Event Planning

A friend of ours in youth ministry asked me a few weeks back if I could name the process I try to follow as I plan events. Before I go down that road, it seems uber-important to speak to why I do events. 1. Events can easily allow students to invite friends which in...

Getting In Walt’s Head

Getting in Walt’s Head The following is a four-part series of notes based on the seminars Walt Mueller offered at IPBC in September of 2012. The Digital Brain Session/Friday night’s Notes If you are in youth ministry, then chances are you’ve read something that Walt...

Games for the Win

5 + 5: Games for the Win 5 older games 1. Four Corners ?”It”? counts to 20 or whatever in a four-cornered room and everyone picks a corner to stand in and they have to be in that corner by the time ?”It”? reaches 20. Then “it”...

Fundraising

A few weeks ago we had a conference call on fundraising and I wanted to write right away but it just didn’t happen. Now I think I know why. I had a fundraising dinner this weekend and we put all we could into it and our attendance was 60% of what we had planned and...

Summer Youth Work

I was asked if I could write an article for the Eastern Region on “staying connected to students over the summer” which I realize can be a difficult thing to make happen. As I thought on that topic it got me to name the following suggestions and ideas that...

Coming and Going

Psalm 121 has been words I’ve had in my head for the last few months. Now as I understand this passage, it’s almost a song sung by one or more people who are making their way to Jerusalem and if you understand it that way, it helps you to understand some of the words...