3) iLead – LEAD WITH CHARACTER

This lesson is part of a 13-part student leadership teaching series. Each lesson is broken down into seven parts: 1)TALK (An interactive question) 2) ACTIVITY TIME (A thought-provoking activity) 3) THE HEART OF THE MATTER (This is the value-based portion of the lesson) 4) TAKING IT FURTHER (The optional faith-based portion of the lesson) 5) DISCUSSION (Interactive questions to concludeContinueContinue reading “3) iLead – LEAD WITH CHARACTER”

2) iLead – LEAD WITH RESPONSIBILITY

This lesson is part of a 13-part student leadership teaching series. Each lesson is broken down into seven parts: 1) TALK (An interactive question) 2) ACTIVITY TIME (A thought-provoking activity) 3) THE HEART OF THE MATTER (This is the value-based portion of the lesson) 4) TAKING IT FURTHER (The optional faith-based portion of the lesson) 5) DISCUSSION (Interactive questions to concludeContinueContinue reading “2) iLead – LEAD WITH RESPONSIBILITY”

1) iLead – INTRODUCTION TO LEADERSHIP

This lesson is part of a 13-part student leadership teaching series. Each lesson is broken down into seven parts: 1) TALK (an interactive question) 2) ACTIVITY TIME (A thought-provoking activity) 3) THE HEART OF THE MATTER (This is the value-based portion of the lesson) 4) TAKING IT FURTHER (The optional faith-based portion of the lesson) 5) DISCUSSION (Interactive questions to concludeContinueContinue reading “1) iLead – INTRODUCTION TO LEADERSHIP”

TABLES, TRIBES AND SMALL GROUPS

This post is based on the Youth Ministry Training Podcast #25, August 9, 2018 – TABLES, TRIBES & SMALL GROUPS; Going Small, In Order To Grow Big – by UPCI Youth Ministries. Below are the show notes and a link to the podcast.   TABLES, TRIBES AND SMALL GROUPS Going Small, In Order To Grow Big I love growth! GrowthContinueContinue reading “TABLES, TRIBES AND SMALL GROUPS”

STUDENT MINISTRY Q & A

This post is based on a youth worker Q & A from Youth Workers of Section 8 of the Illinois District. These questions were collected by sectional director Rev. Andrew Garvin. Youth workers of the section submitted questions ahead of time in order to receive feedback on issues that were personal to them. Below I have listedContinueContinue reading “STUDENT MINISTRY Q & A”

SUPER SUNDAY – A SYSTEMATIC PLAN FOR TRAINING YOUR STUDENTS

THE PURPOSE Super Sunday is a day totally devoted to developing student leaders. We believe our ministry is only as strong as our teens are, so we are dedicated to making them as strong as they can be. This event is held one Sunday per month from 10:00am – 5:00 pm. The day is brokenContinueContinue reading “SUPER SUNDAY – A SYSTEMATIC PLAN FOR TRAINING YOUR STUDENTS”

GUEST POST – ANTHONY MOREHEAD – PARENT STRATEGY

Anthony Morehead has served as the lead student pastor at Calvary Church in Fort Worth, Texas for the past eight years.  He has a true love for people and his heart is to invest in the lives of those around him.  He is married to the love of his life Erin.  They have an amazingContinueContinue reading “GUEST POST – ANTHONY MOREHEAD – PARENT STRATEGY”

THE LIABILITY OF THE LIMBO

A very popular old school party game is the Limbo. The game is innocent enough, you simply have two friends hold a stick, play some crazy type polka music and have people walk under the bar with the expression of, “How low can you go?” I became curious with this game and looked in the GuinnessContinueContinue reading “THE LIABILITY OF THE LIMBO”

STUDENT AWARD CEREMONY

I love providing memories for students! I tried to listen to our students and discover things they wanted do or be involved in. I then tried to prayerfully balance that against what they needed. As Youth Pastor of X-treme Se7en Student Ministries our students asked for a replacement type event for prom. They wanted to be ableContinueContinue reading “STUDENT AWARD CEREMONY”

THRIVING WITH PARENTS

 Previously we talked about “surviving parents.” The term “surviving parents” denotes that we are playing defense and that we are merely “surviving” the situation. However, in ministry and in life I prefer to go on the offense. The focus of this post is to “thrive” with parents. I believe it is possible due to my pastContinueContinue reading “THRIVING WITH PARENTS”