The Benefits Of An Organized Ministry
We’ve all heard the terms RELATIONAL MINSITRY and ORGANIC MINISTRY. It’s the idea that youth ministry shouldn’t be a rigid structure. It should have fluidity, even if that means being a little messy.
GUEST POST: Star Of The Show

You ever watch Extreme Makeover: Home Edition on ABC? Ty Pennington runs around like a crazy man while local construction crews do ridiculous interior and exterior improvements on homes for less fortunate families and schools.
Take Time To Celebrate
Who doesn’t like to celebrate things?
Resource Review: Media Guide for Students
I finally got to working through a stack of resources and books I’ve been wanting to review. One of them was a great little booklet created by Walt Mueller (Center for Parent/Youth Understanding) together with Simply Youth Ministry.
Meet the Staff Video: Friends Edition

Our ministry just had our big summer kick-off service, which was also our incoming freshmen’s first week in our ministry. To help them get to know us a little better, we made a meet the staff video… with a little twist. We decided to make ours “Friends” themed, using footage from past videos as well as some group shots we filmed just for this video. It was a huge hit! Check it out!
DYM Book Club: Summer Reading
Summer is upon us! Depending on where you live, the weather may still be a little iffy (we’ve had everything ranging from cold, rain, scorching heat, thunderstorms and even a tornado watch here in upstate New York the last couple of days.) But summer is on its way.
Finding Rest Amongst The Busyness
By the end of the day I didn’t know if I could drive home. I was exhausted, wiped and in a daze. It was one of those days where I decided to fill up my plate and say, “Yes!” to everything and anything.
GUEST POST: Razor Sharp
I love the following verse because it’s so impeccably straightforward and clear:

