Ministry

This summer we have been teaching through the books of Daniel (6 weeks) and Esther (6 weeks). It's been light and fun (for the summer),...

Got this from some Barna research on youth ministry: "Millennials are leaving the church. Nearly six in ten (59%) young people who grow up in...

The Wisconsin District of the Wesleyan Church added a few new elements to their annual conference. One of them was a couple of breakout...

This year in Followers I've been teaching through the stories in 1 Samuel. I've already discussed my experiment with this particular year, but I've since...

Every year we run through our expectations with our middle school students @ Hayward Wesleyan Church. We call it frontloading. We share with them...

This past weekend, over one hundred middle school students descended upon the Hayward Wesleyan Church for the Spring Lock-In. I don't know why they like...

After learning about Judge Deborah last week, you would think that the Israelites would realize that if they OBEYED and followed God, then their...

How to Play the "Stocking Face Tug O War" Game I got this idea from funninja.org (they have many more games on the site). The only supply...

This series of posts comes from a workshop / seminar I gave to a collection of youth leaders in Superior, WI called: Discipline w/...

This video comes courtesy of the Search Institute who's passionate about "discovering what kids need to succeed." I appreciated the simple encouragement to be...

Over a year ago, the high school youth group that I lead was interacting with a developmental spiritual growth template. The stages are: Spiritually Dead Spiritual Infant Spiritual...

How to Play the "Pizza Delivery Noodle" Game: In one hand you have a noodle and in the other hand you have a bean bag...