Who do you listen to?
Ok...we still don't have a bunch of folks responding yet. Trying to get some action going here on the blog site.
Tell us the speakers you like and the ones you don't like. And why?
And...youth worker type people...what is the biggest struggle you are having in your church?
We just want information that will help us as we try to help you.
Tell your friends about this blog site and send em on over.
Lanny
Tell us the speakers you like and the ones you don't like. And why?
And...youth worker type people...what is the biggest struggle you are having in your church?
We just want information that will help us as we try to help you.
Tell your friends about this blog site and send em on over.
Lanny
posted by Lanny Donoho at 2:47 PM
13 Comments:
Happy thanksgiving everyone
hey everyone,
first of all...happy thanksgiving!
and i listen to almost everything and everything, i expacially like somedaynew!!! boo ya! lol blog ya later
always♥
Lauren
Yo Happy Turkey Day!!! You ask who are my favorite speakers. Well my favorites would be...
Louie Giglio
Andy Stanley
Vodie Bachum
Rob Bell
Stuart Hall
Doug Fields
Lanny,
Thanks so much for leaving a comment on my blog site. Definitely made my day. I'm digging the book. It's a really fun and enlightening read. You and the rest of the North Point mafia have really had a huge influence on us up here on Long Island. I'm not sure if you had a chance to check out our church's site -
it's www.truenorthchurch.net
we planted 10 weeks ago, and we're growing fast. Last week there were 378 people at church!! That's pretty amazing for up here. Long Islanders are hungry for relevant environments!
Anyway, thanks so much. The model you've all set up is changing the world.
Blessings,
Bert
PS - We have a brand new youth director and I'm hoping to expose him to the BigStuf camps soon!
I wanted to tell all of you about this cool ipod shuffle accessories. It is a cool hat that goes on the shuffle and it makes your mp3 player look just like a cross. Holy listening.
the Ibelieve
Biggest Struggle, is parents. We work so hard trying to get kids on track. And then when they're doing good, and are pumped... Parents screw it up... They plan stuff on days that we have our gatherings. They down play, the importance of consistency.
That's the biggest issues here in Miami. The kids are awesome!!!
Lanny, thanks for coming by my blogsite - I was quite surprised to see your comment!
While I'm not a youth pastor, I am teaching Sunday School using Donald Miller's Blue Like Jazz with HS and College kids. Issues, in our church? Small congregation with a pastor who does too much, needs to delegate more, and is slowly starting to do so. Lack of youth or kids program outside of Sunday mornings. Would love to chat with you offline.
Andy
The big challenge here in smalltown, NC is geting adults to get on board and work with our youth. You can only grow so much unti you're limited by the # of adults to come and love kids. A second challenge is parents communicating to their kids and setting the example that church is a priority over beach houses, soccer, scouts, etc. Impossible to get kids here when their parents don't bring 'em...
But our kids are fantastic and watching God work in their hearts and lives makes the struggle seem small...on most days.
~~Jenny
Biggest issue.....as a youth pastor I would say the wwho lack of parental contribution to a students life. Its like the parents love to make the babies, but dont want to raise the child. Bootleg.
Ok
thanks for throwing out your ideas. i will respond to a few here.
Sounds like parents are a problem. Usually that is because they have the idea that their job is to drop thier kids off and let the youth worker or the church do the spiritual development. The need to be educated on how many hours they have with them vs how many hours the church has with them. I am guessing too that alot of parents don't have a clue about what a real relationship with Jesus is and what that can look like as we grow as christians. (oftne the fault of the church).
One of the things we may strategically talk about this summer is how to move forward in these areas.
It isn't easy but it is possible. Youth ministry is of course no longer really "youth ministry". It is family ministry and we have to let our staff know as we are growing our ministries that the role has to expand and that the team has to be on board as it does.
Can't do a lot of pontificating here but Reggie and our team will have a lot to say this summer about some of you issues. Try to get your parents there with the kids so they can hear some good stuf.
Thanks for hanging in there and using your gifts to make a difference.
We are open to other folks jumping in with ideas to help the ones who are opening up.
lanny
Lanny thanks for your thoughts and encouragement. Can't wait for the breakout sessions this summer. (we're still trying to figure out what week works best for us). Maybe we'll bump into each other at GrowUP. If I do I'll make sure I have an "I love Andy" button for you (lol).
you know...i'm always trying to find people with fresh perspective on timeless truth.
I'll concur with many others mentioned on here:
Rob Bell, Doug Fields, Andy Stanley, Donald Miller...AMAZING BOOK..., Erwin McManus...ok...now i'm sitting back looking at my screen trying to remember who else. That's a good start...oh yeah...Ed Young's solid...
As far as obstacles...i think there's a few...I understand the parent dilemma...but i don't know that i want to blame the parents, because i think...what kind of 'training' have most of them had? They got into parenting in a generation where teens lives are unlike THEY'VE EVER BEEN BEFORE! I think the generational gap may be at an all-time high for many parents. My biggest frustration is as we move into ministry in a new period...be it emergent, post-modern...i dont really care about the verbage...will the church continue to ride with the tide, or will we stay back, because that's not how we've done it before. I think stagnation (or even the inclination towards it) is the biggest frustration i face in ministry.
Rob Bell
Edward Santana-Grace (www.restwithmfest.com )
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