"You don't have to be an expert on everything, you just need to bring to the table what you are good at." - Sam Landrith "Learning from mentors, or through reading books, or listening to podcasts is important for us to grow. If we want our ministries to grow, we need to grow as well." - Sam ...
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"Students who have a strong and vibrant faith have a leader who poured into them and invested in them." - JC Groves "Students need to see faithful adults living out their lives imitating Christ." - JC Groves JC Groves and his wife Kym have been together 17 years and they have 6 kids ...
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"If you are waiting for the students in the chair to set the energy level for the fun element, it may never come." Chad Higgins "Is important to connect the people in the room with each other and not just the room." Zac Workun "If culture is created through shared experiences, then it has to ...
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"Contextualization is really about effective communication and making sure what we say is the same thing that is received. I am not changing the message, I am just making sure it gets delivered. " - Mike McGarry Mike McGarry is the Youth Pastor at South Shore Baptist Church (Hingham, ...
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"Kids and student ministry leaders need to work together to create a discipleship plan that goes from preschool through high school." - Crystal Mazzuca "Creating a strategic next gen ministry requires a clear vision and strategy from both the student and kids ministers." - Crystal Mazzuca ...
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"Help your leaders manage their time by not putting too many events on their calendar during busy seasons." - Ben Trueblood  "We need to make sure that we get rest that is restful and not just sleep. Find something that you enjoy that brings rest to your mind." - Zac Workun About ...
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"We need to think about the people we are leading and think about their calendar as well. We may be unintentionally filling the ministry calendar, making it difficult for our leaders to navigate." - Ben Trueblood  About Ben Trueblood Ben serves as the Director of Student ...
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"Your mission is unchangeable, but the strategy and how you accomplish the mission can be different. Surround yourself with people who think about things in a different way. There might be a way that is simpler, more effective, and better than the way you always do things." - Ben ...
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"Video games become accessible playgrounds in a world where many physical playgrounds are no longer safe. There are dangers in this digital playground and we need to educate ourselves about those dangers." - Drew Dixon "Many teenagers best friends are the people they game with." - Drew ...
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"We need to peel back the layers of how technology is shaping our world view." - Jason Thacker "The end of the story is written. Technology might change our world and how we interact with each other but it does not change who God is." - Ben Trueblood Jason Thacker serves as chair of ...
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