"Maybe what we see at camp is meant to push our low moments a little bit higher than they were before. Rather than my ministry needs to feel like camp every week." - Ben Trueblood "I think our churches have to do a better job of creating memorable moments for families that are connected to the ...
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"Students connect to stories, so share your story about how God called you into ministry." - Shane Pruitt "Invite people into your calendar to show them what ministry looks like and give them an opportunity to serve." - Shane Pruitt Shane Pruitt serves as the National Next Gen Director ...
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"We need to talk less and listen more." - Mark Dance "Time management is a big challenge that needs to be a priority in your life." - Mark Dance Mark Dance served as a lead pastor/planter for 27 years before launching Lifeway Pastors, the Care4Pastors Network, and Oklahoma’s Ministry ...
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"When the busy is the result of procrastination or the wrong priorities, it makes it hard to get the rest we need." - Zac Workun "You are measured by who God is and who He says you are. Being faithful is living into that." - Chad Higgins About Ben Trueblood Ben serves ...
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"Finding community with other student pastors is vitally important " - Zach Wyatt "Student pastors have to focus on more than just their strategic ministry. Their personal walk with The Lord and their family life must be the top priority." - Zach Wyatt Zach Wyatt has served as the ...
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"Often students remember serving or time spent in their small group with a leader over coffee or lunch, and it's those moments that tend to last. What would it look like if more of our time was spent setting up moments that last." - Ben Trueblood "Create student ministry traditions that allow ...
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"Find someone who you can be accountable to who doesn't care about your title or your past." - Lee Wilson "My first ministry is my family." - Lee Wilson Lee Wilson learned the power of purpose early in life. Growing up in the inner-city of Houston, Texas, Lee witnessed the profound ...
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"If you have to do ministry with less, then you can do a lot with relationships and being people." - Ben Trueblood "The challenge in ministry beyond what we say but also including how will students engage with it." - Zac Workun About Ben Trueblood Ben serves as the ...
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"Spiritual disciplines should be intentional, substantial, and sustainable" - Curtis Zackery "Suffering allows us to see who we are now because of what we have experienced." - Curtis Zackery Curtis Zackery (CZ) is known for his contagious passion for the gospel which ...
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"Ethnic unity can only come through relationships. Proximity creates empathy. " - Dr. Bryan Loritts Dr. Bryan Loritts (D.Min., Liberty University) is the Teaching Pastor at The Summit Church. An award-winning author of seven books, Dr. Loritts has spent the bulk of his ministry serving ...
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