Minute to Win it...

So the past number of weeks we have been doing "Minute to Win it" stunts at Crossfire (our student programming on Wednesday nights) Its hilarious to watch students be a part of these events and its probably just as funny for the person doing them. Last night we did Bobblehead... pedometer that counts steps strapped to your head and you need to get 125 steps on the pedometer in 60 seconds by bobbing your head as fast as you can! So funny... Ill be posting videos on my facebook account! If you are in student ministry and haven't tried these out its good stuff! Best part is there are over 70 games now! You can find all the blueprints for the games on HULU and on the NBC site! Go after it... 60 seconds... and GO!!

Nugget of Goodness

Some of the most fun, entertaining moments I have had with students are so random and not planned out. This past Sunday night in one of the Senior High Guy LifeGroups we were watching the Duke/Baylor NCAA Tournament game. While watching we decided to play a game of PIG on a kiddy hoop that was nearby. Coming up with different shots and craziness to get everyone else out was hysterical. Planned events and programs are a good thing and necessary sometimes!! Don't get so caught up in those that you miss the little random moments that make a difference as well!!

My shot of choice was nicknamed "granny on the square" - so good!!

Passion of the Christ

Showing this film on Good Friday here at SGC... rated R for graphic violence due to Christs torture and death on the cross. For a lot of the students they would have been to young to see it when it first came out a few years ago. In my opinion I believe they should see it with parents consent or with their parents. It depicts what Christ went through for us, Jesus made a way for us to have fellowship with His Father in heaven, made a way for us to have heaven as an option... without it we were a hopeless people! Ideally it would be to have parents come and watch it with their student!!

Good thing to encourage students to come and see the film?? Bad??? Thoughts??

Giving them a piece...

In student ministry its all about giving up pieces of the pie to get more people involved, delegate and allow the skills, talents and abilities of your volunteer staff and students shine!!

I am a control freak, I know what I want, I know what it takes and if its not done to the expectation I have for it then Ill just do it myself.

1. I need to get over myself... enough said

2. God can speak through and use anyone... not the qualified, its the called

I am striving to get more people involved in the programming, event planning, mentoring, discipleing, the ministry will be more effective and YOU/I cant be everywhere all the time. Tap into the talent that your ministry has in its midst. God will use them, you just have to get out of the way!

Madness...

This is a great time of year, 65 teams with visions of a national championship!! Fighting to be called the best and greatest team this year. Tons of games, tons of brackets, tons of upsets... love it! Its a time where people cheer for the underdog, cheer for their favorite team, cheer for the team they picked to win it all so they can win their office pool... it boils down to Passion. Passion for the game of basketball & seeing the classic David vs. Goliath battle and the little guy winning. We love being passionate about things, its in our DNA, its how we were made.

God created us passionate, he wants the same passion we show to March Madness/NFL/MLB/Music/Clothing/Shoes/Friendships/College Football/Texting/Facebook/Twitter/Status/Success/wealth/cars/houses!! Not a piece of it, the whole thing. In Romans 12:1 Paul is challenging us to be living sacrifices, it's our act of worship!!

We Become what we worship...

Staying In Front

With technology the way it is today its more important than ever to stay in front of students any way possible. There are so many negative influences out there in media, something positive is a breath of fresh air. Twitter, Facebook, Texting, Blogs, Youtube... etc are ways that you can stay in front of your students and present positive messages that encourage them in their walk with Christ. There are a lot of people who don't get into these things for various reasons... I believe that these are tools that we can use to make an impact...

The story of the Prodigal son is a great display of unconditional love but it also shows us a reality of the elder brother... In that story the younger brother goes off to live wildly... a true elder brother would have gone after him and rescue him from destroying his life... the elder brother in the story doesn't do this because he is to concerned with his share of the estate, what people think about him and doing the things he was "supposed" to do. He missed the point... we miss the point a lot of times... We shouldnt be sitting back letting students come to us... we need to be going after them... encouraging them, challenging them to live for something bigger than themselves...

Stay in Front of them, Go after them, show them Jesus!

Great Conversation

Ministry gets hectic, crazy, overwhelming, trying etc... on and on sometimes... Its amazing that God can be working in so many areas and you get to see Him at work daily in tons of positive ways and yet those couple things that are negative seem to floor you...

I almost missed a moment with some students the other night that was profound and should have hit me the minute it happened... I had the privilege of joining one of our student LifeGroups Sunday night. We were in a discussion talking about how people in America get complacent in our faith, get to comfortable with where we are at and we take for granted our freedom to worship God and meet in small groups like this without any repercussions... then one student spoke up "it drives me crazy that there are so many hurting people in the world and we do nothing about it... we play video games and think about what we are going to do on friday night and we do nothing about the people who are in need..." WOW... pondering that later I realized I have been way to focused on me, myself and I and almost missed out on a few of our students who's heart is passionate about "the least of these" and helping out people in need...

Dont lose sight of what God is calling you to do... do let yourself get in the way...