| 1. YouTube Outreach Begins Today! |
| From National Network of Youth Ministries on Thursday, October 18, 2007 @ 6:31 AM PST
in the "Newsletters" Category. Here is the YouTube link that we promised you earlier this week. Please pass the video link on to your students, staff and friends asking them to view this YouTube video today. Let them know they can register to win a $5,000 college scholarship to the school of their choice, or one of many ipod nanos being offered as well. As together we help push the video towards the top of the daily play list today at YouTube, it will set us on a course to expose thousands and potentially millions of students to www.LiveAbove.com where they can get connected to a Christian ministry in their community. Together we can reach throngs of students! Thank you for your participation in our joint outreach to high school and college students. Read More... |
| 2. Available Vessels by Dr. Rene Rochester (PDF) |
| From National Network of Youth Ministries on Friday, June 30, 2006
in the "Newsletters" Category. How God chooses to grow and change an individual is not in our control. All we can do is create an environment for the Holy Spirit to move in the hearts and minds of our youth. We can get caught in what I call marketable ministry madness. I have learned that I cannot do effective ministry from another man's vision. Read More... |
| 3. "Come over . . . and help us." by Rick Cogbill (PDF) |
| From National Network of Youth Ministries on Thursday, June 15, 2006
in the "Newsletters" Category. Missional youth ministries are always looking for ways to equip and empower their teenagers to advance the cause of Christ in every conceivable setting. Tremendous opportunities for cross-cultural mission work in the summer or throughout the school year are often geographically closer to our home church than may have been imagined. Read More... |
| 4. Which comes first: the church or the children? by Sam Lara (PDF) |
| From National Network of Youth Ministries on Friday, May 26, 2006
in the "Newsletters" Category. I swore that I would not be the same kind of father when I had children, but I find myself doing the same things. What have I done to get into the same rut? I don't hold a grudge toward my father today; I simply want others in ministry to realize that family has to come first. Allow me to suggest a few changes in lifestyle habits as a minister. Read More... |
| 5. An Open Letter by Nancy Wilson (PDF) |
| From National Network of Youth Ministries on Friday, April 28, 2006
in the "Newsletters" Category. Recently, Jesus taught me a new name of His. Baal Perazim means "The Master of the breakthrough" or "The God who bursts through!" How cool is that! It comes from 2 Samuel 5:17-20. When David is faced with the Philistine army, he seeks God and, in obedience, is led to go down to the stronghold. He was to face His enemy boldly in the name of his victorious God. Read More... |
| 6. You can do this! by Bo Boshers (PDF) |
| From National Network of Youth Ministries on Friday, March 31, 2006
in the "Articles" Category. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whatever you have learned, received, heard or seen in me, put into practice" (Philippians 4:9). This poses a tough question for those of us who serve in student ministry: How can students put into practice what they have not seen? Read More... |
| 7. The Intentional Shepherd by Jeff Schadt (PDF) |
| From National Network of Youth Ministries on Friday, March 17, 2006
in the "Newsletters" Category. National concern has grown regarding the loss of youth from the church during their senior year of high school and accelerating during their first year of college or career. In a short period of time, many of these students had created lifelong scars that will haunt them into their marriages, families, and careers, as well as their walks with God. Read More... |
| 8. The Bounce, The Bruise, The Break by Tommy McClam (PDF) |
| From National Network of Youth Ministries on Monday, February 27, 2006
in the "Newsletters" Category. All youth workers, whether they are urban, suburban, rural, or somewhere in between, experience a daily battle balancing family, ministry, work, school, personal time - and just life itself. Many years ago, an older preacher helped me prioritize the numerous tasks, responsibilities and areas in my life. He said, "It's very simple: "Bounce, Bruise, and Break." Read More... |
| 9. Kingdom Life Together by Mike Higgs (PDF) |
| From National Network of Youth Ministries on Friday, January 27, 2006
in the "Newsletters" Category. Kingdom Life together — as a congregation and as the church of the ciity — is like vintage wine and 24 carat gold — very good stuff. New wine is made when grapes are crushed together; gold is purified in the furnace. Both processes are violent means to a wonderful end. Read More... |
| 10. Taking the Long View by Benton Hall (PDF) |
| From National Network of Youth Ministries on Wednesday, January 4, 2006
in the "Newsletters" Category. I awoke this morning and checked my email. I was confronted with the MySpace page of a graduated senior, forwarded to me by one of my staff. I was only mildly surprised to find his description of himself, involved in drinking games. I felt betrayed. There it was, posted on the eternally truthful Internet for all to see: my former disciple proclaiming his fond proclivity for alcohol. But what does it mean? Read More... |
| 11. Commitment, plus Surrender by David Kemper (PDF) |
| From National Network of Youth Ministries on Wednesday, November 30, 2005
in the "Newsletters" Category. How many times have you made a commitment to God... your spouse... a friend... a student... your ministry... with a statement that starts with "I"? "I will be there for you." "I will change that about myself." "I will... I won't...I will never again..." You" You get the idea. Read More... |
| 12. Ready, Willing and Able? by Matt Brinkley (PDF) |
| From National Network of Youth Ministries on Friday, October 28, 2005
in the "Newsletters" Category. Student ministries are already being significantly tested by this New Millennium generation, and I am glad we are. Over the next ten years, the church at large should be aware of a similar test. To genuinely reach these students, ministries will be forced to address frank issues through authentic relationship with real Christ-centered answers. Read More... |
| 13. Unlovely by Mark Matlock (PDF) |
| From National Network of Youth Ministries on Monday, October 3, 2005
in the "Newsletters" Category. Many youth ministry strategies I've come across focus on securing the popular students and hoping they will attract the unlovely. This type of "kingpin evangelism" has been of little success in my humble observations. Granted, it is easy to minister to those who are self-absorbed and/or successfully socially-networked. They don’t need anyone! But these people tended to be the ones Jesus scolded for their lack of compassion and their abundance of spiritual independence. Do they need Jesus? Certainly. But as a strategy, the top-down method doesn't hold up. Read More... |
| 14. SYATP Perspectives #1 (PDF) |
| From National Network of Youth Ministries on Friday, September 23, 2005
in the "Newsletters" Category. Millions of Christian students across America called out to God September 21 as they participated in the 16th annual See You at the Pole. (The first of two official reports.) Read More... |
| 15. Pat (PDF) |
| From National Network of Youth Ministries on Friday, August 26, 2005
in the "Newsletters" Category. Sometimes youth leaders ask me why I am so intense, focused and fanatical about evangelism. When they do, I simply tell them about Pat. I beg them not to make the same mistake that I did. Read More... |
| 16. Are You Having Fun? (PDF) |
| From National Network of Youth Ministries on Friday, July 29, 2005
in the "Newsletters" Category. Have you ever worked in a place that was successful at its mission, but emotionally unhealthy to its employees? I discovered the kind of work environment I needed to thrive as a man was one of encouragement, freedom and nurturing. I was serving in an organization that had a leadership style that did not fit my spiritual wiring. Not a bad place…just not for me. Read More... |
| 17. When God Addresses Your Soul (PDF) |
| From National Network of Youth Ministries on Tuesday, June 28, 2005
in the "Newsletters" Category. C.S. Lewis was once asked, "How do you hear God?" Lewis responded that he didn't have a sure-proof way to hear God, but he DID have a sure-proof way to NOT hear God: It was to stay busy, be around a lot of noise, and keep talking. Right now, think through this past week. When were you not busy, not being deluged with information, or not around people? Read More... |
| 18. Staying Fresh (PDF) |
| From National Network of Youth Ministries on Tuesday, May 31, 2005
in the "Newsletters" Category. The world has a lot to offer students to keep them interested, entertained, and feel important. Few of our church youth budgets can match the techno magic and "wow factor"� of worldly media enterprises that lure young people. But as youth workers, we have so much more to offer students than entertainment and the latest media show. We have Jesus. Read More... |
| 19. Spring Ahead (PDF) |
| From National Network of Youth Ministries on Tuesday, March 29, 2005
in the "Newsletters" Category. Youth ministry is growing and changing with each generation of youth we serve. It is important for us as leaders to always remember to "spring ahead." This is a great time of the year to conduct a mid-term review, examine where we have been, where we are, and most importantly, take a fresh look at where we are going. Read More... |
| 20. Pursued! (PDF) |
| From National Network of Youth Ministries on Friday, February 25, 2005
in the "Newsletters" Category. When we read Luke chapter 15, it seems lost things matter to God. Does your heart beat with compassion for youth that don’t know Jesus? When was the last time you got into a good foot race on behalf of someone's soul? Would you risk investing in someone even if it didn't help your youth group grow? Read More... |
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