So… Uno becoming a bit boring? Here’s a few ideas to spice it up a bit… It really depends on how silly you want to make the game… When a yellow card goes down everyone has to snap the pile and last person to do that either a) gets the pile or b) picks up [...]
I’m regularly asked for suggestions of good/great youth ministry resources and I’m happy to oblige with a referral to one or 100 different ideas, I have after-all been in this gig for many years and have an incredibly large library of resources and ideas from all over the place. But many of the conversations rarely [...]
We’d like to invite you to think a bit harder this Christmas. It seems to me that there’s a part of the story of Jesus’ birth that we seldom dwell on, and we’d like to help your community enter into it. If you’re willing. A few weeks ago I participated in a conversation that gave [...]
Steve Taylor and Rob Hanks have mentioned these little cubed pieces of goodness before on their blogs but I’ve been wanting to talk about them for a while now. I’ve got a few fantastic resources to help with creativity, and the Story Cubes have been a great addition to the collection. The Creativity Hub sent [...]
Jacob’s been asking about curriculum for a parents small group that doesn’t look at teenagers as either destructive and stressful or as people who we need to protect from the “world out there.” He’d love to focus on looking at how parents can learn from teenagers, and see them as partners in the journey. I [...]
Compass is a fantastic resource for people who want to explore Human Rights with young people. Yes, it’s been written from a European background but it’s still a fantastic and exhaustive resource for educators, activists and young people who would like to explore issues around Human Rights, the history of, international history and with a [...]
“Grief is a sign that we loved something more than ourselves” – Joan Chittiser It’s been a devastating couple of weeks, and you may find that a number of young people in your community are grieving, or need the space to grieve over the fires that have left hundred’s dead, communities homeless and our landscape [...]
The guys over at RETHINKING YOUTH MINISTRY recently linked to the newly released book, website and video titled “Generation We” which is a call for the Millenial generation (GenY) in America to stand together, and a handbook for people trying to understand the cultural changes that surround them at this point of time in America’s [...]
The Institute for Youth Ministry at Princeton Theological Seminary announces the launch of its new Youth, Church, and Culture podcast! Listen now to an interview with Kenda Creasy Dean on the missional church and youth ministry. On November 4, you’ll hear Mark DeVries talk about building sustainable youth ministries. The Youth, Church, and Culture podcast [...]
I’ve been meaning to blog about these inflatable resources for quite some time now, the Throw & Tell ™ balls are inflatable resources that wire absolutely fantastic that are not only good for “get to know you” activities, but also for worship, camps, bible study, building trust and more… One might think that the balls [...]
