Category: Student Ministry

For some reason today I have had “Party Like A Rock Star” playing in my head. I know, the question has to be asked, Can you be a student pastor and listen to that kind of music. If you know me there is probably alot of things I do that like watching MTV that could cause some to be shocked however, I do have strong beliefs and will post a blog from a year ago later.

Anyhow back to the song, “Party Like A Rock Star”. I don’t know how I came across it but found this song redone by a christian with christian lyrics. Pretty good check it out. I also included a song that was big in August/September.

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Crank Dat Holy Ghost pt2

This last week was a busy one, Spring Break, Family, The Zoo, Josiah’s 4th Birthday, and Easter. There was a lot going on, but I think I survived. I was glad to rest this afternoon!

This weekend 2 teenagers accept Christ as we held simultaneous services for teens while the Big House, had services for the adults. We have great volunteers and student leaders. We faced some technical challenges Saturday Night with our screens not working but the crew stayed late to fix the problem for this morning.

Saturday was Joe’s 4th birthday party. His first actual party where he had friends he wanted to invite. We rented a bounce house from party guyz and man can the kid jump! (all day, wanted to all night, and then again this afternoon). I wish I had that stamina and heart and legs and energy. Oh what it was like to be 4. The bounce house was great would totally do it again and use the same company!!!

Friday, the family went to the zoo. It was a great day all the animals were out and the highlight was seeing the gorllias get fed right in front of us. Way cool. We fed the birds after walking the whole place and then boarded the DART, Joe calls it a train, his favorite thing back to Plano and met the rest of the Family at Texas Road House which has become our favorite place to eat.

Great Weekend!!!!

This weekend we celebrated our Small Group Leaders with a video of some of their students saying thank you. Very encouraging and meaningful to them and me as a leader. As we watched the video it was obvious to all why we do student ministry, watch the video, I think its pretty obvious.

Started the weekend on Friday taking MS Students to Planet Wisdom. Great time with them learning from Mark Mattlock, Sean McDowell, The Skit Guys, and Addison Road.

Started a new series this weekend called SHOUT! Great start to a three week series on evangelism. Here is a video we used to kick off the series.

We are taking Middle School Student to Planet Wisdom this weekend! Looking forward to hanging out with them! Should be a great conference!!!

The stereotype of the 16-year-old boy is that he has sex on the brain. But a fascinating new report suggests that boys are motivated more by love and a desire to form real relationships with the girls they date.

The report, published in this month’s Journal of Adolescence, paints a far different picture of teen boys than the stereotype of testosterone-fueled youth. Psychology researchers from the State University of New York at Oswego surveyed 105 10th-grade boys whose average age was about 16. The boys, most of whom said they were heterosexual, were given surveys asking them to select various reasons why they asked girls out, dated and pursued physical relationships. Most of the boys had dating experience, and about 40 percent were sexually active.

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This premiered at the Group Conference for Youth Pastors on Saturday!!! Great Stuff!!!

Well today we finished our 6 week sex series. (Praise Jesus) It was a good series that I feel the student enjoyed. We held a panel today with 5 adult men and 5 adult women and two students. We allowed student to jot down questions they had a bout sex and the panel on the fly answered those questions. Here are the questions our teenagers asked:

* How old should you be before you have your first serious boyfriend?
* Why does God allow people to use sex in an unholy way?
* Is constant lust for your wife wrong?
* Why is homosexuality wrong?
* How do you date while putting God first?
* Since love is so powerful, how would you get out of a situation where you want to do stuff sexually?
* Why do people give up their children after they have had sex?
* Were you a virgin before you got married?
* Was is weird/awkward or bad the first time?
* How important is it to have Christian friends to keep my behavior within God’s boundaries?
* Did you regret losing your virginity before marriage?
* How do I handle myself at parties where some teens are touchy-feely?
* Once you are married, is it ok to have complete sexual freedom with your spouse? (any kind of sex)
* Is oral sex within marriage wrong? Outside of Marriage?
* How often do old people have sex?

Our panel did a great job answering these questions. What a great way to end a series leaving students with many answers and some action steps to navigate through relationships safely and successfully.

Tomorrow we will end our 6 week sex series with a panel of adults answering questions from students about, sex and relationships. I let you know how it goes!