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Re-Imagining Youth Ministry :a blog mentorship experiment Yesterday I was visiting with a Senior Pastor and Youth Pastor of a church here in a small town in Oklahoma. I am coaching them and will be working with them to train some of their youth workers. These folks desire to be church B. They have a missional approach to ministry that to some, feels less flashy than the average youth ministry. So the youth pastor (let's call him Nate) was talking to the youth pastor down the street, who is in his 50's. As Nate was describing his ministry to this older youth pastor this is what the other youth pastor said to him.  "You send me your kids who want to have fun and I'll send you my kids who want to learn."--posted by Gerald Fees I totally get this. I just turned 50. I was raised under youth ministry professors who tried finding the balance to give to use youth ministry and Christian ed students, but hey, we were college students and we were already all about f...

Do you like to throw birthday parties? IF money was no option, name one thing you would want to have to throw an awesome birthday party for anyone of your choice. Would you want to have games? pictures? gifts? a cake for blowing out candles and making wishes? What about celebrities? Would you be surprised that several of these things and more were all at Jesus’ birth? You can read about the awesome birthday of our Lord in Luke 2:8-21 . Focus especially on the angel’s message in verse 14. Can you n ame another birthday party with the appearance of angels? Name just one other where the angels were praising God for a birthday to [ Spoiler alert!] the shepherds! No wonder at all of the Christmas plays kids want to be shepherds! Games: The angel of the Lord said, “You will find.” The angels sent the shepherds on a scavenger hunt ! The Magi were sent on one about the same time. This is a great game to have at birthday parties! They had to search for this baby. Gifts: ...