Practical encouragement and wisdom for those serving in ministry; equipping small and rural churches, navigating hard seasons, and staying faithful for the long haul
“You’ll do it because I’m your boss.” For some reason, this statement motivated a previous generation. Not in this post-modern world! This kind of statement is a surefire way to get a team member to quit. Note, I said “team member”.
I recently got addicted to a podcast by Dave Ramsey’s EntreLeadership team. After listening to their episode regarding mission statements, I have been encouraged and empowered to add a personal mission statement to my life and ministry platform.
This past Wednesday evening, we took a look at what it means to be God’s representatives. Specifically, what does it mean to be God’s Representatives in an ungodly world.
Discussing the topic of Obedience with our middle school students. To kick the night off, we pulled their minds back to elementary school with a little Red Light, Green Light and Simon Says. These kids’ games are founded on obeying the commands as closely as possible, in order to succeed in the game.
Last night, we completed our series titled “Surrender” by Francis Chan. I highly suggest the series to any youth group. It was a fantastic model for addressing the current struggles of teens in today’s culture. Furthermore, I believe it has empowered our students to reach new heights with how their faith is played out in day-to-day life.
We’ve been working through Francis Chan’s “Surrender” series. The last section of our series is based on the Surrender of SELF. How can we rid ourselves of our Altar Egos?
A Small Group Study – Last Wednesday night we talked about “Dark Horses” in our Middle School Discipleship program.
In the book of James, we read about a small part of our body that has great power! This small part of our body has the strength to bring about achievement or destruction. What part do you think it is?
As promised, here’s Francis Chan’s second session of Surrender SIN. Keep your eye out in the next couple of weeks as we finish our Surrender series with Surrender SELF.
Unfortunately, each of us carries a sin nature that we were born with, so we will all carry a certain amount of debris on us. Throughout our lives, we do have choices as to how much debris we pick up from the places we go and the people we associate with.
No matter how hard life gets, something inside of us convinces us that we shouldn’t ask for help. We try to walk through deep valleys of trial and pain, relying solely on our own strength. In reality, it’s just not possible.
In our last High School lesson we explored “Surrender Status” from Francis Chan’s Surrender series. As part of that theme, I decided to take a couple of weeks to view the movie, “To Save A Life” in two parts with the students.