This last week we had our Youth Winter Conference. I will have to post about it later because I am still trying to process how awesome it was because it surpassed all expectations. It was the first time we ran …
Weekend Teaching Series: How NOT to Get Grounded (series premiere, week 1 of 4)
Sermon Synopsis: This week I got to speak for the first time in JH this year and it was a total blast! I gave a new …
Weekend Teaching Series: RESET: Jesus, Fresh Starts & Screaming Goats (series finale, week 4 of 4)
Sermon Synopsis: This week we wrapped up the RESET series from the start of the New Year with Doug Fields teaching (4th week in …
So, it didn’t go well last night in your opinion, eh? Record low students? Record high disciplinary problems? Record hard unsolicited feedback from THOSE kids? Record number of tech issues? Record count of lies you started to believe at the …
Weekend Teaching Series: RESET: Jesus, Fresh Starts & Screaming Goats (week 3 of 4)
Sermon Synopsis: This week Doug Fields was back for a 3rd week in a row (what a way to start the New Year) teaching about the …
A fun little message from Doug Fields & Josh Griffin on the way to serve in their youth ministry!…
So this game just absolutely crushed last night! Generation Gap was a huge hit for our parents, they loved knowing half of the answers because they were from their generation and were about flat stumped when we asked a question …
On a previous episode of the More Than Dodgeball Show a while back (the Pilot Episode, by the way) we played a silly game called Put It On a Cracker where you have to guess what 3 things are on …
There’s something powerful and fun about youth group tradition! You have to be careful, of course, that your routines aren’t ruts you’re simply stuck in. But there’s something super fun about inside jokes, events, activities and traditions that you do …
I’m walking into Mariner’s Junior High ministry as one of the youth pastors on staff. I’m joining a couple of other great youth workers and have served this ministry before as a guest speaker and even the High School Ministry …