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Showing posts with label youth ministry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label youth ministry. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Happy Birthday, Krispy Kreme!

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Today is the 79th birthday of the Krispy Kreme doughnut. This is an auspicious occasion in my life. Even at my advanced age, it's har...
Friday, June 10, 2016

Flashback Friday: Spanish Wells, 1997

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Our 1997 Spanish Wells Mission Team Jennifer did not appreciate the snacks, apparently!  Lately I have found myself daydreaming abou...
Thursday, October 22, 2015

One Insane Day in Youth Ministry

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Happy Throwback Thursday! I have mentioned on many occasions that youth ministry often causes you to push the limits of sanity in order to...
Thursday, October 15, 2015

I'll Have What He's Having..."

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One of the great stories told about the late  Rich Mullins  in the book  An Arrow Pointing to Heaven  concerns his time in the pubs of Ire...
Friday, October 9, 2015

Flashback Friday: The Sawshack Redemption

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Today's Flashback Friday tale is a rarely told story from my 18 months spent as the Director of Student Ministries at the Union Church...
Thursday, October 8, 2015

Throwback Thursday: Floridays 1990

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Today's Throwback Thursday takes us all the way back to our 2nd trip from  Springfield Friends Meeting  to  Walt Disney World - Florida...
Thursday, September 17, 2015

Throwback Thursday: The Magical Mystery Tour

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Butch & Sundance You may have already read the story of our first  FUMC-Kissimmee   Mystery Weekend  ( see  Live To Tell ), a ridic...
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Friday, September 4, 2015

Flashback Friday: Restaurants & Youth Ministry

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Happy Flashback Friday! Over the years my youth groups visited many fine restaurants- and a whole bunch of not so fine ones as well! Each ti...
Thursday, September 3, 2015

In Student Ministry, the Small Things Matter

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I'm spending today with Lisa Jewett as she takes her first chemo treatment. Prayers are appreciated. It is hard to believe that for...
Thursday, August 20, 2015

7 Things: A Youth Ministry Evaluation Quiz

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Much of my adult life was spent working in student ministry. I was employed by a church to work with teenagers when I was still a teen mys...
Thursday, August 13, 2015

TBT: The 1994 Mid-High Mission Trip

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This post ( slightly edited ) was first shared back in 2010, and over the years it has been seen by exactly 9 people. For this Throwback ...
Friday, July 24, 2015

Flashback Friday: The Ministry of Gumby

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Today is another Flashback Friday , and we are headed back to my days ( 1986-1994 ) in youth ministry at Springfield Friends Meeting . Those...