This summer we (Word of Life) launched our new website and I am pumped about what I see. Then last month our missionary pages have been launched and after some training on how to use them we are ready to hit the ground running with our new sites. Calendar, leaders resources, articles, videos, podcasts and [...]
Meaningful Conversations
If you work in youth or children’s ministry you undoubtedly have had countless discussions with the young people you minister to. Many times they are brief, seemingly insignificant conversations. One of the things I have learned over the years is that no conversation with a young person is insignificant. Each time they walk away after [...]
Avoid the Christmas Break Blues
As much as I love Christmas and celebrating the birth of our Savior, it is also the time of the year where many lose momentum in youth and children’s ministry. Quick question: How many of you had more than two normal youth meetings in December? How about one? It seems impossible to avoid this and [...]
Simple Communication
As ministers of the Gospel primarily to youth, it is very important that we are not guilty of practicing circumlocution. Nor should we be guilty of using sesquipedalian language. No, when we communicate with young people we need to find the mot juste and use it.
Ray!! What did you just say? I’m proving a point. [...]
Text & Chat Acronyms
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 [...]
