If you have a Word of Life Club, you should know all about our Weekly Report sheets. These pesky little forms are supposed to be filled in by the club administrator or someone to whom this task has been delegated, and then mailed to the Area Missionary. Every year I hear the same question…in fact, [...]
October 26, 2008
Categories: Leadership Development, Raymond Deck . Tags: Accountability, Ray Deck, spiritual disciplines, Weight loss . Author: rwdeck . Comments: Leave a Comment
It seems to me that in our desire to concentrate on discipleship in youth ministry (which is a great thing) that many have lost their focus on evangelism. Do a little exercise with me by answering some questions.
Think of all the activities you did with your youth group and/or children’s ministry last year. How many [...]
October 20, 2008
Categories: Brian Baker, Evangelism, Youth Culture . Tags: Evangelism, STORM, Word of Life Superbowl, youth ministry . Author: bpbaker . Comments: Leave a Comment
For many of us, e-mail is our favorite way to communicate short of a face to face conversation and while a face to face conversation is the best means of communication, the generation we work with prefers a different avenue. Texting and instant messaging has become the new kind of communication that even has its [...]
October 13, 2008
Categories: Communication, Youth Culture . Tags: bff, Communication, IM, Instant Messaging, lol, sms, text, texting, texting acronyms, texting survey . Author: rwdeck . Comments: Leave a Comment
While watching the Vice-Presidential debate the other night I actually heard a politician say something that I loved. Sarah Palin looked into the camera and asked Americans to take some personal responsibility when it comes to our finances. She talked about living within our means, staying out of debt and other acts of responsibility. If [...]
October 4, 2008
Categories: Brian Baker, Leadership Development . Tags: Finances, Responsibility, Student Ministry, youth ministry . Author: bpbaker . Comments: Leave a Comment