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 [...]
Commitment to Discipleship
Well, this is the final entry in my four week series on how to get your ministry year started right. I certainly have not covered everything, just a few things that God has place upon my heart. We have talked about Joy in Ministry, Planning and Evangelism. I want to conclude with a plea for [...]
Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail
Last week I started a series focused on starting the new ministry year off with a bang. This week we continue with talking about the importance of planning.
Nobody ever sets out on a journey to fail. I have never spoken to a salesman who says “my goal is to not sell anything” nor have I [...]
Starting the Ministry Year off Right
Over the next several weeks I would like to do a series that focuses on starting your ministry year with a bang. A new ministry year offers a fresh start; opportunities to do things right from the beginning. A new focus on what is important when it comes to ministering to people. This week I [...]
Liberate Your Ministry
Many years ago…maybe 20??…I read a book titled Liberating Your Ministry from the Success Syndrome by Kent and Barbara Hughes. At the risk of sounding overly dramatic, it kept me in the ministry. In fact, it may have saved more than my ministry. Let me explain:
Many times in the ministry, we get caught in the [...]
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 [...]
Stay In Touch With Your Students
You and I both have seen the youth leader that just tries a little too hard to stay cool. Whether it is the clothing or the way they talk they just are a little over the top. With that being said when I say that student ministry leaders need to stay in touch with their [...]
The Greenhouse Project
The following is an excerpt from the first chapter of the Greenhouse Project:
“Big Picture Ministry
✱ Reaching students with the gospel and cultivating them into
genuine disciples.
✱ Teaching students the current “hot topics” while simultaneously
rooting them in biblical doctrine and principles.
✱ Having multiple adults involved in a student’s life with true
life-on-life ministry. This means youth leaders and [...]
Discipleship: See, Touch, Feel
Discipleship is a passion of mine! I want to briefly take 3 simple words and talk about how true discipleship really happens.
See – I don’t care if the person you are discipling is 5 or 105, they need to see Christ lived out in you. When I played High School football, our head coach was [...]
Teaching Others To Be What You Already Are
This post is titled after a phrase we use to define Discipleship. If you are a part of a Word of Life Club, you should see and hear that definition often. We also teach in our orientations that you should decide how far you, as an adult leader, are going to go in the discipleship [...]
