
JG

JG

GUEST POST: My Terrible Ideas90% of my ideas are terrible. No, for real. They’re really bad. What sucks is that I’m full of ideas. ...
GUEST POST: When Too Many ShowLast week I wrote a post called “When One Student Shows” to talk about the issue of when only a...
Skipping Out on SabbathReally enjoyed this take on time off, rest and sabbath from Doug Fields’ blog the other day. If you’re struggling...
Youth Ministry TransitionsThis is a season of transitions in our ministry. In just a couple of weeks the 6th-graders will be moving...
HSM Weekend in Review: Volume 212Weekend Teaching Series: Crazytown (1-off) Sermon in a Sentence: 5 Things Girls Wish Guys Knew Service Length: 70 minutes Understandable Message: This...
May Can Be Stressful!!NEED A REFRESHER? There is no doubt that the month of May is one of the most difficult in youth...
In God We Trust. (All Others, Pay Cash)A Series on How Trust is Often Undermined at Church PART 1: Email Etiquette I saw the above hanging prominently...
My Big Beef with the word “Just”“I’m just a volunteer.” You may use this phrase in a number of different contexts, but in every single instance, the word...
When They Walk Away…It was almost ten years ago at a camp that Sarah had decided that she was choosing Jesus’ ways but...
A Youth Ministry Volunteer Speaks His Mind!I couldn’t be more excited about the new book, A Youth Ministry Volunteer Speaks His Mind….at least what’s left of...
Ownership = ExcellenceIn addition to the normal youth group happenings, a typical weekend in our student ministries includes any number of youth...
Lessons and Games…The Rules Are Often The SameIn a typical junior high ministry gathering, two things are almost always present: A game and a lesson. And believe...
Your Splash ZoneI recently had the fun experience of hearing Bob Goff speak at the Orange Conference. At some point during his...
A New Resource, What I’m Reading and Random Randomness.I’m really excited about this brand new junior high Sermon Series called, “Snapshots; Pictures of Jesus” In this four-week series...
2 Graduation Gift Ideas…I have given graduation gift to graduating classes for years. It has usually been in the form of a Bible or a...
S.W.A.G. 2 (a.k.a. Free Game Resources)More free stuff links. We play a game almost every week in our youth services and these sites help me...
S.W.A.G. (a.k.a. Free Resources)I shared 5 of my favorite “FREE STUFF” websites in the January/February 2012 issue of Group Magazine (If you are...
Five Techie Ways To Support Your Senior Pastor…Words of encouragement do not come easy to me. I like a lot of people, it is just hard at times to...
Mother’s Day VideoLooking for a great video to show at a Mother’s Day Program…Here it is!
Who’s It Gonna Be?!?Who’s It Gonna Be?!? It’s been all over the news! Everyone is talking about who is going to win the NCAA Championship...
New Release! Everybody’s Urban!The word “urban” seems simple to define—but “urban teenager” is anything but simple to understand and explain. Even if you’re...
Want to Know the Hottest Release from SYMC?!THINK YOU KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT YOUR FRIENDS? THINK YOUR FRIENDS KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU? THINK AGAIN! This Book Gets Around...
Spring 2013 Big Day of ServingYouth Leaders, inspire your students to be part of something amazing… This spring, your students can serve people in need...
Youth Ministry Do’sSo much of youth ministry seems to be about what “not” to do. Don’t spill Kool-Aid on the carpet. Don’t...
Change Is The Only ConstantChange is one of the only things that is always present in our work with Group Mission Trips. I’ve had...
2013 Simply Youth Ministry ConferenceStarting this Friday you’ll be able to see pretty much every member of the Group Mission Trips team at SYMC...
I’m not sure whether I’m embarrassed or proud…I know many of you can relate… your husband is the church’s default funny guy. In some ways, it feels...
be… A sweet and dear friend of ours died yesterday. Cancer stinks. It is an injustice. It is...
Wonder Woman Nothing will take me down faster than when my family goes down. My 3 year old got a...
You should try and meet Carlos Whittaker while you are out there. He is the power behind the ragamuffinsoul blog. It is amazing what all he and this blogging community have done. He is on staff at Buckhead. He is an extremely cool guy and you are an extremely cool guy… so you would have tons to talk about… especially about the blogging in ministry world. Just a thought
Have fun in Hotlanta!! Wish I would have thought about making a suicide while I was at the Coke factory this past weekend after the small groups team was done with our conference… such a great idea!!
Dude, I hope you are having a great time at DRIVE. The rest of our pastoral staff team is down there and it sounds good.
Oh, and by the way… 2999… you got one more, hope it’s good haha.
Congrats man, and thanks for what you do!
You might be a redneck….
Hope you are having a great time…Jeff Foxworthy is hysterical!! Great time of laughter Im sure!
Ever cross your radar to invite your DAD to hang at one of these? All I ever get to do is go to boring pastor’s meetings discussing the hypostatic union or kenosis or the five solas.
Coke museum? Baseball? Slaw dogs? JEFF FOXWORTHY??
Don’t think those are on the SBC conference agenda in June . .
haha….^That’s gotta be my favorite comment on this blog.
um…i think dad is feeling slighted. you’d better pick up a sweet father’s day gift for him…
anticipating the big 3000, lol