
Want to score $100 from Simply Youth Ministry? All you have to do is leave a comment with a caption to this historic photo of HSM’s summer interns at an 80′s-themed ice skating event last week. Get on it – winner announced Friday!
JG

Want to score $100 from Simply Youth Ministry? All you have to do is leave a comment with a caption to this historic photo of HSM’s summer interns at an 80′s-themed ice skating event last week. Get on it – winner announced Friday!
JG

3 Common Youth Ministry PitfallsHad a chance to getaway with some of our youth ministry leadership team the past couple of days and really...
Crazytown eHarmony Video: GirlsA follow-up to last week’s guys eHarmony video for the guys is this week’s over the top dating profile for...
HSM Weekend in Review: Volume 213Weekend Teaching Series: Crazytown (week 2 of 3) Sermon in a Sentence: 5 Things Guys Wish Girls Knew Service Length: 71...
Infinite Reasons to Go to HSM Summer Camp: Team RecLoving this simple series of promo videos for HSM Summer Camp. So fun! Ouch … JG
Instagrams of My Message Each WeekWe’re trying something new with the Crazytown series we’re doing right now – honestly we stumbled into it when a...
The Time Zones of Youth MinistryThis post is generated from a dare I received from members of a “dear to my heart” team of youth...
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...
DEAL ON STORAGE…In my deal sightings today I would a killer deal you might want to get in on. Right now (9:20am...
The Minute To Win It Novel…A few years ago youth ministries were blessed with NBC’s Minute To Win It. It was a fun show but...
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...
When They Walk Away…It was almost ten years ago at a camp that Sarah had decided that she was choosing Jesus’ ways but...
Helping Families Get Healthy…Anything Is Better Than Nothing!The other day, Doug Fields wrote a great post in which he mentioned four ways churches might help strengthen families:...
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...
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...
Yeah, the Jersey Shore peeps WISH they were as cool as us!
“Don’t you know you’re beautiful…”
And the 2012 Teen Choice Award for “Choice Fashion Forward Attire” goes to…
“Love is a Battlefield”
Today’s young people are so relevant!
“Josh, you promised you’d wear your parachute pants! No, we don’t believe that Doug Fields still has them.”
Josh Griffin punishes his interns with an 80s night in efforts to heal the pain of his Homeschool Co-op not having a prom.
Good to see that New Kids On The Block added Debbie Gibson and Tiffany to the mix. Should be a tour for the ages. They got the right stuff!
I don’t get over half these jokes…..I was born in ’88
I didn’t know the cast of Saved By the Bell had a reunion. No one invited me.
I was wondering where all of my clothes went to.
So I wasn’t the only one whose washer broke on them.
Are we late for The Breakfast Club?
Saved By The Bell …. The Funky Fresh Remix!
Val Kilmer wears orange slacks in, “Footloose 2:Toe Pick”
“We’re down with the DC Talk! d-d-Down with the DC Talk!”
Back to the Future (Church Camp Style)
“HSM: Nothing like your parents’ youth group!…Wait…oh crap!”
“have you seen my brick phone?”
The scary part is these are your future youth pastors people!
Everyone got the “Blue Steel” memo except the backwards hat, my clothes don’t coordinate at all guy on the right… but perhaps he’s just photo-bombing?
1) Let’s hear it for the boy!
2) Brat Pack Jr!
3) 17 Candles
4) We tried out for the Cosby Show but didn’t make it for some reason.
5) iCarly goes Retro
5) Man, it sure feels like a full house when we are going through these growing pains. It’s like our family ties only stay connected if we are born with a silver spoon in our mouths and narrowly escape when we are saved by the bell.
6) Who’s the boss will be right back. Stick around.
from the girl in the back, “Look mom, I’m with the cool kids!!!!”
The orange pants weren’t the embarrassing part for Jeff…the embarrassing part was letting the girls borrow his lipstick…
The Past…….. It’s forgotten for a reason.
“WWJD? THIS is what He would do!”
Marc wins! I’ll announce it on the blog in a sec … everyone was hilarious! Love them …
JG