This video is quite honestly the best student video we’ve ever had in our high school ministry. You Own the Weekend is my favorite series of the year … incredible.
JG
This video is quite honestly the best student video we’ve ever had in our high school ministry. You Own the Weekend is my favorite series of the year … incredible.
JG
Here’s the bumper video created for our You Are Here series – the student version of the What On Earth Am I Here For church-wide campaign.
JG
Our high school ministry does really well with funny videos and usually comes up with some pretty strong programming bits for our youth group services. What I like about this video is that is sets up the students’ sharing time so well. Good stuff!
JG
We used this video last weekend for our fall kickoff – the original idea was the place amazing guitar music behind Travis’ epic pretend tunes, but the original soundtrack proved too perfect not to use. Fun!
JG
This past weekend we did a message on SHAPE and hosted a ministry fair – as we were looking at the service at the last minute we needed a little filler video before the message. We quickly found this one and it was absolutely perfect! it is called It’s Time to Serve from Worship House Media – love, love, love it!
JG
This weekend our team made a funny video about making a funny video. Made me laugh …
JG
Here’s the final and full version of The Book series video that Parker made for our student-version of the 40 Days in the Word campaign. So, so good!
JG
One of the simplest videos we’ve made in Saddleback’s HSM … but it made me laugh at every service this weekend! A little non-bumper bumper video for the Thanksgiving 1-off services.
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...
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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...