We’re putting missions on hold for a year in our youth ministry – but it triggered me to satisfy my curiousity of where exactly we’re sending students on these short-term mission trips. Vote today on the trip you’re taking this summer, fall or maybe already have been on this year!
One of the leadership axioms I adhere to is that leaders cannot take people further than they are themselves. In order for teens to consistently grow in their faith, student leaders must do so too.
Stumbled across this great video about family dinners and will use it in a future workshop or parenting illustration I think. Good stuff – thought I would share!
For the most part, people try to avoid tension with others. What others think about us, or the ideas we have, is what keeps a lot of people from moving from the next level in leadership. They don’t like the tension that comes with it so they fall to it and back down. God has called them to do a certain thing but instead of fearing God, they fear man, and the result is a failed implantation of the God-given desire to take the ministry to the next level. As a result, people shy away from tension.
A fun video helping to establish our high school summer interns – and have some fun in prom season along the way!
This week is move up weekend. This is the week where the seniors head into college and the new 7th graders begin their time in our ministry. This past weekend we had a parent meeting to give them all of the info they could possibly need about who we are as a ministry and what they could expect. It went wonderful. Only 2 questions were asked at the end which could mean one of two things: we either did a great job of communicating or we did so bad they didn’t know what to say. Ill go with the first one.
