Isaiah 46:8-13 I get extremely caught up trying to “achieve” God’s plan for my life–as if that’s even possible. I feel like if it isn’t in my hands and I’m not doing everything in my power to attain it, God’s … Continue reading
Summer is coming and so is our opportunity to minister to “the core.” At least, that’s what I called the remnant of students who attended our youth services during the summer. I don’t know why numbers decreased so much, but … Continue reading
(…Continued from Monday: ) 3. Parents Love to Plan And last and most obvious is the fact that parents have their child’s future figured out before they’re out of diapers. One good strong toss of the baseball, and they’re in … Continue reading
I was at the ripe age of twenty three when I was asked to begin a ministry in our church for Junior High School Students. My wife and I prayed and studied to come up with a suitable name and … Continue reading
All I ever read or hear is how your ministry should be relevant to the culture, you should minister to teens in the same way society gets their messages across to them. I understood that concept, and for years, I ministered that way. It wasn’t until I saw the downfalls of this concept that I began looking for something else.
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As a youth minister I often wonder why parents don’t get involved more. Am I intimidating? Do they not believe in what we do? Is it too hard? Do they not really like their own kids?
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If you’ve followed me through the last four posts, you’ve heard the nutshell of the vision of this blog and my ministry. I’d love to help God’s people see that a life of love is what makes us whole in … Continue reading
I spent the last post yelling at parents for not taking the responsibility, now I’m going to spend this post screaming at the church to release the reigns. That’s right, here comes key number three:
Continue readingHello World! (Little WordPress joke there.) I know it’s been a while and it seems like it’s been even longer. Where have I been you ask? What has K. Michael Prince been up to you’re thinking? The answer is simple and … Continue reading
I thought a bit more about our conversation and thought maybe I should share with any other youth ministers what my top five resources are. Here is the countdown, in order form least used (which is still a lot) to most used.
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