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Tonight at youth group, we introduced the group to Dodge-ball. We had a great time with the group. It was good to see everyone having a good time together. We thought playing a game outside the walls of the church might help the people of the community see that we are...

We had incredible attendance tonight for the Bible study with the MCCA kids. There were probably 25 of us total. We talked about how we can guard ourselves from falling in our spiritual life. It was a lot of fun, and they really participated in the study. I think it...

I just read an article on youthspecialties called The Ministry of Presence. It's a great look at what youth ministry really is all about. It helps me realize what I'm really trying to instill in the lives of the future youth pastors of this country. It also explains...

Tonight they celebrate Mexican Independence Day. We went to church for a party where we ate lots of good Mexican food, including pozole, beef tacos, sopes, and drank jamaica water and horchata water. It was awesome. There was a similar fiesta at the seminary on...

Finally! I finished my Principles of the Christian Life class that I am taking as part of the Advancement in Ministry (AIM) program at Columbia Biblical Seminary. Today was the due date, so I finished my integrative essay and my term project, a 10 page analysis of The...

Today, I had a great talk with Huberto, one of the youth ministry majors at the seminary. He is the only one that is working as a youth pastor at his own church. He told me many encouraging things, but this story stands out as being awesome. Two weeks ago was pastor...

While Janell worked on lesson plans, I used the day off to work on a paper for my Theology class at Columbia Biblical Seminary and listen to the Miami Dolphins lose to the Tennessee Titans. Through the wonders of modern technology, and the NFL's new Field Pass, I...

Cosmetic Kids Dolling up as early as Seven - In my Youth Ministry 110 class, we begin the class by talking about the ages of adolescence. One of the cultural reasons adolescence is beginning earlier and earlier is because mothers are encouraging their girls to grow up...

We had an after-school fellowship at MCCA today, called NON-Detention. We had a great time playing wiffle ball, four square, soccer, and basketball. We had about 25 students there, and the purpose was to just build relationships with each other. We'll start next...