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Moving with the Spirit, engaging race and diversity
This week at Luther Seminary we honor Jane Buckley Farlee with the annual Race, Church and Change award. Her work with Trinity Lutheran Congregation, the only C... Read more.
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Caught in the Current – by Terri Elton
I don’t know about you, but as a family with children in school, this time of the year I get caught in the current. Our family tries hard to be intentiona... Read more.
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Stewarding God’s Gift of Time by Tim Coltvet
Probably one of the finest lessons taught to me about time came from a wise and learned friend from Tanzania. As a part of our growing congregational partnershi... Read more.
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Thank you, Mrs. Jones: The Power of Words that Welcome
Sandy Troyan, Luther Seminary student in Children, Youth and Family, weaves a powerful and timely story about the simplicity of connection for the development o... Read more.
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Discerning mission: The Holy Spirit’s new challenge and opportunity
By Gary Simpson In his August 5, 2011, letter to the rostered lay leaders and pastors of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Presiding Bishop Mark Hanso... Read more.
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Living Your Strengths by Nancy Lee Gauche
“Everyone has a calling. Discovering it is what life is about and that calling does not come from God’s voice thundering from above; but it more oft... Read more.
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EYM Shifts by John Roberto
The Exemplary Youth Ministry Study results indicate that churches seeking to develop an effective formation focus make three distinctive shifts. SHIFT I They em... Read more.
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What Works by Todd Buegler
I’ve been working in children, youth and family ministry for 23 years, and in that time, there is one thing I have learned: The longer I do this, th... Read more.
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On Maturity by Nancy Lee Gauche
What is maturity anyway? Take a look again at the characteristics of a spiritually mature youth from the EYM study. Demonstrates a Personal Spirituality Believe... Read more.
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It’s all about YOU! by Nancy Going
While it may sound like the Exemplary Youth Ministry study was just about these 121 congregations who have it all together, that’s far from a complete pic... Read more.
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The Sweet Spot by Tom Schwolert
The term “sweet spot” is often used in sports. It is that place on the face of a golf club that creates the best possible shot or on the baseball ba... Read more.
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About Your Pastor by Kristen Baltrum
One of the key ingredients to effective youth ministry is that the ministry is supported by the senior pastor. I have found this to be so true. I will never for... Read more.
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Name It by Kristen Baltrum
When I first started in professional youth ministry, I simply wanted to create an environment of relationship and “church fun” that mirrored my own ... Read more.
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Coaching Your Pastor by Nancy Going
Exemplary Youth Ministry is really about leadership on multiple levels — your leadership as the youth minister, your adult leaders. One of the key finding... Read more.
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Dispelling Cultural Myths by Tim Coltvet
In Disconnected: Parenting Teens in a MySpace World, Chap and Dee Clark take on a popular cultural myth that, sadly, most of us in youth ministry buy hook, line... Read more.
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Participatory Faith by Anita Smallin
Earlier this week, I was reminded of an article I read about the Facebook generation. In this article Gary Hamel lists 12 ideas that the Facebook generati... Read more.
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The Dangers of the EYM: Fad, Fiction, or Future? by Jerry Watts
I was talking to a friend this week who wondered if all the hype about Exemplary Youth Ministry wasn’t just that. He was not discounting all the good stuf... Read more.
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Life Teams Part IV by Jerry Watts
Moving into a youth ministry marked by mature faith markers is slow work sometimes. But living in Jesus’ promise in Matthew 28 to be with us always ... Read more.
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Life Teams Part III by Jerry Watts
I thought I was just going to dinner with my wife and kids at the Chili’s by my house one night. As the hostess seated us, we walked past a table, and the... Read more.
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Leveling the Playing Field by Nancy Going
EYM levels the playing field: We used to think that great youth ministry was built pretty much exclusively around a dynamic youth minister, so the church who fo... Read more.
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Life Teams by Jerry Watts
For years I have struggled to move beyond the “if we build it they will come” programmatic formula for youth ministry. In my quest for fidelity to t... Read more.