Everything is About to Change
It’s the end of an era for my family and my ministry. My daughter will officially be entering into the youth ministry in a few weeks at church! I’m not sure how it happened,...
Tagged: Youth Ministry
Youth Group Struggles
Most Christian blog writers tell you how great everything is going in their churches. I want to switch things up and tell you a little about one of our struggles this year in the...
Understanding Current Youth Culture
StudentLife is a great organization for youth workers and they have put together an informative video on current youth culture. The truth is that today’s culture is changing rapidly due to the use of...
The Bored Generation
Lately, I have noticed something that seems to be on the increase. I am concerned with the boredom of an entire generation. Check out the facebook and status updates of young adolescents and you’ll...
PlanetWisdom Student Conference
Over the past 14 years, I have been to numerous conference for students. I’ve taken groups to all of the major conferences, but there is one that stands out as my favorite. I have...
Crazy Love Update
We kicked off our study of Crazy Love with the youth and college students from Cornerstone this past Thursday night. I wanted to share the links back to my comments on each chapter of...
Why We Chose a Youth Curriculum
I’m not a huge fan of curriculum for youth. I’ve seen far too many lessons that were long and culturally irrelevant, and most of the time they didn’t even make sense. If I see...
Our new youth website
The blog here has been a little slow this week. We have added a second Sunday service at Cornerstone and have kicked off our new youth ministry structure. I have been busy with all...
Things that make you wonder …
On our youth retreat, I gave our students a survey. One of the questions was “Do your parents engage you in conversations about spiritual matters?” Here are their answers … Never – 9.5% of students...
An Exciting Youth Retreat
We’re taking the next two days to spend time with the youth. We’ll be having fun, but I will also be teaching during the retreat. Our retreat will be in Charlotte, where we will...
Interesting New Youth Curriculum
Saw this over on Simply Youth Ministry this morning. It’s a 4-year curriculum for doing small groups in youth ministry. It looks interesting because it’s based online. You can manage your leaders and lessons...
