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Josh GriffinMore Posts Podcast 55 is in the Can

We recorded a new Simply Youth Ministry podcast this afternoon – one regulars will love for sure. We had a lot of fun, with a tiny sprinkling of youth ministry. Enjoy it tomorrow, I believe!

JG

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Josh GriffinMore Posts Angels 7, A’s 6

Enjoyed a great Angels game with High School Ministry and 2 of my boys, and it was a scorcher! We sat out in the left field family section and enjoyed hanging with everyone. The boys were starting to get burned so we left the top of the 8th when the Angels had a comfortable 5-3 lead, which they managed to lose than finally squeak out. Great afternoon at the ballpark!

JG

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Josh GriffinMore Posts Han Shot First

There is a picture.
In this picture is a man.
The man in this picture is George Lucas.
George Lucas is wearing a T-shirt.
It is a “Han Shot First” T-shirt.
George Lucas is wearing a Han Shot First T-shirt.

Thanks to Treece among others for sending it in. Ironic.

JG

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Josh GriffinMore Posts Open Doors Persecuted Church Video

One of the highest rated parts of the Student Leadership Conference this year was the Open Doors persecuted church experience. Here’s a video we ran in the general session to raise awareness. They’re looking for more MySpace friends, so hit them up if you want!

JG

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Josh GriffinMore Posts What’s Inside: Tanning Lotion

I love this series. Yesterday Wired looked at What’s Inside tanning lotion. Here’s a few of the better ones, head there for them all:

Dimethicone
Silly Putty. There are many different formulations of this silicone oil — some are soft and squishy like breast implants, others are sticky like bathtub caulk. This liquid variant is used in skin moisturizers and, again, sexual lubricants.

Arachidyl Alcohol
The long chain structure of this white, waxy plant derivative makes it a common starting point for producing everything from fragrances and inks to detergent and PVC. It’s often used alone as a skin cream and an emulsifier, helping various ingredients mix.

Propylene Glycol
Automobile antifreeze, sexual lubricants, artificial fog fluid — is there nothing this slippery compound can’t do? Here it’s used as a moisturizer.

JG

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Josh GriffinMore Posts Church Attendance: How to Count and Why

Really enjoyed Tony’s post this morning on church attendance counting – how they do it and why numbers matter. Here’s a clip, this might be something to print and bring to your next staff meeting or forward on to your counters.

Attendance numbers are important for a number of reasons. Here are some examples:

They help us monitor the health of our worship services. If attendance starts to plateau or drop, we want to know that so we can try to figure out what may need to change so we can continue impacting people’s lives for Jesus.

Monitoring trends also allows us to prepare for future growth with volunteer support, facility space, children’s ministry, parking, etc. It allows us to be more proactive about how we’re going to reach our community.

JG

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Josh GriffinMore Posts WATG Podcast: First 6 Months

Tony and I blaze through some things we learned in the first 6 months starting out in youth ministry in the latest edition of the Who Are These Guys? Podcast. Enjoy! Nearly 14 subscribers can’t be wrong!

JG

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Josh GriffinMore Posts Be Connected Video

Part 2 is online now, too!

JG

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Josh GriffinMore Posts The Cross Cell Phone Tower

Did you see this? Wow … a cell phone tower/cross. We’ve got all sorts out here, mainly cell towers disguised as palm trees, but this is taking it to a whole new level. Here’s a clip:

A local church along with the help of Verizon Wireless may take cell phone tower development to a new and technologically divine level.

You’ve likely seen them erected somewhere along the side of the road or hidden with a grouping of trees, but it’s hard to miss those tall cell phone towers, usually identifiable by their triangle-shaped platforms, planted among our communities. And it’s definitely not often that a town is forced to balance its respect for a religious symbol against a cell phone company’s reliability, but that’s exactly what’s happening in Pequannock Township.

At Bible Christian Fellowship Church, there is a proposal to develop a 100-foot cell phone tower that would be disguised as a cross and provided by Verizon. Not everyone in the town has dialed into the idea.

JG