Thoughts on the Shift Conference

This past week I attend the Shift Conference up in Chicago at Willow Creek. The conference for me was a highlight on a number of levels. Getting the chance to bond with our team as well as being inspired and educated about new “shifts” in student ministry not to mention the chance to network with others and time away to reflect all combined to make for an incredible week of learning and growing. I came away with pages of notes and many ideas hopefully to implement over this next year.

More



Creating a creative path towards creativity

I recently finished reading Andy Stanley’s the Principle of the Path and decided that this principle really had a lot to do with my approach to being creative. As a video producer I am constantly trying to be creative in the way I write, shoot or edit videos. Not all the time, but sometimes I feel I lack in creativity and usually this is because I am not on a path.

More



Telling stories no one else will tell

I rarely post youtube videos, however I stumbled upon this video that really resonated with me in my approach to telling stories in the church.

More



7 ways your youth ministry can use twitter effectively

1. Information, Information, Information….Use it as a free communication tool that can inform parents, leaders and students of upcoming information.
2. Assign several staff/volunteers to be mobile journalist and capture real-time certain events and programs your ministry does through twitpic and text.
3. Use theĀ  #hashtag feature which will allow people in your ministry to see what [...]

More




Twitter links powered by Tweet This v1.6.1, a WordPress plugin for Twitter.