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Josh GriffinMore Posts GUEST POST: Bumper Sticker Jesus

…e right things at the right time. It’s necessary to live out what you talk about with your students. I can say “love your neighbor,” but if I don’t live that out, what good is it? It not only pushes me backward as a Christian, it shows my students that I don’t really care about what I’m teaching them. If I don’t care, why should they? Is it easy to tell people what they should do and then continue living …

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Josh GriffinMore Posts HSM Weekend in Review: Volume 52

Weekend Teaching Series: Backward$: week 2 (series finale) Sermon Title: Good for Your Heart Sermon in a Sentence: Learning to give is a backwards way of thinking. Weekend Scale of Difficulty: 6 out of 10 Attendance: Down 5% from the previous weekend, up 104% from the same weekend last year Service Length: 78 minutes Understandable Message: This weekend we ended up our 2-week series on giving with a look beyond money. I recapped last week’…

1 View Comments June 7, 2009

Josh GriffinMore Posts $drawkcab – HSM’s New Giving Series

We’re doing a giving series next (see our summer teaching calendar here) called $drawkcab. We’re super excited about it – if you didn’t see it off hand it is backwards spelled … wait for it … backward. The idea is we’re going to teach about money from the perspective of the Bible, which is the opposite of the world’s view. The only problem is its clever, but not clear. So, we’re on the hunt f…

12 View Comments May 12, 2009

Josh GriffinMore Posts 3 Things to Remember Every Day

…ccess of your ministry than you probably think. Be faithful and work hard, but know that it is God that brings in the increase and it is all about Him. When you start to think you’re something, you’ve taken a step backward. It’s not about numbers. Success in youth ministry is about more than numbers. Some well-meaning people around you might thing otherwise, but they’re wrong. You can tell them that. Good youth ministry is…

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Add Comment March 25, 2009

Josh GriffinMore Posts How Are Students Giving in Your Youth Ministry?

We’re doing a 2-week series soon in our high school ministry about giving (called BACKWARD$), and as we were talking about it today some good questions came up. How should students give to the church? We rambled off a bunch of questions from there: Do you take an offering? Do you pass an actual basket or at least have someone/something to collect offerings at the door? Is an offering/giving mentioned from up front at all? Are there other …

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9 View Comments May 20, 2009

Josh GriffinMore Posts HSM Weekend in Review: Volume 50

…cited to see how our students can take what they’ve learned back to their schools and lives, and bring friends from their schools back to church. A great series, sure to be an annual event in HSM from now on. Next week: Backward$ (2 week series on giving) …

3 View Comments May 24, 2009

Josh GriffinMore Posts Youth Pastor Loses His Cool

… Crescent Lake Christian Academy. Authorities said the teen missed Boudreaux with one throw but then knocked the youth minister’s glasses off with the next. The boy apologized, authorities said, but Boudreaux pushed him backward, and when the teen got up again Boudreaux kicked him in the groin and left. …