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Ideas for becoming an evironmentally friendly youth group

The following guest post is contributed by a high school friend of mine, Kira Dacanay. She is passionate for maintaining a global environment that is as clean…

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MSNBC reports on sexting

I’m not sure passing laws and focusing on education will change anything. It’s not a major deterrent to stopping drug usage, so why should it stop…

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Time Out: Out of his comfort zone (Saul)

Time Out (by Jerry Schmoyer)
We all have choices to make in life: decisions about how we will adjust to what happens to us and attitude modifications as our…

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Podcast: Youth Ministry 3.0

Today in our LIVE YM Talk, Mark Oestreicher, President of Youth Specialties, led us in a conversation about his new book, Youth Ministry 3.0.
Some of the things…

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Freebie Friday #121: Free ebook, “Leadership Learnings from...

Exponential Network is giving away a free ebook download called, “Leadership Learnings from Bloggers.” Featuring over 250 pages of leadership…

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Problems with youth ministry today and in the future

[ This post is based on an interview I did last year. ]
These lists could be a lot longer, but here are a couple to get you started. I’d love for you guys…

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What I wish someone told me about youth ministry…

…before I started.
1. It’s very emotional, unlike any other job. You’ll experience the highest of highs, and the lowest of lows.
2. It’s…

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Time Out: The last shall be first (Ruth)

Time Out (by Jerry Schmoyer)
We seem to hear a lot about servanthood today and how God wants His people to be servants. Naturally we all consider ourselves to…

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Podcast: Partnering with other youth pastors and ministries

Yesterday in our LIVE YM Talk Ryan Nielsen of Pastor2Youth.com led us in a conversation about connecting, partnering, and working with other youth pastors and…

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