Summer Reflection
My 1st summer at Gayton is almost in the books. Really, it feels like summer is already over. We’re in the advent of Gayton Youth 2.0, and I can finally feel the excitement building around us. I’m even excited now!…
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$10 Tuesdays
Following up on Kurt’s 5 Super Cheap Summer Ideas, I figured I would share the little bit of ingenuity we have come up with this summer @ Gayton. Starting after school gets out, we will roll out $10 Tuesdays with…
Gayton 2.0
June 1 brought a new day, an exciting day. It was the first permanent step toward Gayton Youth Ministry 2.0, an effort to broaden the reach of youth ministry @ GBC. I’m not “interim” anymore, and I’m not the only…
Enterprise Road
In June 2003, I spent a week with a youth construction mission camp in Bristol, VA, working to provide safer, dryer, warmer housing for homeowners in Southwest Virginia. Two different crews combined efforts on this home, with the labor of…
Virtual Parenting
from the YouthWorker eJournal Concerned that children of active-duty soldiers are missing their moms and dads a little too much, the Department of Defense is hoping to develop realistic, computerized stand-ins. These stand-ins, according to the Defense Centers of Excellence…
Why I’d Rather Separate Jr. and Sr. High in Youth Ministry
Tim Schmoyer posted “Why I’d rather combine Jr. And Sr. High at Youth Group,” and outlined his reasoning. I want to respond with the opposite position. 1.) High school kids can leave a huge impact on jr. highers. I don’t…