Anyway, I have updated the calendar, and it is a public calendar, so you can upload it from the web. I also double it up, placing an agenda format so things are a bit easier to see!
All two of you (one if I don't include my wife) keep note!
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Maybe...
Maybe the key to good blogging is smaller posts!
Input?
(I am so proud to have [make a post on blog] crossed off my to do list)
Input?
(I am so proud to have [make a post on blog] crossed off my to do list)
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Back to the blog
I was reading in an article the other day that blogs have peaked, and will now plateau. This seems to be a result of blog fatigue. Blogging at a high rate on start-up, then losing steam until the blog is never again posted to. This is seen in how many blogs are starting up on a daily basis, and how many are not being used/closed.
I KNOW that this has been the case with this blog, but I digress.
It has been quite a start to the school year here @ First Baptist Church Youth Ministries.
We have seen the puppet team keep moving forward. They have participated in Crosstrainers, Youth Night, and will be starting up a ministry into the senior homes in the area.
Sunday School attendance has been steady. The JH are learning about the church. The SH has been digging into The Bible and the big words about it. (revelation, inspiration, inerrancy, canonicity, transmission, translation, illumination, etc.)
Wednesday Nights include JH AWANA going through the TREK series. They also spend time playing and memorizing scripture. The Senior High has been through a couple of major sections. First, we learned how to share Jesus without fear through the '5 questions' system. We have heard great stories about our young people and leaders sharing their faith. We also spent a few weeks in Ephesians looking into the ways of spiritual growth. Currently, we are walking through the aspects of What Pleases God; based loosely on the book The Pleasures of God. This series takes very seriously the fact that the more we meditate on God and who He is (though the Word and in our daily walk) the more we can become like Him. (through the H.S. working through us.
EVENTS
We have had a busy fall.
Starting with an excellent JH Retreat in August with 20 Junior Highers preparing for the school year and building up friendships within the youth group.
We also had on August 29th, RBP's Next Generation Seminar with Mel Walker. 50 youth pastors and leaders from the area attended the seminar.
In September our Youth Choir started up and worked through its first song for the year and sang for the congregation on our Youth Night. We also had a special Wednesday night with the church family when one of our favorite missionaries, Lloyd Larkin, came and presented/thanked our church for being involved with his church in Salt Lake City.
A new ministry was started this fall called RTS (Ready to Serve). This ministry is a group pf our young people who have put their name on a list to be ready to do anything needed within the ministries of our church. They have already filled in for a children's church, set up the gym (tarps/chairs/table clothes/etc) and torn it down for our missions conference banquet, washed dishes, watched little kids for choir practices, and a number of other little things around the church. PRAISE THE LORD for a youth group that is so involved and willing to serve within their church.
We also had a good showing at the HEBRON paintball event and brought 23 to the HEBRON Leadership Retreat @ Skyview Ranch.
Mix in three SNAC's and a freshman class crash, and...there you have our first two months.
This weekend is WOL Super-Bowl, so we will take our 2 big yellow buses with 74 attendees and rain down our thunder in the 'Q' for the Cavs game followed by some serious fellowship and fun for the WHOLE night.
whoo, whoo. The Youth Ministries train is rollin'
Coming UP:
Puppet Ministries
STEM (missions trip) requirements starting in December
FBC Musicale
Youth Bible Conference on 1-12
Rec Center on 1-25
well, just look at your calendars!
PDave
I KNOW that this has been the case with this blog, but I digress.
It has been quite a start to the school year here @ First Baptist Church Youth Ministries.
We have seen the puppet team keep moving forward. They have participated in Crosstrainers, Youth Night, and will be starting up a ministry into the senior homes in the area.
Sunday School attendance has been steady. The JH are learning about the church. The SH has been digging into The Bible and the big words about it. (revelation, inspiration, inerrancy, canonicity, transmission, translation, illumination, etc.)
Wednesday Nights include JH AWANA going through the TREK series. They also spend time playing and memorizing scripture. The Senior High has been through a couple of major sections. First, we learned how to share Jesus without fear through the '5 questions' system. We have heard great stories about our young people and leaders sharing their faith. We also spent a few weeks in Ephesians looking into the ways of spiritual growth. Currently, we are walking through the aspects of What Pleases God; based loosely on the book The Pleasures of God. This series takes very seriously the fact that the more we meditate on God and who He is (though the Word and in our daily walk) the more we can become like Him. (through the H.S. working through us.
EVENTS
We have had a busy fall.
Starting with an excellent JH Retreat in August with 20 Junior Highers preparing for the school year and building up friendships within the youth group.
We also had on August 29th, RBP's Next Generation Seminar with Mel Walker. 50 youth pastors and leaders from the area attended the seminar.
In September our Youth Choir started up and worked through its first song for the year and sang for the congregation on our Youth Night. We also had a special Wednesday night with the church family when one of our favorite missionaries, Lloyd Larkin, came and presented/thanked our church for being involved with his church in Salt Lake City.
A new ministry was started this fall called RTS (Ready to Serve). This ministry is a group pf our young people who have put their name on a list to be ready to do anything needed within the ministries of our church. They have already filled in for a children's church, set up the gym (tarps/chairs/table clothes/etc) and torn it down for our missions conference banquet, washed dishes, watched little kids for choir practices, and a number of other little things around the church. PRAISE THE LORD for a youth group that is so involved and willing to serve within their church.
We also had a good showing at the HEBRON paintball event and brought 23 to the HEBRON Leadership Retreat @ Skyview Ranch.
Mix in three SNAC's and a freshman class crash, and...there you have our first two months.
This weekend is WOL Super-Bowl, so we will take our 2 big yellow buses with 74 attendees and rain down our thunder in the 'Q' for the Cavs game followed by some serious fellowship and fun for the WHOLE night.
whoo, whoo. The Youth Ministries train is rollin'
Coming UP:
Puppet Ministries
STEM (missions trip) requirements starting in December
FBC Musicale
Youth Bible Conference on 1-12
Rec Center on 1-25
well, just look at your calendars!
PDave
Thursday, September 06, 2007
Let the School Year Begin
Welcome to the 07-08 school year! If you haven't been around the building yet, we are off and running. The youth ministries calendar is out and I believe even up to date on the blog site!
We had our first of the year parent-teen night, and had a great turnout. almost 130 were in attendance that night. We discussed the coming year and filled in the blanks on puppets (starting Sept 9) and the season pass.
This year we will be covering some great topics.
In the Senior High, on Sunday's we will be be starting with major areas this school year.
The Bible: From inspiration to preservation, from survey to study techniques, from canonicity, transmission, and translations to the dispensations, we will be covering the guidebook for our Christian walk. This study will help the student Unlock the Truth found in God's Word
Cults and False Religions: Building off the strength of the Word and realizing that it warns against false teachers, we will see that there is only one way to God, and that is through Jesus Christ. This study will help the student understand the cults and false religions in our world today, including some of the new religions popping up such as Wicca and Kabbala.
In the Junior High, topics being covered are the church as a family and what the Bible says about ourselves, including unconditional love, change, dealing with success and failure, etc. These will be very practical studies for the Junior Highers as they continue to grow.
Stay tuned for a Wednesday Night preview!
We had our first of the year parent-teen night, and had a great turnout. almost 130 were in attendance that night. We discussed the coming year and filled in the blanks on puppets (starting Sept 9) and the season pass.
This year we will be covering some great topics.
In the Senior High, on Sunday's we will be be starting with major areas this school year.
The Bible: From inspiration to preservation, from survey to study techniques, from canonicity, transmission, and translations to the dispensations, we will be covering the guidebook for our Christian walk. This study will help the student Unlock the Truth found in God's Word
Cults and False Religions: Building off the strength of the Word and realizing that it warns against false teachers, we will see that there is only one way to God, and that is through Jesus Christ. This study will help the student understand the cults and false religions in our world today, including some of the new religions popping up such as Wicca and Kabbala.
In the Junior High, topics being covered are the church as a family and what the Bible says about ourselves, including unconditional love, change, dealing with success and failure, etc. These will be very practical studies for the Junior Highers as they continue to grow.
Stay tuned for a Wednesday Night preview!
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