…highschool sophomore scott greene I am a professional youth worker meaning that I get paid to do what I do, and to be honest, I am probably more youth worker than professional. I can tell you how to get to the best hot dog place in town and also the best location to meet a student before school. However…
I’ve been smallgroup crashing the last 3 weeks in our highschool ministry. What is SmallGroup Crashing, you ask? Basically, I drop in unannounced to our smallgroups scattered across the area. It is SO much fun, here’s the rules I live by: Select houses in the same general area – Ideally you…
…love to see highschool students love Jesus. None of us are paid by the church. I realize that your setting for doing smallgroups is probably drastically different from the setting at my church. An overview of my smallgroup setting: 5 leaders in one home Our home is for El Toro HighSchool sophomores…
…7th-grade bullies. Mark Oestreicher has been in middle school ministry for 25 years. Before that he was a middle schooler who got in trouble on a regular basis. He leads a smallgroup of middle school guys and has a daughter in middle school. He's president of Youth Specialties and lives in San Diego…
…groups. My experience has been that a group of six to eight students should be the maximum amount of people grouped together before that group loses its intimacy and effective sharing. This was a great time to divide that group in half, and start an additional smallgroup. 3. Use Some of Your HighSchool…
…30-68 Getting Into Students' Lives: Thoughts 69-97 Practical Tips for a Successful SmallGroup: Thoughts 98-116 Random Reminders: Thoughts 117-149 Finishing Well: Thoughts 150-162 Josh Griffin is the highschool pastor at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California. While he's given up on his…
…is being taught to age groups ranging from middle school to post highschool/college. By making simple adjustments based off your ministry's DNA you can adapt the LIVE curriculum to any or all of these age groups. But wait! There's more! You'll know what your smallgroups will be discussing six months…
…based DVD curriculum, which is written for a variety of youth settings: smallgroups, Sunday schools, retreats, camps, homeschooling, and personal coaching/mentoring sessions. The curriculum features Josh Griffin, highschool pastor at Saddleback Church, and was developed by bestselling author and…
…based DVD curriculum, which is written for a variety of youth settings: smallgroups, Sunday schools, retreats, camps, homeschooling, and personal coaching/mentoring sessions. The curriculum features Josh Griffin, highschool pastor at Saddleback Church, and was developed by bestselling author and…
…from highschool to college is usually the most dramatic in young people's lives. In this humorous and thought-provoking resource, Chuck Bomar offers up pearls of wisdom gained over years of personal and professional experience. It's great as a graduation gift, as a college freshman smallgroup discussion…
…complement the existing Live options for junior high and highschool students, giving you an extra tool in guiding teenagers toward a Jesus-centered life and helping them own their faith. Manage Online With our online managment system planning your smallgroups has never been easier. You can follow our…
…of our junior highsmallgroup leaders make the jump this year as their students head into their freshman year of highschool. I had dinner tonight with a few of them, and as they consider their options, I was thinking about reasons that junior higher leaders moving up to highschool makes a ton of…
…smallgroup material put out by Simply Youth Ministry. We’re in the early stages of co-creating a 4-year ideal world curriculum from freshman to senior years of highschool. Couldn’t be more excited about the upcoming shift in location, community and curriculum! JG Related posts:Letter to SmallGroup…
…hosting our middle schoolsmallgroups this school year. Tonight was the first night of this school yearâs smallgroups. Our middle schoolers met at the OâNealsâ while our high schoolers met about 4 miles away at another house. But tonight⦠Iâm not leading a group. Instead, I am…
…your ministry HighSchool Leadership: 24 lessons that will inspire your highschool student leaders to step into greater roles of responsibility Junior High Leadership: 8 lessons that will introduce your junior high student leaders to foundational leadership truths HighSchoolSmallGroups: 8 lessons focused…
…7th-grade bullies. Mark Oestreicher has been in middle school ministry for 25 years. Before that he was a middle schooler who got in trouble on a regular basis. He leads a smallgroup of middle school guys and has a daughter in middle school. He's president of Youth Specialties and lives in San Diego…
…highschool ministry I serve in met my simple request of giving me students all from one school for my summer camp cabin, my effectiveness as a leader greatly increased. I knew from experience that students in my cabin will gravitate to the smallgroup I teach during the school year. When I have 5 schools…
…from junior high...New Articles from Doug, Kurt and Jim Read new articles from Doug, Kurt and Jim this month...New Articles in the Youth Culture Section We just posted a few new articles to the Youth...New Products on SYM Just wrapping up another week here at SYM with a...HSM SmallGroups Launch Tonight…
…smallgroups! Here are some thoughts on how you can get the most out of your junior highsmallgroups this fall. Fall is a natural starting point for new groups. As students return to school, theyre naturally conditioned to try new things. Use this to your advantage by launching new smallgroups. Every…
…Launch was designed specifically for Christian schools, it can easily be used in a variety of settings: In a classroom during a semester course With existing leadership teams at school or church As part of an existing weekly program In a smallgroup of key students What is Leadership Launch about?…
…very highly of the highschool ministry, looking for ways to eliminate some of the built in fears 8th graders have about highschool, taking smallgroups of 8th graders at a time to sneak in to the highschool service to check it out, promoting the highschool summer events in the junior highgroup so…
…Saddleback we started with 10 highschool students and now there are 30 in Jr high and 75 in highschool who show up weekly! Globally, it has over 5,000 copies. Is Life Hurts God Heals only for churches? No! In fact, LHGH is now in the juvenile system, public schools and treatment centers across America…
…hosting our middle schoolsmallgroups this school year. Tonight was the first night of this school yearâs smallgroups. Our middle schoolers met at the OâNealsâ while our high schoolers met about 4 miles away at another house. But tonight⦠Iâm not leading a group. Instead, I am…
Just was reading a story about a youth group that is making some waves in the Indy Star. Here’s a clip of the encouraging ministry: Get Real, a locally based nonprofit, offers weekly meetings for highschool and junior high students during the school year. Through the years, organizers estimate, more…
Tonight we’re launching our school year-long smallgroups program in our HighSchool Ministry – the mission is that it would fulfill the primary purpose of fellowship and secondary purpose of discipleship. We want people to connect in relationship, centered around life and biblical teaching. Tonight…
…from highschool to college is usually the most dramatic in young people's lives. In this humorous and thought-provoking resource, Chuck Bomar offers up pearls of wisdom gained over years of personal and professional experience. It's great as a graduation gift, as a college freshman smallgroup discussion…
…Movies Another Look concept. The quality looks high, a fresh idea for the smallgroup setting interesting. I’d like to give this to some highschoolgroups in between smallgroup teaching series and see what happens hmmm JG Related posts:SmallGroup Format Change I'm excited that next year we get…
Tonight we’re launching our school year-long smallgroups program in our HighSchool Ministry – the mission is that it would fulfill the primary purpose of fellowship and secondary purpose of discipleship. We want people to connect in relationship, centered around life and biblical teaching. Tonight…
…If youve ever tried to lead a junior highsmallgroup bible study for more than about 3.5 minutes, youve experienced the universal struggle that all leaders face: Tangents. Ah, tangents; those wonderful little diversions. If youre like most junior highsmallgroup leaders you probably feel like tangents…
…some of the elementary Sunday school teachers to join our junior high team for that same "familiar face" reason. (4) Share information. When our junior high leaders inform the highschool leaders of who are the students who were in smallgroups, etc... the highschool leaders can use that information…
