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A Theological Journey Through Youth Ministry: Taking Theology to Youth Ministry, Post 5, Chapter 5
By Andy Root on March 07 2013 | 0 Comments
In this Andrew Root liveBlog Erik Leafblad and I discuss the pull many youth workers feel between a ministry that is focused on taking kids "deep" or focused on evangelism ("outreach"). We discuss how certain theological ideas may help us not see this as an either/or situation, exploring further the thoughts in Taking Theology to Youth Ministry. Listen below.
By Andy Root on March 07 2013 | 0 Comments
Game Time With Les Christie
By Ryan Smith on March 07 2013 | 0 Comments
Here are some tips and tricks from Youth Ministry pro, Les Christie.
When Doing a Game...
- NEVER EVER ask "Who wants to do a game?", you'll get a screaming response that more than likely will sound like NO!
- Get them in their playing positions before you give them instructions- students have short attention spans.
What are some of your tips or tricks?
Have some tips or tricks of your own? We are always looking for online contributors, send any program, game, or other related content to Trending@youthspecialties.com.
Les Christie has spent more than forty years in youth ministry, including more than twenty years in the same church. An energetic speaker, Les also chairs the youth ministry department at William Jessup University. He's the author of more than a dozen books and lives in California with his wife, Gretchen, where he no longer has to discipline his two grown sons, Brent and David. You can find some of his resources in the YS Shop
By Ryan Smith on March 07 2013 | 0 Comments
March Mania NYWC Sale this Weekend
By Youth Specialties on March 03 2013 | 0 Comments
National Youth Workers Convention March Mania Sale!
Join thousands of your fellow youth workers at the National Youth Workers Convention (NYWC) this fall in San Diego or Nashville. Get training in over 80 seminars, be inspired and encouraged, do some bonding and team building, and have fun!
We have a great line up of Big Room speakers and worship leaders: Bob Goff, Rachel Held Evans, Mark Batterson, Harvey Carey, Shane Claiborne, Doug Fields, Kara Powell, the Skit Guys, Rend Collective Experiment Audrey Assad just to name a few.
Space with this Price Code MARCHMAD13 is limited, so register early. (Code expires 3/4/13)
By Youth Specialties on March 03 2013 | 0 Comments
YS Roundtable Episode 2: Barrett McRay
By Youth Specialties on February 27 2013 | 0 Comments
Welcome to the YS Roundtable Episode #2.
This is a new video show hosted by Terry Linhart, director of the Youth Specialties Academic Support Network (YSASN) and Professor of Youth Ministry & Adolescent Studies at Bethel College in Indiana. In this episode, Terry will be joined by Barrett McRay to discuss soul-care among youth workers and the students in their ministry.
YS Roundtable is produced by our friends at RemedyLive.
By Youth Specialties on February 27 2013 | 0 Comments
*Trending: Week of February 26th, 2013
By Ryan Smith on February 27 2013 | 0 Comments
This week in youth ministry: A bullied kid fights back, and makes a video about it. Doug Fields asks if you laughed or felt compassion at the Oscars. Watch Mark Matlock shake it with a space-helmet at PlanetWisdom and Jonathan Mckee confronts a Facebook app.
Bullies Called Him Pork Chop. He Took That Pain With Him And Then Cooked It Into This. -UPworthy.com
Did you laugh or feel compassion when Jennifer Lawrence tripped at the Oscars? - Doug Fields
Watch 1000's of Students and Mark Matlock do the Harlem Shake - YouthSpecialties.com
Bang With Friends? - Jonathan Mckee
By Ryan Smith on February 27 2013 | 0 Comments
The HARLEM SHAKE at PLANET WISDOM
By Youth Specialties on February 26 2013 | 0 Comments
Watch Mark Matlock and thousands of Students at PlanetWisdom do the Harlem Shake.
Anyone dances well in a space helmet :)
By Youth Specialties on February 26 2013 | 0 Comments
A Theological Journey Through Youth Ministry: Taking Theology to Youth Ministry, Post 4, Chapter 4
By Andy Root on February 21 2013 | 0 Comments
In this Andrew Root liveBlog Erik Leafblad and I discuss the need to push youth ministry deeper, asserting that the way we've been doing it hasn't been working. We delve deeply into chapter of Taking Theology to Youth Ministry. Listen below.
By Andy Root on February 21 2013 | 0 Comments
