(READ PART ONE TO CATCH UP ON THE DRAMA – “What to do with ‘That One Family’”) 1) Stick to the plan: Never negotiate with terrorists. 2) Make sure others help you create the plan: Easy to take one person down with blame; not so easy when others helped create the plan. 3) Stay away [...]![]()
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Small Church Politics – Part 2
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[Generosity] 4 Ways to Give to Your Family
By Tim & Tasha Levert If you’ve been keeping up with the Simply Youth Ministry Today emails (click here to sign up), you’ve read about generosity all week. If you’re like us, you’ve felt a little guilty that you aren’t doing a better job at managing your finance so you can be more generous. We’ve [...]![]()
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Sifting Through the Silt – CO Flood Recovery Q&A with Geoff Frahm
Northern Colorado was struck by devastating floods in September, leaving many families and individuals in dire need of help and giving Group Cares an opportunity to step up and serve. There were some incredible efforts conducted by volunteers through Big Day Disaster Recovery, coordinated by The Big Day of Serving Team Leader Geoff Frahm, and [...]![]()
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Back to Jesus Part Two: The Grand Experiment
There we were. Our small groups simply weren’t “working.” Sure, there were weeks when leaders felt great about what they preached. It was usually the week when the same students would complain about their small group. This is when I embarked on my grand experiment. The goal: To help students understand that Jesus is not [...]![]()
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Name the ‘Stache Contest + Beard Grooming Tips
Ben “The Beard” Halsch’s Beard Grooming Tips: It’s the end of Week 3 of our Hairy Isn’t Scary campaign, and hopefully you have some pretty good growth to show off to all of us in #ymnation. This week we wanted to talk about grooming your beard with a few quick and easy tips: 1. Invest in some [...]![]()
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Games For Youth Ministry: Cell Phone Draw
Here’s another free game you can use in your ministry setting. Cell Phone Draw is pretty simple… Show the graphic Explain that the 5th caller (or any number caller you choose) wins a prize (make sure you have a prize) Show the slide with your cell number and let the ringing begin Answer your phone…make [...]![]()
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Everyday Parables: Blended Together
Every once in a while you find a video that feels the perfect parable for just about anything. I’m not sure if this one qualifies,but as I watch it I see so many analogies regarding how relationships can work. Our relationships in the church Our relationships in the home Our relationships with those we serve [...]![]()
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[Discussion Starter] Baylor Coach Finds Purpose, After Tragedy
In the News: Waco, Texas—During a successful football-coaching career, Art Briles has become known as someone who transforms longtime losers into winners. Players and colleagues say he’s an expert at making people believe that anything is truly possible. Yet for the past 37 years, Briles, now head coach of 9-1 Baylor, has been plagued by [...]![]()
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[Guest Post] Hostility in the Hallways
Hostility in the Hallways Violence and Bullying in Today’s Schools An article from David R. Smith at TheSource4YM.com - 11/15/2013 The past twelve months have seen their fair share of violence. From shootings, to the Boston bombing, to high-profile teen suicides, and even the release of carnage-laden video games, today’s teens have a front-row seat to [...]![]()
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Hidden YouTube Fun 2
On Your Lunch Break: 1. Take some dramamine. 2. Go to Youtube. 3. Type”Use the force, Luke” in the search bar. 4. Wait, watch, and move the mouse around. If this does not send you into vertigo, here are a few more searches to try: Beam Me Up Scotty Do The Harlem Shake / geekweek Fibonacci [...]![]()
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Get 20% off “A Parent’s Guide to Understanding Bundle” & More!
Hey Simply Insiders! From now until the end of November you can get the incredible resource of “A Parent’s Guide to Understanding Bundle” for 20% off of regular price ($29.99)!! A large percentage of your time is spent communicating with students’ parents, thinking about students’ parents, training awesome parent volunteers, or wondering where your students’ parents are. While you [...]![]()
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[Time-away] Put on the Brakes
Some things in life seem like no-brainers. For example, every car needs brakes. The ability to put a vehicle into “drive” really doesn’t make sense if you can’t also eventually slow down and “park.” Your body’s ability to rest may also seem like a no-brainer. It’s quite the opposite, actually. Some of the brightest minds [...]![]()
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Ready-to-go Teaching Series with Prayer Walk
We recently used “Made,” a sermon series by Kurt Johnston™©, in our Sunday morning program. It is a great teaching tool for any youth worker. This robust package (marketing tools, graphics, presentation slides, transcripts, etc.) is also complete in a way that a ministry leader can feel comfortable handing it to a volunteer and letting [...]![]()
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Barriers to Grace Part 2: The Remedy
In Matthew 6, Jesus shows us the remedy for the deep soul sickness we are prone to suffering from. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus tells us that prayer, fasting, and benevolence are all habits the soul depends on for sustenance. Jesus tells us in chapter 6 of Matthew that the only way to be set [...]![]()
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[Guest Post] Three Stages of Missional Thinking
Do, Go, BE – Three Stages of Missional Living By Chris Roberts, with Matt Gilchrist, senior director of CIY’s Engage “Cultural Intelligence is the pathway for moving us along in the journey from the desire to love the other to the ability to express that love in ways that are meaningful and respectful.” – [...]![]()
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[Time-away] My Escape Routine
I love vacation- time away from the hustle and bustle of life and ministry. But vacations don’t come along very often, and as good as they are at emptying mind, they are equally good at emptying my wallet. What I’m going to share today has a string attached. It relies on your ability to have [...]![]()
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Turn Your Junior High Ministry Upside Down This Fall!
In the interest of full disclosure, let me say this: I’m a fan of virtually every organization, event and effort that exists to minister to junior highers! If young teens are the focus of somebody’s efforts, then I’m probably a fan. But there is one event that stands out from the rest. Christ in Youth’s [...]![]()
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Barriers to Grace Part 3: The Two Wolves
As fallen humans we all live in a state of alienation that is the result of identity confusion. Both theology and psychology realize this reality and both work to resolve this confusion between the true self and the false self. One is born out of a theology of the Imago Dei and the other from destructive [...]![]()
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Happy Thanksgiving…Dubstep
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[Time-away] Just Do It!
By JAKE & MELISSA KIRCHER Working and serving in a ministry setting can be a twenty-four-seven gig, yet many of us take little time off to rest and recharge. The idea of Sabbath is often brought up when speaking about time away, but the importance of this cannot be understated. God laid out a plan [...]![]()
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