It’s the question that 98% of youth pastors hate to get asked: “How many kids you got coming?” Why? Because most of us don’t have huge youth groups. My guess is that most groups have about 15 students coming each week, and that’s probably a combined crowd of Junior High and High School students. My [...]
Entries from January 2010
January 17, 2010
Random Acts of Kindness
We had about 50 students and 15 leaders show up for our “Random Acts of Kindness” project on Saturday. We took a special offering for the event for two weeks, then divvied up the money on the day of the event. We got them all into groups of 10, gave each group $100 three hours [...]
January 14, 2010
Haiti Relief Yard Sale
I still really have no idea what to say about the tragic earthquake in Haiti. But I want to help. I’m just thinking as I type here… I don’t have a whole bunch of money, and time is of the essence. I’ve seen some friends planning a car wash for every Saturday, and they’ll donate [...]
January 8, 2010
Colt McCoy’s Post Game Interview
His team just lost the National Championship. He’s probably been dreaming about that game for most of his life, and then he gets hurt and doesn’t even get to play. This is how he responds! I always give God the glory. I never question why things happen the way they do. God is in control [...]
January 7, 2010
Girl Power
I’m just gonna go ahead and say it: The girls in my High School Ministry are leading the way. We have some AMAZING guys who are a part of our ministry. But… More girls serve in Children’s Ministry, 5/6th, Junior High Ministry and other various ministries in the church than guys do. More girls are [...]
January 5, 2010
Memorize Colossians
I’ve made this offer a bunch of times, but so far none of my students completed the mission: If one of my high school students can memorize the book of Colossians before summer camp I’ll let them go for FREE. That’s about a $500 prize. We’re headed to Forest Home for a week, which would [...]
January 1, 2010
Communication Avenues
We use all sorts of communication avenues in my high school ministry. Text Messaging is our primary means of communicating with students. We text students at least once a week with reminders about events we’ve announced. We use a company called “Boom Text“. Facebook is our second most used avenue. We have a “fan page”, [...]
