We play a lot of games @ hwcYouth. One of our random favorites is the “Impossible Shot” game. There’s really no rhyme or reason to this game. You can make it up on the fly or plan elaborately ahead of time. But the gist of the game is this: have an object to throw (it […]
If you want to place a person (student or small group leader) on a hot seat where people can questions for 2:00 minutes, then this is a video you can use as a timer. It does not have an audio track, so you can place your own in the background, or download the video and […]
We play these quiz-style games @ msy quite frequently where we pit our 11 small groups against each other. As we go through each question, the groups who got it right get a point, while the ones who struck out get nothing. After all the questions are done, the second place group gets one piece […]
We call the Abrahamic Covenant the “3 P’s” People Place Presence all for the purpose of blessing the whole world I made this graphic for the story we are doing in Main Street this coming Sunday (12.9.12) called God Provides a Wife for Isaac. We have been trucking through the story of Abraham and this is […]
I love that this video (student ministry) encourages engagement between the students and their small group leader. source YouTube
This is a funny video. Now, not all female small groups are like this. Some girls’ thoughts don’t revolve exclusively around boys and pop culture media all the time. And yet, I hear from my female small group leaders that a number of their girls are enraptured by boys, relationships and pop culture icons. That’s […]
Yes. We have rough, unchurched or outreach students in our children and youth programs @ Hayward Wesleyan Church. These students often come with behavior problems and upset things from time to time. Yes, they do things that you wouldn’t normally expect from churched kids. We make no mistake or apologies for allowing these students to attend. […]
This series of posts comes from a workshop / seminar I gave to a collection of youth leaders in Superior, WI called: Discipline w/ the Gospel in Mind. // Discipline Tips I’ve Learned Along the Way Help your children or students own their own problem. Hold them responsible for their problem. Never get angry. It’s the student’s […]
This series of posts comes from a workshop / seminar I gave to a collection of youth leaders in Superior, WI called: Discipline w/ the Gospel in Mind. // What if a kid doesn’t learn from discipline? A while back my daughter told me that: You Can’t Make Me (in a humorous way). That taught me a […]
This series of posts comes from a workshop / seminar I gave to a collection of youth leaders in Superior, WI called: Discipline w/ the Gospel in Mind. // God Seems to Provide Boundaries and Tutors A while back I blogged a Story about Boundaries which beautifully illustrates the benefit of boundaries and tutors. God provides […]
This series of posts comes from a workshop / seminar I gave to a collection of youth leaders in Superior, WI called: Discipline w/ the Gospel in Mind. // Intentionality Discipline (or maybe we should just say: DISCIPLESHIP) does not happen accidentally in parenting. Actually, you know what! It does! Natural consequences! The intentionality comes […]
This series of posts comes from a workshop / seminar I gave to a collection of youth leaders in Superior, WI called: Discipline w/ the Gospel in Mind. // How does God parent? How does God discipline and disciple His people? “The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in […]
This series of posts comes from a workshop / seminar I gave to a collection of youth leaders in Superior, WI called: Discipline w/ the Gospel in Mind. // Join God’s work in their lives through prayer We have to join God’s work in their lives, not manufacture our own. In order to do that […]
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 involved in a teenager’s life even if they don’t know that they need an adult. That doesn’t mean you force your presence in their face all the time, but you simply […]
This series of posts comes from a workshop / seminar I gave to a collection of youth leaders in Superior, WI called: Discipline w/ the Gospel in Mind. // You have to believe the Gospel That statement may sound a little facetious. Or have some shock value to it. It has neither. It is a […]
I am not a lawyer. I do not claim to know the law. I do, however, know that it is important to get signed permission slips from authorized parent(s) or guardian(s) in order to take a minor on a trip, to treat them medically in an emergency, and/or to use a photo online or in […]
This series of posts comes from a workshop / seminar I gave to a collection of youth leaders in Superior, WI called: Discipline w/ the Gospel in Mind. // What is the goal of discipline? Is it the goal of discipline just to make it through an hour or two of youth group? Is the […]
// Heads-Up Discipline happens in a variety of contexts. The context this topic comes up most often is in parenting. But discipline has to happen in Youth Groups and small group contexts as well. In this conversation, you’ll hear me changing contexts often. Sometimes I’ll refer to parents, sometimes I’ll refer to a youth ministry […]
Trunk or Treat is an event where an organization creates a “street” of vehicle “trunks” (sometimes decorated, sometimes not) and participants walk from trunk to trunk and say “Trunk or Treat!” We have been doing Trunk or Treat @ Hayward Wesleyan Church for six years now. I came across the idea from a conference of […]
“Pastor Jeremy, where do you work?” “What do you do all day, Jeremy?” “Jeremy, did you have a nice vacation at Kids Camp?” These are perfectly valid questions. Questions I hear somewhat regularly. And although to some they feel like “attacking” or “sinister” questions, they are not. Adults asking these questions might be :), but […]