One of my students posted this on her blog, so I thought I’d pass it along to you, too. 12 Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity. -1 Timothy 4: 12 gaaah I love [...]
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Teaching Tithing to Our Youth
October 26th, 2010 
joshherndon Tithing is a discipline that the church has become bashful in talking about, especially to our teenagers (then there’s the too eccentric prosperity gospel guys– but that’s for another day). Most pastors feel guilty for preaching on tithing… but why should we? It’s almost criminal if we don’t. Jesus tells us time and time again [...]
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 [...]
Rethinking Student Leadership
June 1st, 2010 joshherndon After confessing that our youth ministry doesn’t have an “official” student leadership team, my friend Tom commented an interesting thought: At the 19 month mark, I think you’ve pretty much proven the student leadership team is unnecessary. Maybe it’s important for some ministers, but your ministry style goes deeper. You look for personal strengths in [...]
What To Look For In A Student Leader
May 22nd, 2010 joshherndon Confession: It’s been 19 months, and our youth ministry still doesn’t have a Student Leadership Team. I’m sure it has to break one of Doug Fields’ golden rules in Your First Two Years In Youth Ministry. All this to say, I have 5 months to get a Student Leadership up-and-running before the 2 year mark, [...]