Dan Gould

Tag: Student Ministry

  • Late Night

    Last night one of our former students (Josh Robinson) was in town playing drums for Dave Barnes, so the family made the trek to DBU to hang out with him and catch a free show.  I must admit that DBU has from what i saw, a great campus.  It sits on a hill overlooking a lake and the metroplex.  But this post isn’t about DBU.

    It’s always fun to hang out with Josh!  He has experienced so much at a young age . . . good things and bad things.  Each of these things has and is shaping him in to who he is becoming.  However, I still see the teenager who was asking questions about God and Girls. I see a leader who stood up to do something when no-one else could or would.  I see a friend.  It amazes me how God could use someone like me and yet at the same time teach me and bless me so much in the process.

    Why do I work with students?  2 reasons – 1.) Because if someone hadn’t stepped into my life when I was 18, I don’t know where I would be today.  2.) Because of what I saw last night!  Someone who is trying to find God in all he does.

    Josh, it was well worth the drive!

  • Weekend Rewind!

    What a great day at Fusion!!  We said goodbye to Josh, who has served faithfully as our Student Worship Leader, and welcomed Tyler in as the New Student Worship Coordinator.  Josh is leaving for college.  We are sad to see him go, but excited to see how God uses him.  Tyler, is filling a brand new position at Fusion that we are very excited about.  He and His wife Jen are going to be great additions to our Student Ministry.

    Today worship was great!  Students engaged and we had to bring out more chairs!  We ended our talk on being an Influencer. Here are the Student Notes:

    THE EPISTLE!
    3rd John
    August 24th, 2008

    “Dear friend, don’t let this bad example influence you. Follow only what is good. Remember that those who do good prove that they are God’s children, and those who do evil prove that they do not know God.” 3rd John 11 (NLT)

    YOU ARE AN INFLUENCER?
    But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8 (NLT)<!–

    1. LOCALLY!

    A. In Your FAMILY!
    B.    In your FRIENDSHIPS!
    C.    In your STUDENT MINISTRY!
    D.    In your SCHOOL!
    E.    In your JOB!

    2.    NATIONALY and even INERNATIONALLY!

    A. Go on a MISSION TRIP!
    B.    SPONSOR A CHILD!
    C.    FACEBOOK or MYSPACE!
    D.    BLOG!

    “Don’t let anyone think less of you because you are young. Be an example to all believers in what you say, in the way you live, in your love, your faith, and your purity.” 1 Timothy 4:12 (NLT)

    “Live wisely among those who are not believers, and make the most of every opportunity.” Colossians 4:5 (NLT)

    YOUR PRAYER

    My favorite part was seeing student open to the idea of using technology to influence the world!  I think we have several of our students stating new blogs today . . . Very Exciting!!!!

    We followed up the service with a Baptism Celebration!  Congrats to Paul and James who both were Baptised today!

    Here is the last song we sang today.  To be honest, we captured a moment especially in HS and a tear rolled down my face as HS Students engaged in worship!!!!

    Vodpod videos no longer available.

    more about “Mighty To Save“, posted with vodpod

  • Small Groups

    Believe it or not . . . in fact ready or not, they will be here before we know it. Out of all the years of ministry I have been a part of, I have never been more excited for small groups to start as I am this year. I really feel like this year is going to be an amazing year at Fusion! All of our groups are meeting in homes and each home consists of a Coach, 1 guy and 1 girl Small Group Leader, 1 guy HS Intern 1 girl HS Intern, (interns are HS students) and of coarse students. Here is our calendar and the curriculum each small group will use this school year!

    small-group-calendar-08-092

    I am still thinking through this concept that I pitched to a community of youth workers when it comes to small groups. You can read it HERE! I would love to hear your thoughts and ideas!!!!

  • New Small Group Ads

    Here are the 2008 Small Group Ads for Fusion Student Ministry:

  • BroomBall @ The Ice – Stonbrier Mall

    Last Night, Fusion went to play broom-ball at The Ice at Stonebrier Mall.  Until last night I had never played but heard great things about it.  We had a great time.  We laughed when others fell and got caught up in the heat of competition.  For me, the highlight was not only playing with the students, but the fact that my 4 year old played right next to me the whole game.  He did awesome!!!  Here are some pics from last night!