I led worship for RVC Fresno’s Youth Retreat this past weekend at Shaver Lake. I had a great time seeing some of my old students, hearing my man Tim throw down some word, and attempting to wakeboard after a 10 year hiatus. Whenever we do trips like these, we pray a lot for the safety [...]
Here’s the haps at RVC Youth: Since it’s still my first year of youth ministry, I feel like I’m learning lots of things that are sort of “duh-isms” for seasoned youth workers or people who grew up attending functioning youth groups. Things like “kids like to text message” and “most jr high students don’t read [...]
Last Sunday I did my first “Wacky Weekend.” Now, those of you who are involved “behind the scenes” at your church are thinking isn’t every weekend wacky? Wacky Weekend happens every 6th Sunday as we take time to look back over the past 5 weeks of teaching, quizing students on what they’ve learned, celebrating the [...]
Here’s the haps at RVC Youth: The three weeks I spent without fulltime employment were lots of fun. I was visiting campuses weekly, spending lots of time preparing for weekend and midweek services and generally just had a lot of time to think about YM. Alas, I’m working again. It’s been a bit of a [...]
Tim is great. I was leading worship in “big church” this Sunday, so he took over in youth. He was teaching on how crazy busy our lives can be and how we need to intentionally make time to focus on our relationship with God. He used this to illustrate his point: I’m thankful to have [...]
Okay… now, fun, catchy youth group games are not my forte. I have to work at it. I have to stretch myself to find them and implement them. But this week I did the unthinkable. I made one up. All by myself. And I think it’s pretty good. We’re currently teaching Simply Youth Ministry’s Simplify [...]
Here’s the haps at RVC Youth: Losing the day job has opened up a ton of time to concentrate on youth ministry. I’m trying not to spend all 40 hours of my week at the church, but let’s be honest–I’m addicted to the place. Being in the office has been great! I get to bounce [...]
I need ‘em. Let me know what works for you. Because according to this post every youth pastor needs some facial hair. And I lack the skills:
Another week, another reflection! I’m gonna bend the rules on this one and look forward. Yes, I’m aware that that’s a “projection” and not a “reflection,” but–once again, it’s A Case of The Mundys, not… whatever your last name is. So, here’s what I’m looking forward to in the next few months: My first summer [...]
Our youth room got repainted this week! I can’t take credit for any of it since Brittney (our Administrative Assistant), Debbie (our Family Ministry Director) and Makayla (Family Ministry Assistant) did all the work. I “helped” with design. The conversation went something like this: Debbie: “What do you think about fun stripes?” Me: “Yeah! That’d [...]