| How to break the babysitter syndrome |
From YouthTRAIN on Sunday, June 15, 2008 @ 8:37 PM PST
in the "Blog" Category.
 by Mark deVries, Simply Youth Ministry
“This church doesn’t want a youth minister; they want a babysitter!” More than once, these words have fallen from my lips. And though we may say it differently, with words like, “All these people care about is increasing their kids’ SAT scores and helping them be lacrosse team captains,” “The last thing that church wants is a youth ministry that makes disciples,” the predictable complaint is the same: “This church wants a babysitter!” more...
Ever feel like this - that people expect you to be a babysitter? Is it possible we are part of the problem? In this article the author offers what he calls: "A Sure-Fire Formula for Keeping Your Church Stuck in a Babysitter Mentality." |
| How to break the babysitter syndrome |
From YouthTRAIN on Sunday, June 15, 2008 @ 8:37 PM PST
in the "Blog" Category.
by Mark deVries, Simply Youth Ministry
“This church doesn’t want a youth minister; they want a babysitter!” More than once, these words have fallen from my lips. And though we may say it differently, with words like, “All these people care about is increasing their kids’ SAT scores and helping them be lacrosse team captains,” “The last thing that church wants is a youth ministry that makes disciples,” the predictable complaint is the same: “This church wants a babysitter!” more...
Ever feel like this - that people expect you to be a babysitter? Is it possible we are part of the problem? In this article the author offers what he calls: "A Sure-Fire Formula for Keeping Your Church Stuck in a Babysitter Mentality." |
| How to break the babysitter syndrome |
From YouthTRAIN on Sunday, June 15, 2008 @ 8:37 PM PST
in the "Blog" Category.
by Mark deVries, Simply Youth Ministry
“This church doesn’t want a youth minister; they want a babysitter!” More than once, these words have fallen from my lips. And though we may say it differently, with words like, “All these people care about is increasing their kids’ SAT scores and helping them be lacrosse team captains,” “The last thing that church wants is a youth ministry that makes disciples,” the predictable complaint is the same: “This church wants a babysitter!” more...
Ever feel like this - that people expect you to be a babysitter? Is it possible we are part of the problem? In this article the author offers what he calls: "A Sure-Fire Formula for Keeping Your Church Stuck in a Babysitter Mentality." |
| When you have to be the bad guy |
From YouthTRAIN on Sunday, June 15, 2008 @ 8:29 PM PST
in the "Blog" Category.
 by Jeanne Mayo, Simply Youth Ministry
OK, I guess it’s just an unavoidable part of being in youth ministry. Most all the great suspense and adventure movies have one, so why shouldn’t youth ministry? What am I talking about? I’m referencing the occasional, not-so-fun role of being the “bad guy.” It’s a pretty raw topic for me right now because less than 24 hours ago, I found myself filling that role in a king-sized way. You see, I had to kick a student out of a year-long discipleship program which our youth ministry directs. Believe me, it was not one of my happiest ministry moments. Yet, I knew it was right. more...
The author gives some great practical suggestions on how to handle those situations where we must discipline. |
| When you have to be the bad guy |
From YouthTRAIN on Sunday, June 15, 2008 @ 8:29 PM PST
in the "Blog" Category.
by Jeanne Mayo, Simply Youth Ministry
OK, I guess it’s just an unavoidable part of being in youth ministry. Most all the great suspense and adventure movies have one, so why shouldn’t youth ministry? What am I talking about? I’m referencing the occasional, not-so-fun role of being the “bad guy.” It’s a pretty raw topic for me right now because less than 24 hours ago, I found myself filling that role in a king-sized way. You see, I had to kick a student out of a year-long discipleship program which our youth ministry directs. Believe me, it was not one of my happiest ministry moments. Yet, I knew it was right. more...
The author gives some great practical suggestions on how to handle those situations where we must discipline. |
| When you have to be the bad guy |
From YouthTRAIN on Sunday, June 15, 2008 @ 8:29 PM PST
in the "Blog" Category.
by Jeanne Mayo, Simply Youth Ministry
OK, I guess it’s just an unavoidable part of being in youth ministry. Most all the great suspense and adventure movies have one, so why shouldn’t youth ministry? What am I talking about? I’m referencing the occasional, not-so-fun role of being the “bad guy.” It’s a pretty raw topic for me right now because less than 24 hours ago, I found myself filling that role in a king-sized way. You see, I had to kick a student out of a year-long discipleship program which our youth ministry directs. Believe me, it was not one of my happiest ministry moments. Yet, I knew it was right. more...
The author gives some great practical suggestions on how to handle those situations where we must discipline. |
| Virginity pledges help some delay sex - US study |
From YouthTRAIN on Sunday, June 15, 2008 @ 6:05 PM PST
in the "Blog" Category.
 stuff.co.nz, 11 June 2008
Taking a pledge to remain a virgin until married may help some teens and young adults in delaying the start of sexual activity, US researchers reported. A study by the Rand Corporation research institute found that 34 per cent of youths who took such pledges as teens had had sexual intercourse within three years compared to 42 per cent of similar teens who did not make virginity pledges. The Rand team said they had taken into account differences such as religious beliefs, parenting and friendship characteristics. more...
An interesting result as other studies have said there is little difference. Whatever way you look at it virginity pledges are not the whole answer. Ongoing discussion that helps young people truly own moral convictions for themselves along with assistance in developing a real relationship with Christ in which they strengthened by His Spirit is of greater value. The former has a tendency to build a fence around the young person while the latter seeks to build resistance from within. |
| Virginity pledges help some delay sex - US study |
From YouthTRAIN on Sunday, June 15, 2008 @ 6:05 PM PST
in the "Blog" Category.
stuff.co.nz, 11 June 2008
Taking a pledge to remain a virgin until married may help some teens and young adults in delaying the start of sexual activity, US researchers reported. A study by the Rand Corporation research institute found that 34 per cent of youths who took such pledges as teens had had sexual intercourse within three years compared to 42 per cent of similar teens who did not make virginity pledges. The Rand team said they had taken into account differences such as religious beliefs, parenting and friendship characteristics. more...
An interesting result as other studies have said there is little difference. Whatever way you look at it virginity pledges are not the whole answer. Ongoing discussion that helps young people truly own moral convictions for themselves along with assistance in developing a real relationship with Christ in which they strengthened by His Spirit is of greater value. The former has a tendency to build a fence around the young person while the latter seeks to build resistance from within. |
| Girls drinking themselves sick |
From YouthTRAIN on Sunday, June 15, 2008 @ 6:04 PM PST
in the "Blog" Category.
 Sydney Morning Herald, 10 June 2008
The number of young women hospitalised after binge drinking has doubled in less than a decade, a new study shows. The report, to be published in the Australian And New Zealand Journal Of Public Health today, suggested there was an immediate need for public health interventions such as increased alcohol taxation. It found the rate of alcohol-induced hospital admissions for Victorian males and females aged between 16 and 24 had increased substantially over eight years. more...
There are some useful statistics to be found in this article along with suggestions for curbing alcohol consumption. While higher taxes and reduced advertising may have some effect, what needs to occur is for binge drinking to become as socially unacceptable as smoking and that is a lot harder to achieve. |
| Girls drinking themselves sick |
From YouthTRAIN on Sunday, June 15, 2008 @ 6:04 PM PST
in the "Blog" Category.
Sydney Morning Herald, 10 June 2008
The number of young women hospitalised after binge drinking has doubled in less than a decade, a new study shows. The report, to be published in the Australian And New Zealand Journal Of Public Health today, suggested there was an immediate need for public health interventions such as increased alcohol taxation. It found the rate of alcohol-induced hospital admissions for Victorian males and females aged between 16 and 24 had increased substantially over eight years. more...
There are some useful statistics to be found in this article along with suggestions for curbing alcohol consumption. While higher taxes and reduced advertising may have some effect, what needs to occur is for binge drinking to become as socially unacceptable as smoking and that is a lot harder to achieve. |
| Girls drinking themselves sick |
From YouthTRAIN on Sunday, June 15, 2008 @ 6:04 PM PST
in the "Blog" Category.
Sydney Morning Herald, 10 June 2008
The number of young women hospitalised after binge drinking has doubled in less than a decade, a new study shows. The report, to be published in the Australian And New Zealand Journal Of Public Health today, suggested there was an immediate need for public health interventions such as increased alcohol taxation. It found the rate of alcohol-induced hospital admissions for Victorian males and females aged between 16 and 24 had increased substantially over eight years. more...
There are some useful statistics to be found in this article along with suggestions for curbing alcohol consumption. While higher taxes and reduced advertising may have some effect, what needs to occur is for binge drinking to become as socially unacceptable as smoking and that is a lot harder to achieve. |
| Virginity pledges help some delay sex - US study |
From YouthTRAIN on Sunday, June 15, 2008 @ 5:49 PM PST
in the "Blog" Category.
stuff.co.nz, 11 June 2008
Taking a pledge to remain a virgin until married may help some teens and young adults in delaying the start of sexual activity, US researchers reported. A study by the Rand Corporation research institute found that 34 per cent of youths who took such pledges as teens had had sexual intercourse within three years compared to 42 per cent of similar teens who did not make virginity pledges. The Rand team said they had taken into account differences such as religious beliefs, parenting and friendship characteristics. more...
An interesting result as other studies have said there is little difference. Whatever way you look at it virginity pledges are not the whole answer. Ongoing discussion that helps young people truly own moral convictions for themselves along with assistance in developing a real relationship with Christ in which they strengthened by His Spirit is of greater value. The former has a tendency to build a fence around the young person while the latter seeks to build resistance from within. |
| Why we need to go to church (Part one) |
From YouthTRAIN on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 @ 3:28 PM PST
in the "Blog" Category.
 by Steve Case, Youth Specialties
I sat in my office with three students on my couch and one on the spare chair. I had been up this particular Sunday morning since 6:00 because I had so much to do before the service began. It was between the services now and I was going to be assisting with communion in the second service. I was teaching confirmation at noon and still had a few more things to plan before the evening youth group meeting. Just a few short hours ago I was warm in my bed, my hand still on the alarm clock where I punched the "quit that" button. I lay there and listened to the rain and thunder outside and knew a round of kickball that evening was out. Now I sat in my office with my nose buried in a cup of Starbucks, trying to inhale every last bit of caffeine from the sides of the cup. My students are yammering and one of them said, "I don't need to come to church to be religious. I'm spiritual. I don't know why my parents make me come." She turned and looked at me and said, "Would you be here if you didn't HAVE to be here?" more...
So what would you say? Or what do you say when your young people question the need for them to go to church? In part one the writer gives some great reasons for us to consider and pass on. |
| Why we need to go to church (Part one) |
From YouthTRAIN on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 @ 3:28 PM PST
in the "Blog" Category.
by Steve Case, Youth Specialties
I sat in my office with three students on my couch and one on the spare chair. I had been up this particular Sunday morning since 6:00 because I had so much to do before the service began. It was between the services now and I was going to be assisting with communion in the second service. I was teaching confirmation at noon and still had a few more things to plan before the evening youth group meeting. Just a few short hours ago I was warm in my bed, my hand still on the alarm clock where I punched the "quit that" button. I lay there and listened to the rain and thunder outside and knew a round of kickball that evening was out. Now I sat in my office with my nose buried in a cup of Starbucks, trying to inhale every last bit of caffeine from the sides of the cup. My students are yammering and one of them said, "I don't need to come to church to be religious. I'm spiritual. I don't know why my parents make me come." She turned and looked at me and said, "Would you be here if you didn't HAVE to be here?" more...
So what would you say? Or what do you say when your young people question the need for them to go to church? In part one the writer gives some great reasons for us to consider and pass on. |
| Why we need to go to church (Part one) |
From YouthTRAIN on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 @ 3:28 PM PST
in the "Blog" Category.
by Steve Case, Youth Specialties
I sat in my office with three students on my couch and one on the spare chair. I had been up this particular Sunday morning since 6:00 because I had so much to do before the service began. It was between the services now and I was going to be assisting with communion in the second service. I was teaching confirmation at noon and still had a few more things to plan before the evening youth group meeting. Just a few short hours ago I was warm in my bed, my hand still on the alarm clock where I punched the "quit that" button. I lay there and listened to the rain and thunder outside and knew a round of kickball that evening was out. Now I sat in my office with my nose buried in a cup of Starbucks, trying to inhale every last bit of caffeine from the sides of the cup. My students are yammering and one of them said, "I don't need to come to church to be religious. I'm spiritual. I don't know why my parents make me come." She turned and looked at me and said, "Would you be here if you didn't HAVE to be here?" more...
So what would you say? Or what do you say when your young people question the need for them to go to church? In part one the writer gives some great reasons for us to consider and pass on. |
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