Part three of my reaction to the groundSWELL online conference focuses in on the idea of service. (Check out parts one and two from last week if you haven’t already.) The youth speaking shared the importance of having kids and youth involved in serving both in and outside the church. They were challenging the church… Continue reading Serve! And Let ME serve! (groundSWELL part 3)
Category: Youth Ministry
Relationships, Relationships, Relationships (groundSWELL part 2)
Yesterday I began a series of posts reflecting on the groundSWELL online conference I attended. This conference was a compilation of teenagers from all across the country sharing with church leaders what needs to happen in order for the church to reach their generation. In addition to yesterday’s topic of being real, another theme that… Continue reading Relationships, Relationships, Relationships (groundSWELL part 2)
Be Real! (groundSWELL part 1)
(NOTE: Sorry for those of you that may have recieved a weird blog post right before this with just random quotes. Somehow it published an old draft of the post with some notes of mine instead of the actual post that was up on my screen. Ignore it and read this instead. 🙂 Thanks!) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~… Continue reading Be Real! (groundSWELL part 1)
Crossroads
A couple weeks ago I mentioned having this sense of God really being at work doing something in my life, in the lives of people around me, and in the ministry of First Trinity. One of the many places I see amazing things happen is in our high school ministry called Crossroads. I realized this… Continue reading Crossroads
Our Prince of Peace
Pausing at the end of a busy day... a busy week. Setting aside computer problems and random stressors. Breathing in, breathing out. I stop before leaving work and hear the choir rehearsing, reminding: How deep the Father's love for us How vast beyond all measure I recall the many ways I witnessed that deep love… Continue reading Our Prince of Peace
I’ll Love You Forever!
I was just wandering through Dollar Tree trying to find the something I needed when I heard the conversation. They were just two twenty-somethings co-workers trying to pass time as they restocked the shelves. "Oh did I tell you..." one asks the other as if she's simply going to state some random fact about her… Continue reading I’ll Love You Forever!
The Presence of God Around Us
This past weekend was a lot of fun for me in ministry... a little crazy... but a lot of fun. It seems that the Christmas season creates opportunities for people to connect with each other than normally wouldn't be around. Over the past week or so, this has been the case time and time again:… Continue reading The Presence of God Around Us
In Awe and in Prayer on a Tuesday Morning…
Students from AT LEAST 10 churches and 22 schools from all over WNY gathered at First Trinity Saturday night to watch a movie that proclaimed the gospel of Jesus and challenged them to make a difference in the lives of people around them. As I sit here in my office on Tuesday morning, praying for… Continue reading In Awe and in Prayer on a Tuesday Morning…
I Believe
Below are the lyrics for the song “I Believe” written by the First Trinity Youth Band and some of the 8th grade confirmands to celebrate today. It was so neat to lead the congregation in singing this during the processional today. I Believe CHORUS: This is what I believe: Jesus died giving life to… Continue reading I Believe
This “Lost” Generation
Please... please don't give up on this "lost" generation! Instead, encourage them, love them, show them Christ and help them "reverse" things. (P.S. Be sure to watch the WHOLE video!) So how are YOU going to help reverse things?!?
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