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The new Fall Version 4.o “Did you know?” video is out

Awesome video and SUPER informational. I can already see pastors and church leaders gathering all the stats they’ll need for this next years workshops, conferences, etc. Go get it! (Video Embedded)

TEN COMMANDMENTS for Parents & Teens

TEN COMMANDMENTS for Parents & Teens

Last week at Journey Class (our midweek Bible study) we gave our students an opportunity to write “Ten Commandments” that all parents & teenagers should do.   Here’s a condensed list of what they came up with.  There were SO MANY good ones but these stuck out to me. PARENTS SHOULD… Not try to be [...]

88% still have sex

88% still have sex

  (this is Lydia Playfoot.  the same thing happened to her in 2007.  Read her story here.) The Jonas Brothers wear them, some High School Musical cast members wear them…but that doesn’t say much because Britney Spears used to wear one. It’s a purity ring. According to researchers at Yale University, a recent study showed [...]

Lost Generation

Loved this video.  We did a video like this a few years back but this one on the “lost generation” is good!

Pop Culture isn't all bad

Pop Culture isn’t all bad

Sometimes in the church world pop culture gets a bad rap…rightfully so many times, but I was browsing CosmoGIRL (yeah I do that from time to time…don’t judge me, haha) and saw that they are encouraging teens to volunteer.  They teamed up with dosomething.org to get students some answers on how to get involved. The [...]

Stats we need to know

Stats we need to know

I read these yesterday on Youthministry.com and they blew me away: 88% of children raised in Christian families leave church at the age of 18, never to return (SBC). A majority of adults no longer consider Christianity America’s default faith (Barna). 64% of decisions for Christ are made before the age of 18, and 77% [...]