Posts tagged network
April 10, 2010
· Filed under Network Update · Tagged black hills, Change, coming, network, rapid city, sd, South Dakota, youth worker
As a result of our regional youth worker poll and a team decision made at last month’s Network gathering, there are same changes we need to announce.
First up, note the updated monthly gathering time and day on the poster above (click to download the full size graphic). We are going to be meeting on the first THURSDAY of every month at from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM. The location hasn’t changed; we’ll still be at the Alternative Fuel Coffee House in the big meeting room. Buy your lunch and hang out/fellowship with us from 11:30 to noon and then we’ll move into the discussion/training time over the lunch hour. Spread the word!
Next, several youth workers have agreed to take on Network tasks as a team to help facilitate us going into the summer and fall of 2010 as strong as ever. We’re in the process of typing up job descriptions for all the new roles which will be re-assigned and affirmed by the Network annually. We’ll post those in document form as soon as they are all put together and the final Network roles have been confirmed (a couple are still praying/making a decision on it).
May’s Network gathering will be on Thursday, May 6th @ 11:30 AM. We’ll be talking about “Summer Ministry Strategies”.
February 26, 2010
· Filed under Books / Reading, Network Update, Spiritual · Tagged black hills, discussion, Josh Riebock, My Generation, network, questions, video, worker, youth
Josh Riebock, the author of “My Generation”, filmed this quick video to lead us in the discussion of his book for this month’s Network gathering. Watch and jot down a few notes before we gather. I am looking forward to your responses…
January 30, 2010
· Filed under Network Update · Tagged black hills, network, poll, questionaire, survey
Would you do us a favor and take 5 minutes of your time to answer this 10-question survey about the Network? We’d appreciate your response within the next TWO WEEKS. Just click here…
January 15, 2010
· Filed under Books / Reading, Resources / Tools, Web Sites · Tagged book, discuss, gathering, Generation, Josh Riebock, My Generation, network, read
We are going to read the book “My Generation” by Josh Riebock together and discuss it at our March 3rd, BHYW Network gathering at Alternative Fuel. Pick up your copy here.
Title: My Generation
By: Josh James Riebock
Publisher: Baker Books
222 pages | soft cover | $14.99
This is the most honest book I have read in a long time. Josh’s writing style reminds me of Donald Miller in his “Blue Like Jazz” book. “My Generation” is a book filled with numerous stories in a unified theme; more-so than just one continuous story line. The focus of these real-life stories is on the Millennial Generation or “Gen-Y”. Josh gives us a broad, sweeping glance into both his life and the lives of many that he has come across in his time as a youth pastor, member, and friend of this generation.
What is it that the Generation Y – the teenagers in our student ministries – are thinking and feeling when it comes to the church and Christianity? Why are they graduating from youth group and leaving the church? Why are they feeling disenfranchised? What’s at the core of their emotional make-up and how do we respond and reach out to them? These are several of the questions that were brought to light in a very unique and fresh way through Josh’s writing.
I love the approach that this book takes. I think everyone wanting to reach or impact the Millennial Generation should pick this one up. It’s inspiring, thought provoking, passionate, raw, engaging, and challenging. My copy is filled with earmarks that I plan on going back to and reading again. Visit Josh’s web site at http://joshriebock.com for more.
- review originally written for the Foursquare Church
May 7, 2009
· Filed under Books / Reading, Leadership, Network Update, Resources / Tools, Training · Tagged administration, book, discussion, download, gathering, Leadership, Marko, May, network, notes, read, resource, schedule, tool, Youth Ministry 3.0, YS Marko
March 5, 2009
· Filed under Network Update · Tagged counseling, gathering, network, Nic Ewing, notes, students, teenagers, teens, upcoming events, youth
A few notes from Nic Ewing’s session on counseling teenagers from this month’s youth worker gathering at the Alternative Fuel Coffee House:
Important things for youth workers to teach:
The more we can show the character of God to teenagers, the better: sin being a result of not knowing who He is
- goodness of God towards them
Word of God is authority (can’t force it)
- accurate picture of God
- w/out the Word of God we are just another voice
Issues:
Anger/Hurt – anytime we’ve been hurt or come up short of an expectation
- comes when anticipation comes up short
2 things to do with blocked expectations:
1) yield to God (where people are blaming God for hurts)
2) forgive (bitterness, resentment, depression, and ultimately death)
Forgiveness is HUGE (we need to teach students about this more often)
- How can I forgive THAT? (world gives lots of reasons not to forgive)
- As Christ forgave you, forgive others.
- Those who have been forgiven much love MUCH
Forgiveness is a backwards flow of SIN
This is the ONLY solution for anger; we’ve got to be people of forgiveness ALL the TIME
Unforgiveness is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.
Forgiveness is SO contrary to the world.
Emotions are the authority over so many people’s lives.
A MODEL of PRAYER: in way of showing them how to forgive
- show them how and let them take the time to do it
Path to Healing/Recovery:
Hurt
Forgive (release)
Receive (as a gift from God)
Bless (loving enemies/returning a blessing/write a letter of thankfulness)
Confront in Love (don’t “let things go”/consequences for actions)
Two words for LIFE in scripture:
Bios – biology
Zoe – life in Jesus (we are just as desperate for this as “bios”)
Life:
Love
Acceptance
Significance / Value / Worth / Dignity
Security
We either know we have it (the things listed above) or we’ll do anything we can to feel one of these.
- This is the WHY… the cause behind the effect
Visit Nic Ewing at Christian Life Ministries – http://clmrc.net
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A FEW UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS TO MARK ON YOUR CALENDAR
- Amplify Rally – in support of the upcoming Harvest Crusade
- YS OneDay – Shawn is checking out hotel reservations and will be booking soon; let him know if you want to be included (Clay, Pierson, and ?)
- Baccalaureate ’09 – Thursday, May 28th, 7:00 pm @ the 1st Assembly of God Church (more details coming soon)
January 8, 2009
· Filed under Network Update, Spiritual · Tagged 2009, gathering, goals, January, network, New Year, vision, youth worker
We opened up this month’s gathering by praying for God’s vision and purpose in 2009. Then we shared what we believe God has in store for our student ministries in the coming year. It makes for a good prayer list. Check it out…
VISION FOR THE NEW YEAR
SHAWN
- Believing that God will continue the outreach growth that we’ve seen this last year
- While at the same time discipling and maturing students in our fold – taking them to the next plain spiritually
- We’re really going to focus on students hearing the voice of God personally this year
CLAY
- Already planning for a Pre-teen Blast Battle of the Bands event
- Skate boarding clinic
- Online Missions Trip (for details, visit http://onlinemissionstrip.com)
SHELLY
- Touch the kids that don’t get attention
- Get core group of kids to focus outwards
- Epicenter will grow and that we’ll be able to find a permanent building
- Carry on ministry throughout the entire year
- Having a baby in May
TONY
- Grant is good through the end of the school year
- Stop and Think (better organization and funding)
- Pregnancy Care Center (CareNet) – cutting hours / financial woes
- That churches support the cause
TODD
- Praying for vision, direction
- Serving in the community has been their student ministry highlight
- Wanting to figure out how to connect students more to that vein of ministry through local outreach
KYLE
- New senior pastor
- Training for student leaders / adult leaders
- Step of faith: “Fire Proof” outreach
PATRICK
- Make sure my children and wife know ME, not the “church and me”
- 52 weeks of ministry: use them effectively
- Student leadership
- Investing in student lives
Next month, Patrick will be facilitating a discussion on youth culture and, in March, Kyle will be facilitating a discussion on the youth ministry calendar and time management.
We also talked about upcoming plans for the Harvest Crusade. Details and upcoming dates for youth workers are available at the following web site: http://blackhills.harvest.org.
December 5, 2008
· Filed under Network Update, Spiritual, Training · Tagged bhyw, black hills, discussion, gathering, love, meeting, network, others, outreach, pastor, region, social justice, Training, worker, youth
At this month’s network gathering, Erin S. and Bald Bob (our affectionate title for him) facilitated a discussion on social justice and outreach. There was SO MUCH said that morning but I didn’t have my laptop open (because of the inaccessibility of an A/C plug-in where we were sitting) and wasn’t able take notes. The gist, though, was this:
Our kids need to be encouraged to NOT “just be comfortable” in their faith-walk without “walking out their faith” in the streets and outside of the church building. There was MUCH discussion on the best ways to facilitate this, but the bottom line for me? Moving my students from IN-action to ACTION. I don’t want to raise up a bunch of pew-sitters/bench-warmers in the Body of Christ. I want, as a student pastor, to help facilitate a burning desire inside our teenagers to use their abilities, talents, and gifts to LOVE OTHERS (and there are MANY opportunities and different ways to do that).
Here’s a couple articles I came across this week that took me back to Wednesday’s discussion:
