Hiking With Matthew

I’ve been wanting to post this for sometime… So a while back I took a student(Matthew Mentasis) on a hiking trip. Matt, still in high school is our main keyboard player for youth band and a total worshiper. As you will see from this video we had a blast. Well at least I did. I [...]

Meet (me) Behind the Curtain

Guest Post: Brandon Wilson Name: Brandon Wilson Location: Stockton,the worst&best place Bio: Just a guy that is doing his best to live for God. Brandon is currently on my Youth Staff and is actively involved with the acts-twenty9 Band and Worship Team. Check out his blog “bw” (Let me start by saying I’ve felt to [...]

David McGovern Interview Pt2

This is part 2 of my interview with David McGovern. Back a few months ago I had the privilege of sitting down with Dave and talking youth ministry. In this video interview I ask the question “How do you build a diverse Youth team?”. PS: Like Dave’s hoddie? Go to Evys Tree. -Brandon

Youth MiniSTARS

Guest Post: David McGovern I love youth workers. Absolutely positively LOVE youth workers. If you’re a youth worker, odds are you’re overworked and underpaid, but hopefully never under-appreciated. I’m entering my 12th year in youth ministry, and with each passing year I get more & more passionate about helping the next wave of student leaders. [...]

Milk and Manure // Simple Thought Devotion

Proverbs 14:4 – Without oxen a stable stays clean, but you need a strong ox for a large harvest.

Treadmill Student Ministry

GUEST POST SPOTLIGHT: Noah Watt Treadmills and I don’t get along. We are not Facebook friends, I don’t follow it’s tweets and we do not hang out. I simply hate treadmills. And it’s not because I have fallen off of one…Although I have. and it hurt. and people laughed. Although I lack adequate space here [...]

Simple Steps to Problem Solving

I found this really cool post at misternifty.com. Mister Nifty is a great resource site ran by a friend, Brian Fegter. I felt it really applied to Youth Ministry and would be helpful to Youth Workers. Check it out! – Brandon Simple Steps to Problem Solving I was reading a programming concepts textbook today and [...]

7 Habits of Highly Effective Youth Workers

As I  look over the landscape of youth workers I often wonder… What makes an effective youth worker? Here are a few Simple Thoughts I’ve come up with from my observation. Please note that this list is not comprehensive, and some are more obvious than others. Highly Effective Youth Workers: 1. They Plug-in: Plug yourself [...]

Blue Bomber Crew!!

[This post has been in my "Drafts" for a month now - sorry] So with out any further adieu allow me to introduce you to the Wests. I love Jason and Leah West! Hands down the greatest youth leaders of all time! They are some of the most passionate youth workers you will ever meet. I [...]

Millennials // A Portrait of Generation Next

Generations, like people, have personalities, and Millennials – the American teens and twenty-somethings who are making the passage into adulthood at the start of a new millennium – have begun to forge theirs: confident, self-expressive, liberal, upbeat and open to change. They are more ethnically and racially diverse than older adults. They’re less religious, less likely to have served in [...]

3 Keys to an Effective Youth Service

In my pocket right now are two sets of keys. One set contains a key to two of my old houses, an antique looking key I found once, a key to my old car, and about 3 meaningless keychains. On the other set are my keys to everything important.  It has all of my church [...]

SEVEN (PLUS OR MINUS 3)

SEVEN (PLUS OR MINUS 3) Linked from The McBlog by David McGovern