Youth Ministry

"This Is Me..."

By Xposed2Jesus

Recently several students from the Lancaster, PA area got together to plan and organize a fundraising event. The spent weeks, days and hours gathering and sorting items for a yard sale.

It wasn’t to raise money for their youth group or any trip they are going on this summer.

No, as a matter fact not one penny they raised at this event that took place this past weekend will NOT be spent on them, their youth group or church.

Streaming is a Cheap, Simple and Great Ministry Tool

By Dennis Beckner

I’ve been streaming a low quality live feed of our high school services online lately. I’ve had some great feedback like this Facebook message a girl left for me today:

Excuses Youth Group Students Make for NOT Sharing Their Faith

By Xposed2Jesus

They think the youth leadership team will do it for them.

They are afraid of rejection.

They lack the confidence...

Are We Training Up Our Teen’s to be Priests and Levites?

By Xposed2Jesus

I’m sure by the time you read this post you’ve already seen the video footage of the homeless man that helped a woman that was being mugged. He was stabbed and then left for dead on the sidewalk.

For an hour he laid there with no help.

Have teens become so desensitized they pass by those who are dying spiritually and in need of Jesus?

Self-Image: Who’s the Real Biggest Loser? We’re Confused!

By Xposed2Jesus

The following is from a former student in my previous ministry. In her rant she discusses openly the problem with how teen girls are being misled regarding their image, as well as her own struggle in life to have the “right look.”

While some may dismiss this article as a mere rant, Angel writes from an honest heart and is willing to take a stand against what society is telling her and other teen girls today about their image.

Could It Be

By Xposed2Jesus

Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. – Joshua 1:8

These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. – Deuteronomy 6:6-7

Holding Students Accountable for Small Group Attendance

By Dennis Beckner

Caution: I wouldn’t recommend doing this with students you don’t have a solid relationship with.

I have a small group student who has become very lazy about attending small group. It’s a little ironic because he lives just a couple of streets over from where we meet. Others who have to drive a much longer distance, however, never miss.

Who's Your Hero?

By Xposed2Jesus

Who’s your hero? –is the question I asked the teenagers this past weekend while speaking for Newburg Retreat. Several youth groups gather each year at the Doubling Gap Retreat Center for their annual spring retreat. I was excited to return for my second year as their speaker.

While everything from the games, Saturday night’s dinner, and skits were themed around Superheroes, the focus was on equipping the teens to discover their ultimate superhero, tapping into their superpowers, and then become a hero by telling others about THE Hero.

Point in One Direction

By Xposed2Jesus

Are you pointing your teens to Jesus Christ so they will turn and follow Him? At your weekly meetings do your teens see Christ or do they see you?

THE Cause & Mission Trips A Great Combo

By Xposed2Jesus

Yesterday, I had the privilege of speaking at Messiah College for their 5th annual Youth Worker’s Conference. The topic of my session was “Youth Mission Trips – WHY not WHERE.”

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