Tonight’s topic was about pain and stress. We looked at pain not just as something to avoid, but something that God could be using. In times of stress/pain: God wants to build our character/endurance, or God wants to change our direction. I asked the students to assess the stress/pain in their lives. Is God trying [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Central Student Ministries’
Changing the Win
November 23rd, 2010 
joshherndon As time elapses sometimes you’ve got to change the win. By that, I mean redefine your goals in order to match the changing landscape of your ministry. When I started Central Student Ministries over 2 years ago, I had ideas of what I’d define as a win. Today, I can more accurately assess what’s important, [...]
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Tags: Central Student Ministries, dreaming, focus, Goals, Josh Herndon, organizational goals, vision casting 
No Comments »CSM Review 11/19/10
November 20th, 2010 joshherndon With thanksgiving around the corner I felt the social pressure to talk about being thankful. So I did so in sharing my top 10 things I’m thankful for. My number 1 thing I was thankful for was the cross. So how should we show our thankfulness for the cross? By utilizing it. What good is [...]
Posted in CSM Review Tags: Central Student Ministries, cross, Glee, Recap, thanksgiving No Comments »CSM Review 11/12/10
November 14th, 2010 joshherndon After a week off from CSM because of Youth Convention, we came back strong with a solid night. I talked from 1 John 4:21 about how we must love each other– even those who we don’t like. So I outlined what the difference is between “liking” someone and “loving” someone. Most notably, liking someone means [...]
The Tension Between Holiness and Grace
November 4th, 2010 joshherndon I had a conversation with a student this week, and she’s been having a difficult time managing the tension between holiness and grace. She understood Christians to strive for a sinless life. But she found herself being influenced by her friends, laughing at jokes she shouldn’t be, and not having her mind “on Jesus” all [...]
CSM Review 10/29/10
October 30th, 2010 joshherndon This Friday was… kinda weird. There was a 5-day weekend for a big chunk of our students (causing a mass exodus for college visitations and vacations) and a lot of sickies. What do you do on a week when you know that nothing is going to go according to plan? Don’t be discouraged. It’s easy [...]
I Don’t Blog as Much…
October 17th, 2010 joshherndon …because I can’t. I used to be the guy who’s orchestrating it all: videos, dramas, events, all nighters, competitions. Discipleship programs, worship development, student leadership. Conferences, lunch meetings, blogging daily, personal mentorship. Now, I’m the guy who’s sticking to the basics: 2 big events a year. Discipleship. Weekly program. It’s amazing what the difference between [...]
Posted in joshherndon.com Tags: bivocationalism, Central Student Ministries, discipleship No Comments »Evaluating What I Spend My Time Doing [cutting out the fat]
October 11th, 2010 joshherndon Since becoming bivocational, my ministry responsibilities as a youth pastor have altered and the aspects of ministry I’m choosing to focus on has shifted greatly. I don’t have the luxury of putting together an immaculate youth service with lots of in-house videos, games, bells and whistles. I have (realistically) 5 hours a week of prep [...]
CSM Review: 10/1/10 (and lessons learned)
October 2nd, 2010 joshherndon We had another awesome night at CSM– making that 4 Fridays in a row! Since lunching this youth ministry almost 2 years ago, we’ve never had so many awesome nights in a row. We’d always have a week more-often-than-not that would be awkward for one reason or another. I think I can attribute this string [...]
CSM 9/24/10 Review
September 25th, 2010 joshherndon Our night in a couple of bullet-points: I spoke on “Relentless Love”. It was a very simple, but passionate talk about being conductors of God’s relentless love to others! One of our students introduced/lead “Everything Falls” by Fee for worship and everyone loved it. I didn’t play drums at all tonight! Which brings me to [...]
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