…them in the name of Christ. Engage is ideal for: Your weekly large group youth gathering Small group Bible studies Sunday mornings Weekend retreats, and much more Product Features: 4 Lesson plans complete with Bible Background Media! DVD with 2 High Quality Videos each, plus other interactive…
…know and be known by Christ. Proof is ideal for: Your weekly large group youth gathering Small group Bible studies Sunday mornings Weekend retreats, and much more Product Features: 6 Lesson plans complete with Bible Background Media! DVD with 3 High Quality Videos each, plus other interactive…
…live a life of vivid faith. Vivid is ideal for: Your weekly large group youth gathering Small group Bible studies Sunday mornings Weekend retreats, and much more Product Features: 6 Lesson plans complete with Bible Background Media! DVD with 3 High Quality Videos each, plus other interactive…
…sacrificed this weekend for a student retreat. Blindly, you said "yes" before asking for all the details. How will you survive? Youth events and retreats don't have to be painful, traumatic, stressful experiences. The Volunteer's Back Pocket Guide to Events & Retreats will show you how to transform from…
…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 a retreat weekend, or as lessons to jump-start small group discussions. Whatever your application, It's Not Too Late for a Fresh Start has everything you…
What do you do when you have to plan for an entire week or weekend of themed lessons? Pulling off a camp or weekend retreat requires tons of work: promotional material, registration, Bible lessons, T-shirts, games, power-point, etc... You want to take your kids away...but, it's so much work. Well...like…
What do you do when you have to plan for an entire week or weekend of themed lessons? Pulling off a camp or weekend retreat requires tons of work: promotional material, registration, Bible lessons, T-shirts, games, PowerPoint, etc. You want to take your kids away but, it's so much work. Well, like…
Don't settle for ordinary discussions as you and your students travel to your next mission trip, hang out during a weekend retreat, or simply kick back after a midweek service. Put students on the spot and reap the rewards of fun, unexpected conversations with Hot Seat: "In the Moment" Discussions, Games…
…tying all these lessons together, it makes for an exciting three-week series with lots of built-in illustrations and activities. Great for a weekend retreat or camp, as well as a regular meeting or small group lesson. No matter how you decide to play it, students will never be able to look at board games…
…lesson, discussion questions and more. It is truly a turnkey resource for when you need to include a Bible study for small groups, camp, meetings, retreats, or whatever else you program demands. And each lesson is specifically designed to help junior highers apply God's word to everyday life. Armor…
…Fall Retreat December 1-3: Grace College Chapel's and YM classes (Winona Lake, Indiana) A Few In 2010... February 18-21: Hume Lake (HS Winter Camp) February 26 – March 1: Simply Youth Ministry Conference April 28-30: Orange Conference (Atlanta) May 28-30: Hume Lake Couples Retreat June 17…
…But 24 is packed with all the resources you need to easily re-teach these lessons. It's great for weekly meetings or as the basis for a weekend retreat. However you use it, you can be sure that you'll have top quality material at your fingertips the whole time. This is a series your senior pastor may…
…have your group pair off with someone. Have them wash one each others feet, spending time in prayer with each other. Worship Events Have a weekend retreat where from sunup to sundown students must remain silent. This is truly and awesome experience for many of them. You can guide them through this experience…
creating lasting change in your teenagers jeanne mayo Its the never-ending youth ministry saga. Lets imagine that you just hosted a youth service or retreat where the Lord showed up in a big way. Students lives were really impacted. They even said things like, Im really going to be different after tonight…
…Him glory. It's got great lessons for new Christians as well as students who have "grown up in the church". Use them as part of a small group or retreat emphasis on daily devotions, graduation gifts, birthday gifts, or just have them available to students.
…time when we held a discipleship retreat for our students but only about one-fifth of our regular students attended. For many youth workers, a turnout this low might arouse feelings of anguish and failure. I wasnt surprised by the turnout, though, because the retreat called for a very big commitment…
…with Chap Clark, professor of youth, family and culture at Fuller. Many youth ministries end up running the same programs and conducting the same retreats every year and hope kids will change from it. “That’s what we do in youth ministry,” said Powell. JG Related posts:Graduating from Their Faith…
…of each purpose throughout the year. Retreats Using retreats to help launch and fulfill ministry can have major benefits also. Providing a Back to School retreat at the beginning of the school year is a great time to launch small groups. Providing a spring retreat can encourage students to finish strong…
…sexual immorality. Live Different is ideal for: Your weekly large group youth gathering Small group Bible studies Sunday mornings Weekend retreats, and much more Product Features: 4 Lesson plans complete with Bible Background Media! DVD with 2 High Quality Videos each, plus other interactive…
…" of the Christian life that are actually the joys of the Christian life. I've led all of these sessions in a variety of settings--small groups, retreats, Sunday school, and larger gatherings." --Rick Lawrence, Executive Editor Group Magazine
…The Way I'm Wired is a 6-week, biblically based DVD curriculum, which is written for a variety of youth settings: small groups, Sunday schools, retreats, camps, homeschooling, and personal coaching/mentoring sessions. The curriculum features Josh Griffin, high school pastor at Saddleback Church…
Each year my wife and I get away (here are the vacations we take each year) sans kids for our annual Student Ministries staff retreat. We just now got back from Palm Desert where the sun gently kissed my face each day. Being in youth ministry 13 years now, I realize a) how important it is to get away…
…staff Christmas party tonight. Fun...Weekend in Review: Volume 2 Weekend Teaching Series: Bringing Sexy Back (Week 2 of 4)...Letter to Parents Post-Retreat I like to write letters to parents after events. If...3 Learnings from You Own the Weekend We just finished up a weekend teaching series called You…
hitting the "pause" button andy blanks A while back, our student ministry team met to plan out our winter retreat. I was a little hesitant to share what was really on my heart. Truth be told, I had been mulling over some different thematic approaches to teaching students some basic spiritual disciplines…
…with college-age people. You'll also have the opportunity to create avenues for connection through service projects, home gatherings, and weekend retreats. And in this lesson, Chuck will reveal three things to avoid when creating a college ministry Ñ three things that can diminish your effectiveness…
…of freshness. Focus on things like Swiss cheese, beef jerky and other unpleasantly-flavored delights. 3. Know your enemy. Weeks before camp or a retreat begins, go over the roster of people that will be attending with your staff. Put a check by the name of everyone you think is likely to at one point…
…had some great experiences with camp and retreat speakers we’ve brought in – but as I’ve thought more about it I realized that there are a few things we should tell speakers up from before they take the stage at the weekend service or discipleship retreat. An outside speaker is just that – an…
…leadership team plans our high school winter retreat every year. The theme. The small group assignments and small group questions. The games (which they also organize and lead while at the retreat). The shopping. The schedule. The shirt colors. They plan the retreat. The first year I thought about doing this…
Many college ministries will have some type of retreat/trip/event this winter. These trips can be a great part of our ministries. They can encourage new and deeper relationships – and they certainly provide fun times as well as memories for a life time. But, I would suggest, there's more to these…
…Israelites to tell the inquirers the meaning behind the stones. Think back to a time when you had an incredible experience with God at a camp or retreat. Maybe you could frame a T-shirt from that event and hang it in your room as an altar, a remembrance for what God did. In the future when you encounter…
