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Welcome To My Blog Many of you have just started reading my blog and I wanted to share with you a little bit about this blog. First off. THANK YOU!!!!! Thank you so much for reading and sharing the different posts. I wanted to take a post and tell you a little about myself and this blog. First let me …
Every year in most Christian Churches, students and sometimes children are sent off to a summer camp. Typically the purposes of summer camp two fold. 1. To share the Gospel with everyone, and 2. To challenge each person to grow deeper in their faith and give the tools to grow. This is often a great time for students to be …
Lessons Learned From Going On a Mission Trip This past week I had the privilege of taking a group of students on a mission trip to New York City. This is our third year going to NYC and our second one with our church partnership. I thought I would share some things that I have learned from going and planning …
Do we listen to what is going on around us? Do we listen to more than just the words? I remember back in the fall, I was talking with one of our new adult leaders and they mentioned something to the affect of: “Are any of our students hurting? They seem like they have everything together. “ I then proceeded …
Fueling Yourself Up During Summer This school year is winding down and summer is about to begin. For most people it has been a busy year and we are in need of some rest. Summer tends to be used for down time from a busy year. There are weeks that are really busy (if you’re involved in ministry you …
One Thing All Students Should Know About Their Student Pastor If I could get all my students to know and understand one thing, besides the normal GREAT Bible answers, it would be… That we LOVE you No matter what you do, No matter the things you say, No matter the many times you make us shake our heads, No …
Every year around graduation, we host a meal or breakfast to celebrate our graduating seniors in our student ministry. Each time we pick out a graduation gift for them. When I first started I wanted to give a gift that would prepare them for college and afterwards. That is why I picked a book. After looking through several books …
This is the last week before Thanksgiving. Where has the time gone this year? I am amazed at how fast time flies past and before your know it, the next year starts. With this in mind, how can you help slow things down over the holidays, specifically Thanksgiving. Take time for yourself (if you have a spouse take some alone …
When I was growing up I had many adults speak into my life and one of the things that these older men would teach us young men was that, we will always struggle with our thought life. But that is not to say that we can’t control it, which we can through Christ. There is a lot of thought that …
2 When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom. Proverbs 11 is a chapter full of wisdom about all aspects of life. There is no central theme in this chapter so I am just going to focus on one verse. The first part of the verse focuses on the negative and implies that when one is prideful a …
