10 Things Your Youth Ministry Shouldn’t Do in 2010

Josh on January 19th, 2010

I really liked this post from Josh Herndon’s blog about 10 Things Your Youth Ministry Shouldn’t Do in 2010. Some good stuff, here’s a couple of the highlights:

1. You shouldn’t buy an expensive video camera. $2,000 is a risky investment to make for the industry’s premier camcorder. Instead, pick up a Flip Camera. They run about $200. The picture looks great. The software is user friendly. And you can take it to any event with ease, as it’s the size of your hand.

6. You shouldn’t buy nothing for your small group curriculum. Instead, buy Simply Youth Ministry’s Live Curriculum. The sticker price will shock you at $500 but it’s a 4-year program, making each lesson about $3.50. Well worth the price for a comprehensive, customizable, practical, and theologically grounded youth ministry. I haven’t picked it up yet, but it’s on my docket list.

8. You shouldn’t buy game consoles at a retail store. Picking up a Wii, Xbox, or Play Station will put you $1,000 after picking up some games, controllers, and accessories. Instead, buy one off of your youth. Come Christmas they’ll get the newest consoles and part ways with their old one for a fraction of the cost to you.

JG

Comments (2)

Jerry Varner at 4:20pm January 19

11. Chubby Bunny.

Mark Cox at 11:11pm January 23

Thanks for this super-practical post! I’ve got the Live Curriculum, but have been pitching to buy a new pro-con camera. I went shopping for flips yesterday and did some price-checking…a pretty cool new one is coming out by Kodak in April that has a lot of good features, including underwater shots up to 10 ft. I’m anxious to buy it but it can wait. I’ll post the link to the kodak camera here: http://store.kodak.com/store/ekconsus/en_US/DisplayProductDetailsPage/productID.169976100#contents