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Just finished our dating/sex series at GSM High School last night and here’s a few tips that helped make the series a huge success for us.

Do the series. Don’t dodge the topic. Simple.
Do the series for the right reasons. Do the series because you love students enough to want them to know the [...]

Sitting in my hotel room at Kalahari Resort (I’m speaking at a retreat this weekend) and found this in one of my Evernote folders from last September and thought it was worth posting.  Have no idea where I clipped it from off the internet but I think this is good stuff to know, especially considering [...]

(Pic I took of Rick at the SYMC2010)
“If there isn’t a possible of danger it isn’t really an adventure, or if there isn’t a some challenge it might not be an adventure, & if ur watching from the sidelines you’re not really  apart of that adventure.”
By Rick Lawrence talking about how Student Ministry is an [...]

These are just a few photos I took from the Nicole C. Mullen concert at SYMC2010. This is BEFORE I started balling in the concert.  When she sang “my redeemer lives” I lost it!  Such a great reminder for me that God is so much bigger than my life, family, ministry, church, world.
Every time I [...]

(Art by an amazing artist at SYMC2010. Didn’t catch his name, if you know comment and I’ll add it)

Session 3 – Upward, Inward, Outward – by Derwin Gray
My favorite line: Our character has to outrun our gifts.
Opening thoughts:
* You will reproduce what/who you are.
* Can you imagine trying to playing a trick on Jesus?
* Upward, [...]

(Bo Boshers – aka my new Student Ministry Hero)

My Favorite lines of this morning: Who am I letting follow in my wake?
Favorite Moment: The JESUS CHANT!! (See below)
Session 2 – Part 1 –  by Rick Lawrence
Opening Questions:
* Are you going to leave to?
* Are you going to stay on the hillside?
* Is there [...]

Here’s a couple things I love about the Simply Youth Ministry Podcast.
-Its unscripted. (this can be good and bad)
-The show is driven by questions from youth workers.
-They are sincere.
-There is good wisdom as you enjoy the humor.
-People get roasted.
-Josh Griff’s calves! Booyah!

I POSTED A FEW OF MY RANDOM PHOTOS FROM FRIDAY HERE.
Session 1 – PASSION – by Duffy Robbins
MY FAVORITE LINE OF THE WHOLE TALK: “Jesus doesn’t need us to die for him, he needs us to LIVE for Him!!”
OPENER: “Memory Makers” – book by Doug and Duffy

* One of the ways God shapes our faith [...]

I’m so excited about this years Simply Youth Ministry Conference!  I haven’t been to another conference in a few years and I just feel like this is going to rock!  I get to learn from some of the best in the game, I get to connect with friends from around the country, I get to [...]

I’m loving Luke 9 today.  GSM Journey tonight we’re studying the truth that Jesus calls us in AND sends us out!  It’s got me thinking about this next wave of Student Ministry in America.
It’s easy to grasp that Jesus draws us to himself because it’s something that we can feel, it’s tangible, lots of people/preachers [...]