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Communicating Throughout the Week

admin — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:38:57 +0000

Here’s another video from Tim Schmoyer for a session he did in the media center at the National Youth Ministry Conference last week. He talks about the tools he uses to keep the lines of communication open between him and the students and parents in his ministry.

Communicating with teens and parents throughout the week from Tim Schmoyer on Vimeo.

You may also find some helpful links on this topic on our Communcation Tools page.

What are the best tools you use?

Leaders are Learners

admin — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:06:32 +0000

I am always on the prowl for good leadership resources: books, dvd’s, mp3′s, etc. When I attend a conference I often buy sessions and workshops that I could not attend at sites like these ($3.50-$30):
National Youth Ministry Conference (Now the Simply Youth Ministry Conference)
National Youth Workers Convention
Founders Week at Moody Bible

Maybe a conference is not in your budget but you still need to pause and refresh in the office by popping in a few good leadership dvd’s ($150-$200):
Willow Creek Leadership Summit
Catalyst

If you are willing to spend a little more and looking for a more versatile resource you should check out Catalyst Filter.com. For $144 you get a one-year membership to online content from Catalyst. You will have access to downloads, audio and video from Catalyst, and some perks (like 10% off at the apple store – that is better than the educational discount). FILTER also includes the quarterly “Aqua Box” containing all types of resources (pre-release books, CDs, DVDs, magazines, and more).

Maybe your budget is to tight for any of the above. There are free resources all over the web. Here are some podcast and good online content (FREE):
blogs.efca.org/challenge
www.churchmediadesign.tv

These link will open up a podcast in iTunes (you need iTunes for these links to work)
Andy Stanley Leadership Podcast
Catalyst Podcast

Remember that many churches post their sermons for free online. You have access to the world’s best communicators at your fingers.

Leadership Development in Youth Ministry

Blogger Panel from NYMC

admin — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:13:33 +0000

Here’s the video from the Blogger Panel from National Youth Ministry Conference a few weeks ago. The panel was made up of Josh Griffin (MorethanDodgeBall.com), Tim Schmoyer (TimSchmoyer.com), Chuck Bomar (CollegeMinistryThoughts.com), and Me. Although I was more AV support, but I managed to get a few words in. Thanks to Tim for filming this and posting it.

Panel discussion with a few of our favorite youth ministry bloggers from Tim Schmoyer on Vimeo.

Leadership Development in Youth Ministry

Leadership Development in Youth Ministry

Chris — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:38:58 +0000

Tim, over at TimSchmoyer .com just posted a great interview with Rick Lawrence from Group Magazine about Leadership Development. It’s worth the watch.

Visit YouthMinistry.com/conference for more info about the National Youth Ministry Conference. Me and some of the other YouthMinistryGeek authors will be there hanging out.

Chris