Posts filed under ‘Church’
The Elephant Room [youth ministry]
It’s back! The Elephant Room Round 2 explores many things about the church that seems to be causing a great divide among many church leaders that we look up too. This got me thinking about youth ministry.
What youth ministry people, approaches, programs, ministries, etc… are out there that we know there is a big fat hairy elephant in the room? I know a few of the issues because many of you have told me.
So what is The Elephant Room [Youth Ministry] that you have right now? Share your thoughts.
Out of Leaders
The Church is ONE Generation from Being OUT OF LEADERS
I was selected (voted) to be on the Elder Selection Committee for the church I attend. So far it has been a very powerful experience for me spiritually. I have been praying more, more deliberately studying leadership passages from the Bible. I’m thinking and seeing things on a different level from within the church.
As a committee we were voted on by the members of the congregation and we had our first formal meeting. Two of our existing elders joined us, giving us some much needed guidance, direction and prayer. After the elders left our meeting we discussed process over the next several months before the selection process would wrap up with our recommendations to the elders for their consideration.
Yet I was surprised at one major flaw in the process. There is a lack of a leadership development process of potential elders. There is no plan, no process, no mentoring, no equipping, no intentional leadership development of leaders who could be potential elders.
Now I’m a huge sports fan and there are many profesional leagues that have farm systems. Why doesn’t the church have a farm system of developing leaders for specific areas of ministry based on their spiritual gifts? Why?
So what does your church do or your youth ministry do to help develop people based on their identified spiritual gifts for the next generation to replace the current generation?
The NEW ThinkYouthMinistry.ca
Think Youth Ministry has joined forces with Jesus Canada to create WorldsApart.org
Think Youth Ministry blog is now under the CONNECT banner of the main page of WorldsApart.org
You can Sign-In by clicking the Login/JoinUs! in the top right. You can leave questions and suggestions regarding youth ministry and the church as a whole in the Empower section.
The Common
One of the biggest issues that churches face is how do you meet the needs of those around you. Both in your faith community and outside your faith community. Who would have the right skill set to match that specific need? How would ever know all the needs that exist with out relationships? The Common is helping people match their gifts with needs of those around them.
My church started using TheCommon in August and it has revolutionized the needs that exist with the skills to help.
If you tell your Sr. Pastor that it was your idea, we won’t say anything.
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Free Book: The Last TV Evangelist
Until midnight Friday night, November 20, ConversantLife.com is giving away a free copy of The Last TV Evangelist, Phil Cooke’s latest book. Click here to download the entire book in a pdf format.
After getting the download (the freemium), get the book (the premium) at philcooke.com or Amazon.
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How will you remember?
Remembrance Day
November 11 @ 11:00AM each year Canada Pauses to remember those veterans who lost their lives defending our country, those still living and those currently serving in our armed forces abroad. Prouder to be a Canadian on this day! Send our troops a message!
Youth Ministry:Fair Trade
Do you believe that people in developing nations are no different than we are in that they desire dignity, the opportunity to work, provide for their families, and invest in their communities. They are different in that they face significant challenges socially, economically, geographically, and politically that make it impossible for them to break the cycle of poverty without strategic and respectful support and intervention.
As a youth ministry leader, you should be involved personally in fair trade but also infecting change within the youth ministry that God has blessed you to lead.
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