- Youth Group Rules by Jon; my 2 favorite are #9 (At no point should a youth minister try to keep a bad dating relationship together simply because he knows that as soon as the church girl dumps the non church boyfriend he’ll drop out of youth group.) & #13 (The one parent who complains about something you did will not be empowered to steer the entire course of the youth group. The 50 other parents who didn’t complain will also be considered.)
- In Everyone Is Clueless Seth talks about the difference between everyone & the right someone.
- Tim takes a look @ the future of the church & the role technology will play in it in his post Change…Scary? or Exciting?
- Michael created a stir w/ his Thoughts on Worship.
- I found these tips to be useful in getting out of a message rut.
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November 6, 2009
November 4, 2009
Everyone (I used to do so as well) does a review of their worship services. So, I think I’ll switch it up & offer a preview of what we’ll be doing each Wednesday night. Here’s a rundown of tonight:
Songs: Salvation is Here, Spring of Life, Center, Inside Out
Message: week 2 of 3 of Thirsty;
Speaker: Stan Buckley; thankful that are pastor is serving our teens by teaching them this week in our student worship service
Announcements: YouVersion Live, world missions week, & Krave
Open this file, 11.04.09, to view our service program sheet (the lights columns is blank because we have a college student who runs the lights & he comes in on Wednesday afternoons to set the scene for each element).
November 2, 2009
Fall = football. Here’s a few thoughts from my weekend of footbal consumption.
- Really encouraged by the State win over Kentucky. Really impressed at how @CoachDanMullen has had the Dogs ready to play each week.
- Brett Favre just looks silly in a Vikings uniform playing the Packers in Lambeau.
- USC lost. Having the most talent doesn’t always = wins.
- Fantasy Football is addictive & changes the way I watch football. I’m watiching games I don’t really care about & rooting for players I don’t like.
- Can’t believe M.C. lost. 1st game I’ve been to since I graduated. We had a good time, great weather, but just too many turnovers.
- Division 3 games are much more fan friendly. No tv timeouts are so nice. The entire game was played in about 2.5 hours & both favored the pass which typically means longer games.
- Students having a bonfire @ the game is something that only happens at Division 3 game (see photos below).
- Twitter is a great tool if you love to keep up w/ stats, injuries & other behind the scenes info. @joestate, @kyleveazey & @stricklinMSU give me all of that type of info during State games.
- Hopefully, the Saints beat the Falcons tonight.
Mississippi College vs Howard Payne
bonfire @ the MC game (fire is just to the right of the stands)
October 30, 2009
- Blaine Hogan - I just discovered his blog & it’s quickly become 1 of my favorites
- Balloon Boy & The State of the World by Marshall
- The Joy of Quitting by Seth
- The Guy Who Refuses To Scoot at The End Of The Pew by Jon
- The Most Slamming Church Building by Carlos
October 28, 2009
I’ve served in a variety of different size churches. A church that averaged about 100 & one that averages about 2500. Lots of differences beyond the # of people. Each having its on strengths & weaknesses.
One common statement I’ve heard in smaller churches is something like “I like a smaller church because I know everyone.” I think that people in each size church know the same # of people. In the small church it’s just a higher percentage of the regular attendees.
Seth Godin says
Dunbar postulated that the typical human being can only have 150 friends. One hundred fifty people in the tribe. After that, we just aren’t cognitively organized to handle and track new people easily. That’s why, without external forces, human tribes tend to split in two after they reach this size. It’s why WL Gore limits the size of their offices to 150 (when they grow, they build a whole new building).
To read Seth’s complete blog entry click here. Click here for the wikipedia article on Dunbar’s #.
It’s interesting topic to me. Especially, that I’m in a youth ministry that has a weekly attendance of about 250 teens & 350+ that attend at least once per month. I’m learning how to do ministry where I may not be able to know every teen, parent & youth worker.
October 26, 2009
Our Student Ministry is hosting a youth ministry conference the weekend of February 5-6, 2010. It’s an event that’s been in the works for several months. We have had 10 other youth ministers helping us develop the conference. You can learn more by checking out the Krave Conference website.
The early bird rate is $40 (goes up to $50 beginning January 9th).
You can follow Krave on facebook & twitter.
Email me if you have questions
October 21, 2009
A couple of Saturdays ago while I was working in our front yard I noticed a car that was driving as if it didn’t know the location of its destination. As the older lady (that’s in no way a reference to lady drivers not being good drivers or good w/ directions) approached my home I paused from my yardwork & approached the street. She rolled down (isn’t it funny that we still use that phrase even though we haven’t rolled down the window in years) her window to ask for directions.
She was looking for our neighborhood’s clubhouse (by the gift in the front seat I gathered that she had a child’s birthday party to attend). I gave her the directions (go to the stop sign, turn left). She paused. Then replied that she’d tried that already & asked again for directions.
I gave the same simple directions. She once again said she’d tried that & the clubhouse wasn’t there. She continued by describing the clubhouse’s appearance & the playground, walking trail, & tennis courts that surround it. I’m quite familiar w/ our clubhouse. I have a clear view of it from my back porch.
From where she was parked she could see between my home & my neighbors & see the clubhouse. I pointed this out to her & once again told her to go to the end of the street & take a left & the street will end at the clubhouse’s doorstep. She looked. Saw. And finally agreed w/ me on the clubhouse’s location.
Aren’t we funny. We ask others for directions/help/advice. Then tell them why they are wrong or don’t understand.
Isaiah 55:8-9
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
October 20, 2009
We arrived home this afternoon to find that our water had been turned off. Turns out our city’s public works dept. hadn’t been receiving our online banking payment for the past couple of months. Thanks to their quick after hours response of quickly realizing the mixup & having our water turned back on.
I (you?) never realize how much we need/use something until it’s not available. In the 2 hours we didn’t have h2o we continually attempted to turn on the water facet. If I had a nickel for each time we tried to turn on the water on I’d be approximately $0.45 richer.
October 18, 2009
This article made me sad.
How can we be followers of Jesus & only give away 2.56% of our $?
October 16, 2009
- Make A Decision by Seth
- You Should Only Hire 2 Types of People
- Mark says that God sometimes leads us to the last place that we want to be
- The Plot-lines of Sermons by Ben
- Michael breaks down the different speaking styles from day 1 of Catalyst
