Things Youth Leaders Need to be Okay With

If you’re thinking about working in Student Ministries, there are a couple of things that you need to be okay with. If you’re already hanging with students, this list might look a little familiar. And as a youth leader, if you’re not okay with these things (and others), you might want to try an internship [...]

What’d You Just Call Me?

I’m sure we’re all familiar with the “Sticks and stones…” rebuttal to the name-calling that was so pervasive on the playground while we were growing up. The funny thing is, the more I said that little poem-ette, the less I believed it. And as a 4th grader, I had trouble refuting what they were saying [...]

The Youth Office

One of my favorite shows is and has been The Office. I’ve got all the seasons (1-5) on DVD and even the 2 seasons of the British one (the original). We as a Student Ministries team have made a few homages to the show and most recently we made an episode to introduce our adult [...]

Monologue: Part 1

This is Part 1 of a 2 part monologue that goes before and after a “Musical Drama” that I wrote to “The Best of You.” To read the storyline for the drama and to give the monologue some context, check out my previous post. But without further stalling, here’s Part 1. Enjoy.
PART 1
From the outside [...]

Musical Drama

One of my favorite things to do is creative writing. Scripts for videos, lyrics, and even some dramas. And recently, I wrote a “Musical Drama” (use a song and then write a story that goes with the song) to the song “The Best of You” by the Foo Fighters (great band). Other songs I’ve done [...]

The Least

This Saturday, HSM will head to San Francisco to minister to homeless people as well as many others who have been forgotten or ignored and pushed to the streets of downtown San Fran.
Next Saturday, MSM will head to Camp Echoing Hills to spend time with people who have special needs and disabilities and more than [...]

New Series – I Believe:

Here’s our title slide for our summer series (with each of the weeks in gray.) I actually made this using my mad Photoshop skills. Notice how I added someone else’s picture with text…and that’s about it (perhaps “mad skills” might be a bit of an overstatement.) And yes, it has an all white background (that’s [...]

Good Idea-Bad Idea//Dodgeball

Check out our promo video for our upcoming Dodgeball tournament.

New Series: “God is…”

Check out the artwork for our new series on God. I realize you could probably do a 20 week series on God, but here is where we’re going for the next couple weeks to close out the school year. Trying to hone in on some ideas that middle schoolers might struggle with: reverence, trust, parents [...]

Purity Video

Check out a video we made for our Middle School service with one of our leaders acting and sharing her story. She did a GREAT job.