Chuck Bomar is pastor of Colossae Church in Portland, Oregon and founder of CollegeLeader (CollegeLeader.org). [read more...]
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Cultural Trends….What’s a JH Youth Worker To Do?Whether it be social media, extended adolescence, helicopter (I call them “uber”) Parents or a host of other issues in...
JH Ministry Around The Globe!For years I have held the assumption that, other than obvious cultural differences, young teens are basically the same all...
Random RandomnessFriday afternoon….lots happening…. - Mark Oestreicher has new book published by Simply Youth Ministry titled “A Beautiful Mess”. It’s available...
WANTED: Adults With Attitude!While certain youth ministry “skills” are good…when it comes to ministering to junior highers, a certain mindset, or attitude(s) is...
Developmental DoablesA few years back, I wrote a JH newsletter with Scott Rubin. In each issue we would include an article...
POLL: Nepotism in the ChurchView Poll Nepotism is favoritism granted to relatives regardless of merit. I was talking to a youth worker this week...
Top Ten Worship Songs We Are SingingIts been a while since we have compiled a list of the songs that our worship teams are playing these...
GUEST POST: Overcome the ChallengesCreating a culture of spiritual growth is hard work. It’s easy to talk about but quite a challenge to do...
GUEST POST: Lessons on Leadership from Running a Half MarathonI did it today. I ran my first half marathon. I met my goal, I placed well, and I had...
GUEST POST: Mobilizing Your Student LeadersToday, I was talking to someone about all of the awesome things the Lord has been doing through the student...
The Student ChallengeWhen i was a kid we participated in what was called “Book It”! We got stars on a button, like...
The 5 Best Unknown Deals AvailableHere is a short list of the 5 best unknown deals within the Simply Youth Ministry world right now! FREE...
3 Basically Random TipsLove God Be Yourself repeat Seems easy but if you get super deep these can be some of the hardest...
How to overcome fear…Fear is a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the...
VIDEO: A Football Basketball play?Love this and had to share it…that’s all! Thanks for loving students - Justin
Youth Ministry Job Hunt Part 1I have meet with several youth workers who are currently looking for a job. It seems that there are a...
Cool Illusion…It’s a new scientific finding called the “Flashed Face Distortion Effect.
Self Leadership…This week I went through the hard drive I used during seminary (I graduated in 2007 with an M.A. in...
Best Apple Product Ever…I saw this note on the CultOfMac blog a few weeks ago. I love the feel it gives and it’s...
Old School Tech 2…Bill at First Presbyterian Oostburg Church sent this classic ad. I love old tech stuff, while it was cutting edge a...
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