| 1. Experiences that Teach |
| From The Source for Youth Ministry on Wednesday, October 14, 2020 @ 9:31 AM PST
in the "Resources" Category. Last weekend, I took 7 teenagers with me to give out food to the homeless, and the experience proved far more memorable than any lesson I taught recently... Read More... |
| 2. Rock Skip Robot- The Science of Perfect Rock Skipping |
| From The Source for Youth Ministry on Sunday, September 27, 2020
in the "Resources" Category. Mark Rober's emphasis of the engineering design process shows his own commitment to achieving the best possible result in the end. In the same way, God is determined to work in believers to achieve the optimal result at the end of your story... Read More... |
| 3. Before You Go |
| From The Source for Youth Ministry on Wednesday, September 23, 2020 @ 5:19 PM PST
in the "Resources" Category. As a young boy in Scotland, Lewis Capaldi tragically lost his aunt to suicide. Years later, he wrote the song Before You Go, asking difficult questions about how to help somebody who is struggling with these or other dark thoughts... Read More... |
| 4. Owning Their Faith |
| From The Source for Youth Ministry on Wednesday, September 23, 2020 @ 9:30 AM PST
in the "Resources" Category. Tony, a high school boy in our ministry, begged me to let him speak at youth group. He said that he felt like he needed to tell his friends about Jesus and the incredible difference Jesus made in his life... Read More... |
| 5. Let them Lead |
| From The Source for Youth Ministry on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 @ 9:30 AM PST
in the "Resources" Category. When COVID shut down our in-person youth ministry, I challenged my youth to record a one-minute devotional video, and each day I would send one of them out to the group... Read More... |
| 6. Taking a Stand on TikTok |
| From The Source for Youth Ministry on Thursday, August 27, 2020 @ 1:30 PM PST
in the "Resources" Category. In these two short TikTok videos, teen influencer Cash Baker calls out two groups while taking a stand for his faith. Was he right? How can Christians take a firm stand on their convictions and faith...but do so in a respectful and gentle manner? Read More... |
| 7. My Future |
| From The Source for Youth Ministry on Friday, August 14, 2020 @ 12:50 PM PST
in the "Resources" Category. Popular recording artist Billie Eilish's My Future is described as a song contemplating her past and the effects it had on her outlook on life and the future. Eilish declares she is ready to put the past behind her, but it raises the question of what it really means to find hope in our troubles. Eilish has endured some hard things, and now is turning inward to find hope in herself. Will it be enough?... Read More... |
| 8. People Over Program |
| From The Source for Youth Ministry on Wednesday, July 8, 2020 @ 4:47 PM PST
in the "Resources" Category. If we are too focused on program (I've gotta set up these games, let's practice this worship set one more time and get it perfect, let me just finish the PowerPoint slides on my talk...) that we miss people...we've done nothing. Again, none of these practices: setting up games, practicing worship songs, perfecting a talk) are bad...until they distract us from... Read More... |
| 9. A Change is Gonna Come |
| From The Source for Youth Ministry on Wednesday, July 8, 2020 @ 4:35 PM PST
in the "Resources" Category. Nearly sixty years ago, singer and songwriter Sam Cooke wrote this song in response to being turned away from a hotel because of the color of his skin. Intended to be an anthem for the Civil Rights Movement, this song has become a timeless classic due to the universal message of hope it proclaims... Read More... |
| 10. Changing Lanes |
| From The Source for Youth Ministry on Wednesday, July 1, 2020 @ 2:50 PM PST
in the "Resources" Category. This is a short clip about one lawyer trying to justify his illegal activity to another lawyer. His hope was that he would do more good than harm across his life. Then he asked a really good question: What should I be basing my life on? In other words, Where should I be turning to know what's good or bad, right from wrong?... Read More... |
| 11. The Bones |
| From The Source for Youth Ministry on Friday, June 5, 2020 @ 5:49 PM PST
in the "Resources" Category. Written as a reflection of strong relationships, "The Bones" is written by country music sensation Maren Morris. Painting a picture of a relationship that stands strong through storms because of its solid foundation, the song raises the question of how someone can build a relationship with an unmovable foundation... Read More... |
| 12. Surviving Zoom Fatigue |
| From The Source for Youth Ministry on Wednesday, May 27, 2020 @ 2:57 PM PST
in the "Resources" Category. If you are feeling "zoomed out," I promise you - many of your teens are also. Here are some of the key practices I have done to fight my own lack of connections... Read More... |
| 13. Sunday Best |
| From The Source for Youth Ministry on Thursday, May 14, 2020 @ 2:20 PM PST
in the "Resources" Category. Written to reflect their spiritual beliefs, Texas based Surfaces wrote Sunday Best to express their belief that every day can be better than the next. The idea of finding joy in challenging times is one we see in the Bible, provoking discussion about what it looks like to choose joy in tough times. Read More... |
| 14. Helping lonely kids...which is most of them |
| From The Source for Youth Ministry on Wednesday, May 13, 2020 @ 10:01 AM PST
in the "Resources" Category. How can you help an already stressed out generation, now hurting more than ever before, when screens aren't fulfilling? Here's three foundational practices helping lonely kids... Read More... |
| 15. Alicia Keys' Biggest Decision |
| From The Source for Youth Ministry on Monday, May 4, 2020 @ 12:00 PM PST
in the "Resources" Category. Faced with what might have been the most important decision of her life, Alicia Keys realized that nothing was more important than her baby so she decided to give birth to the child and named the boy Genesis. This story has a happy ending, but... Read More... |
| 16. #engagement |
| From The Source for Youth Ministry on Wednesday, April 22, 2020 @ 9:36 AM PST
in the "Resources" Category. Want help with ideas for 'how to up your game' and feel like you know what you are doing when it comes to creating social media and digital content... how to drive engagement with your posts, devotionals and content? Read More... |
| 17. Be a Light |
| From The Source for Youth Ministry on Thursday, April 16, 2020 @ 6:32 PM PST
in the "Resources" Category. As the world battles the global coronavirus pandemic, country star Thomas Rhett aims to bring a little light in the darkness with his new song Be a Light. The uplifting song also features Keith Urban, Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, and Chris Tomlin... Read More... |
| 18. Pandemic Evangelism |
| From The Source for Youth Ministry on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 @ 9:36 AM PST
in the "Resources" Category. It's pandemic evangelism. Foxhole evangelism. I've heard it called many things. But I've seen it personally over the last few weeks as I've had opportunity after opportunity to talk to both adults and teenagers about this pandemic and the hope only Jesus can offer.... Read More... |
| 19. Season 10, Episode 15, The Tower |
| From The Source for Youth Ministry on Tuesday, April 7, 2020 @ 9:36 AM PST
in the "Resources" Category. By Thom McKee Usually, it is very hard to relate to most of the things characters in The Walking Dead are going through. And let's face it, the world of the Walking Dead is so different than our world, that this is half of the fun - we get to imagine how we would react to these very foreign experiences that we see on the show. How would we survive this type of apocalypse? Who would we group with? And probably, most importantly for those of us who are Christians, what would our faith look like in this type of world? This is exactly what my brother Jonathan writes about in his book The Zombie Apocalypse Guide for Teenagers. (If [...] Read More... |
| 20. Never Worn White |
| From The Source for Youth Ministry on Monday, April 6, 2020 @ 3:53 PM PST
in the "Resources" Category. What does it mean to get it right when it comes to marriage? Desiring to get things right in her second marriage, superstar Katy Perry released the song "Never Worn White" as a way of celebrating both her relationship with actor Orlando Bloom and announcing her pregnancy to the world... Read More... |
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