 years later, right down to the alphabet choo-choo train hanging on the…
…theyre more likely to come backto you to talk about it if a professor does the same thing down the road. So, simply teaching proper behavior doesnt mean weve done our jobs. Here are some practical ways you might go about preparing your kids to be confronted by life after high school:(( 1. Have weekly…
…Dream. The collective youth culture longingly sighed, Oh, to be walking in Lebrons shoes! To most kids, Lebron had it all. Listening to kids talk about Lebron James took me back in time to a conversation I had in 1991 with a group of high school guys about something we had just read in the USA Today sports…
…humbling first year of our marriage and moved to Princeton, New Jersey for my graduate school degree. We continued to work on our marriage with some days of success and other days of questioning our sanity. After graduate school, we came backto California to work at a church as a youth pastor and Cathy…
…to this online network. As a result, I'm suddenly more connected with people who I went toschool with... more than a couple of years ago. And "flashing back" to our own high school and middle school years can be a real advantage for those of us in youth ministry. When potential volunteers come to…
…our own homes, schools and churches), it is ideologically and experientially far from what we faced or knew when we were passing through our own adolescent years. We can't sit back and wait for the youth culture to come to us. Rather, our initiative must include the resolve to go to youth culture, meeting…
