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ADULTS SAYING, “YAY!”
REPRINT THIS! Make it from you. A Letter to All Our Adults! YAY! We recruited you! What? You did not know? But, you said, “Yes!” You are now on our youth ministry team. Thanks for agreeing! Are you excited? Fear not, you do not need to sleep on floors or play laser […]
Read MoreSTEAL THIS QUESTION
Here is the question! “What Spirit nudges did you sense this week?“ What did you see, hear, or sense that caused you to be concerned for another? How did you celebrate another? Or affirm? For whom did you say, “Yay!” for? How? So what? Now what? How do you respond, or want to […]
Read MoreBESIDE THE WELL
FACE TO FACEHEART TO HEART Jesus sat with the women beside the well and offered living water. (John 4:1-26) For her that day, living water may have been that someone was willing to know her story. It was not a pretty story, probably not one she talked about to anyone. Probably it was a story […]
Read MoreSTORY AFFCIONADOS
There are connoisseurs of fine wines, sports enthusiast, T.V. addicts, architectural admirers, nature lovers, and now there are story aficionados! (Aficionado? – I think it is a neglected word! It means, “Knowledgeable and enthusiastic about a subject or past time.”) As a story aficionado, you are a deep listener who loves to hear of people’s […]
Read MoreMAKING PEOPLE REAL
by Lyle Griner Listening makes people real. Good listeners are aficionados, connoisseurs of fine stories! People come to life as we sit and hear their stories of great joys and great sorrows. Here is what really good listeners do: Listeners help people tell their stories. Listening does not “should” on people by outdoing, fixing, changing, […]
Read MoreYou Must Have De-Plan!
Students in Leadership? You Must Have De-Plan! Al Capone, the famous gangster said, “You need three things in life. A fast getaway car, a gun and de-plan!” Okay… I don’t think you need the fast getaway car or the gun, but you absolutely need, “De-plan.” Along with Peer Ministry Leadership and your student leaders, you […]
Read MoreCANDLE TIMES
“My mission in life? It may be as simple as inviting everyone to light a candle!” COMING AUG 13th, 2013 – 54 CANDLE TIMES Experiences! @ As high school Peer Ministry Leaders sit on the floor, light a candle, turn down the lights, and talk about faith and life, other youth show up in […]
Read MoreYOUTH MINISTRY RANT
“D@#$%! Soccer”“*&^%$ Dance Line”“^&*(# Marching Band”“!@#$% Football, basketball, hockey, debate, and let’s not forget the chess team or whatever else is getting in the way of my (oops, I mean) their first priority, which centers around being at my (there I go again) their church programs. What are their parents teaching anyway?!!!” I hear forms […]
Read MorePML St. John’s in Kasson, MN
By Sharon Johnson © 2012 Every Day Phil Francis gives the youth of his church a feeling of purpose. He has 11 new Peer Ministry Leaders, receiving training for the first time, and 17 previously trained Peer Ministry Leaders, participating in various ways. Leadership training gives youth active devotionals to use. The PML program alsogives […]
Read MoreGRACE TRAVELS
YOUTH GATHERING, MISSION TRIPS, OUTING, and CAMPSby Lyle Griner © 2012 Your ministry group is known for it’s ministry with others. Wherever you travel your people look for good in others, affirming and brightening people’s day. Your people love to learn and listen to others’ faith and life stories. When someone is left out, your […]
Read MoreGRACE FRIENDS
for CARING CONNECTIONS by Lyle Griner © 2012 Changes. Choices. Challenges. We all have them. As one friend said, “They are a case of the normals.” They are part of life. It sure is nice when someone cares enough to listen, maybe even help me think them through, maybe remind me that God is in […]
Read MoreGRACE PLACE as YOUTH MINISTRY
With Peer Ministry Leadership as Your Foundationby Lyle Griner © 2012 Kids are too busy to participate? Not true! Busyness creates emptiness. Busy kids are often the most spiritually hungry kids. Kids make time for what is most meaningful, and gives purpose. I teach Grace Place as a style for a youth ministry gathering time. […]
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