“One generation shall commend your works to another,
and shall declare your mighty acts.” Psalm 145:4 (ESV)
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The Importance of Professionalism
“We need to fire the youth pastor.” Those words, spoken to my boss, drew me into what became a negotiation process between church leaders and a young youth minister. It was one of many times I have been involved in the rescue of someone’s employment in a church. Most of these situations have been about…
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Epic messages and Video
You can listen to the teaching of The Rev. David Charney at Epic, who taught on the seven churches in Revelation on our diocesan website and you can view the slideshow video there as well as two posts down here.
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The Jesus Weekend
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Epic
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Rooted Conference
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Is Genesis History? (and does it matter in youth ministry?)
Recently my wife and I joined one of our youth pastors and his wife at the movies to see a one night only showing of the film “Is Genesis History?” We really enjoyed the movie and discussed it for a while afterwards. The film is informative, fascinating, and very positive in it’s approach. We were…
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5 Truths About Churches Reaching Millennials
“Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are pliable.”― Mark Twain I never imagined that I would one day live in a world where any one person’s experience is assumed to be universal truth. What I believe is badly needed today is more observation before drawing conclusions. So when I read this article that a friend…
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Compass: An Experience That Transforms Young Lives!
Betsy Noyes from Sumter who serves on our Diocesan Youth Commission was part of this program last summer that is hosted by Gordon College. Part of their time is spent in a discipleship training at Gordon College, then team building in the Adirondack mountains of NY, and ultimately a mission trip to Iceland! Betsy says…
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Meet Autumn Lindsey!
Last week I got to meet Autumn Lindsey, a 17 year old from the state of Washington who was speaking at the Anglicans For Life Summit in Falls Church Virginia. She is an incredibly articulate speaker who shared with us about how we can engage her generation with the truths of the pro life movement…
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Messages Online From Fall Events
All the main session messages from our fall events are now online at scyouth.org under their respective event pages. Here is the first one with Jaquelle Crowe speaking to our middle school students about how the gospel changes our identity. http://www.scyouth.org/uploads/2008/09/Jaquelle-How-The-Gospel-Changes-Our-Identity.mp3
