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Just took a small group of 15 to see what it is all about... All I can say is.. .WOW! Totally changed the kids in my youth group including my two sons and daughter! WOW!... Any one else been?

All of these are very good posts... and if you were going to error in this it for sure is better to error on the side of caution... especially if you are 18 - 24 years old... :-)... You HAVE to protect your ministry... I've been in this game for about 15 years now... I can look at a kid and...

hugs.. ? hmmm... i think they can be abused both ways.. (hug too much or not at all) but so can alot of other things... Have you ever heard of a father abusing his relationship with his daughter..? So does that mean that I shouldn't hug my little girl?... Age old answer... "What would...

Under Authority... It's a crazy balancing act between our church leadership, our own compassion, and being led by Holy Spirit... because everyone wants to think they are being led by Holy Spirit... haha... It's a good thing He is so patient and merciful! lol... Crushes will happen... and...

Hediru, You are already doing more than most... the biggest thing you can do is be honest... and really care... if you don't then no.. you are in the wrong thing... but just the fact that you are posting this in here tells me you do care... Pray with him about his concerns... find scripture...

Romans 5 1. Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2. through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3. And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations...

To clarify about the prayer... I asked my youth... "how many of you have a parent / adult that prays with you on a daily or even weekly basis... or anyone else for that matter"... the answer was... "none... never..." So i began starting our "core groups" services off with me pairing the...

That they adapt the same APATHY and lack of real intimate prayer in their christian lives... that most adults have in their christian lives...

Maybe my influence.. but most use the NKJV... but some use the Message...

That might be cool... or... something I am trying to get started up in my new city... ... In my old city... we had a thing we called "Youth First"... It was 6 local youth pastor's from different churches in our small town... the first wed each month we would have a joint service rotating...

I try to teach my youth that anything that they can't do on the front pew during a church service is an intimate thing reserved for marriage... "making out" ( i call it face sex) necking, caressing, or anything else that brings on sexual arousel for either person... is sexual fore play and out...

haha.. I have been reminding my youth about this for some time now but when i first started... By the hand of God... it just so happened that we had been passing out flyers the week before in different stores, malls, parking lots... etc... and one of the parents had complained (unknowing...

We had a dance team last year that used alot of hip hop style motions... it was really cool... Kids going off to college kind of pulled the talent out of it or we'd still have one...

As a youth pastor, and as I watch kids try to hold on to their purity I get the picture of someone holding onto a pole in one of Florida's huricanes... and their feet have flown out from under them, and all kinds of "debris" from this world is hitting them... Some manage to hold on... some just...

Human video's are awesome ministry tools that are very effective in grabbing an audience's attention and speaking directly to their hearts! I have seen many and used many in my ministry. Youth with a Mission, Master's Commision, and Teen Challenge are some awesome ministries that use alot of...

Hey sign me up too!!! I can always use any prayer i can get!!! I left my first y/p job of 7years in may (due to a hard break-up over doctrinal issues... it was very very sad) and I left alot of kids that really looked up to me to be there for them :(... God then placed me in my current y/p...

I saw your post over in the "Minister's thread"... I am a youth pastor too... In one of your original post, you brought up this scripture, seems like a good one to reflect on.

Kaycee!!! 1st... :D Big big big really really big hugs!!! :hug:!!! 2nd... I will let you know that I will be holding an exploritory meeting Sunday June 20th at the Bootheel Jamboree building, to see what kind of support I would have in starting an outreach ministry there.. so.. ;) you...

Let me presume to define both sides of this argument. Those that believe Deliverance is for the Christian after salvation has come… The argument being from the passage of scripture: Thus saying that if an unsaved person is delivered then the demons will come back seven times worse...

Kyle... Blessings are like money in here.. you earn them by posting and by people giving them to you because they like you.. and then you use them to do things like post pics.. make a cool profile or signature... Reps are "points" you earn from others as you post in the threads and people...