Josh GriffinMore PostsChristmas Music Video – Drake’s ForeverFun video we made last year for Christmas – we played it again this year in youth group and students loved it. Sometimes I forget how new students throughout the year have never seen a “classic” video or how other videos (especially seasonal ones like Christmas-themed ones) are timeless and can be played pretty much every year.
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Josh GriffinMore PostsFreshman Music VideoFun video done by our students to celebrate the freshman class winning our canned food drive to help replenish the food banks this holiday. So fun!
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Josh GriffinMore PostsWhole Notha Level Music VideoFun student-made music video this weekend – not a lot of purpose behind this one, just some good fun around the phrase “whole notha level” which AC (the guy in the video) is rather fond of saying. Fun video!
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Josh GriffinMore PostsHSM Food Donation DriveWe’ve been doing a canned food drive for the month of October in our youth ministry – seems like this time of year our supplies run low and requests are at their highest. So we’re helping our our food bank! This year we pitted the classes against each other, and will make a music video honoring the winning class. Should be fun – the lead has bounced back and forth a few times.
Good cause, good prize. Always need both when planning a serve opportunity like this. Of course, I’ll make sure to post the video here next month when it comes out, too!
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Josh GriffinMore PostsStuff Jesus Didn’t Say: AC’s StoryThis weekend I taught the message a little differently than normal – some of it was live and some was on video. This was the second of 2 videos (click here if you missed the first one) we played to help teach the first week of the series called Stuff Jesus Didn’t Say.
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Josh GriffinMore PostsConnecting with StudentsAC had a solid blog post a couple days ago about connecting with students. He is a master relational youth worker in our ministry – definitely some good stuff we all can learn from him. Here’s a clip of the who article, head there for the rest:
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Josh GriffinMore PostsHSM Weekend in Review: Volume 198
(this review was written by AC since I was away this weekend – be sure to check out his blog, too!)
Weekend Teaching Series: I Am __________ (week 3 of 3)
Sermon in a Sentence: Bullying is not just wrong it’s evil, and we are commanded as believers to standup for those who can’t do it on their own.
Service Length: 75 minutes
Understandable Message: This weekend we covered Bullying. We had a guest speaker named Paul Coughlin. He is the founder of The Protectors an organization that helps family’s, schools and churchs deal with the issue of bullying. He gave our students a biblical perspective on bullying, he really educated our students on what bullying is and what it is not. Finally, he gave practical ways students could standup to bullying. One of the ways he stressed was for our students to partner up with a friend at school and standup for each other. Also, if they saw someone else being bullied that they would standup for that person together. He also challenged students who wanted to do more to signup for more info on how to do more in their schools. We had 60 plus students signup. Very proud of our students for taking a stance against bullying.
Element of Fun/Positive Environment: We did a Taylor Swift cover as an opener “Mean”. We played a couple of fun new videos – one was the 3rd episode of HSM’s Sports Minute featuring local school sports updates with a crazy twist and the other was an announcement video for our Halloween outreach event.
Music Playlist: Hosannah, Never Let Go, Our God
Favorite Moment: The song choices after the message this weekend were absolutely perfect. I really felt like the message continued right into the 3 songs – super powerful ending to the message!
Up next: Worship Together Weekend [1-off]
Josh GriffinMore PostsMinistering to Students in CrisisEnjoyed reading AC’s blog yesterday about Ministering to Students in Crisis - I get to work with him everyday here at the church and am so thankful for someone who cares so deeply for students! Here’s an excerpt from his post, check out yoacblog.com for the rest:
Prayer should always be your first response. God has incredible plans for your students, and He wants you to be apart of it. We must stay in communication with Him. Connect with Him for the words to say and the steps to take, as you support students.
Students that are going through crisis need you to do these two things more than anything else. I know it’s so tempting to give them advice because you’ve been where they are or you know the solution to the problem. Taking the time to intently listen and ask questions says a lot. You never know, you could be the only adult in their life who listens to them intentionally.
You are here because you like students and want God to do something awesome in their lives. God is going to use you. We must remember that even though God uses us, He is the only one that can change hearts. So don’t carry the burden of this situation, thinking that you are the one that will change your students’ heart. God is faithful, He will fulfill His promise and complete the work that He has used you to begin.
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Josh Griffin has been in youth ministry for 16+ years in a small church and a big church. He currently serves as the High School Pastor at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, CA. [read more]
Geoff Stewart serves the Jr / Sr High School Pastor at Peace Portal Alliance Church in Surrey B.C.
Chris Wesley serves as the Director of Student Ministry at Church of the Nativity in Timonium, Maryland.
Colton Harker serves with Josh at Saddleback Church. He is currently in his second year in youth ministry.
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