Communication

35 statistics describing the millennial teenager

May 8, 2012 By doug 14 Comments

It’s not an unusual sight to see my daughter fall asleep with her phone in her hand–I’ve often teased her that the phone has become an appendage. Texting, Facebook updates, Instagram, etc… is simply a “way of life” for teenagers.

The question is: what do we do about this reality? Curse it? Figure out how to maximize it? Ignore it? What do you think?

Here’s the most recent stats of millennials and technology:

Courtesy of: Online Schools

Question: How does this technological reality impact your ministry? Both pros & cons? Share it here.

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I can’t believe this is FREE

May 7, 2012 By doug 22 Comments

It seems like every week on the YouthMinistryGarage we talk about the Life Book. We talk about the fact that it’s easy to use… teenagers love it… and, it’s completely FREE!

I was with a couple hundred youth workers last weekend and none of them knew about the Life Book. It’s too good of a deal for youth workers not to know about it.

Here’s a quick summary: The Life Book contains a short recap of the Old Testament, the entire Gospel of John, scriptural answers to issues that teenagers face, as well as an opportunity for teenagers to put their faith in Christ.

Did I mention that these are FREE?

As a veteran youth worker, I’m always looking for great ideas like this! This is one of those GREAT ideas! And, what’s amazing, is that they’ll give your youth groups 1,000 FREE Bibles to give away. How cool is that? I’m just amazed at this idea!

Give it a try! Get your group 1,000 Bibles and have your teenagers hit their campus in the fall.

Question: If you have done this Life Book Saturation project, please share how it went. Share it here.

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Video: Marriage Conference

May 3, 2012 By doug 5 Comments

Here’s the short highlight video from the Refreshing Your Marriage Conference that Jim Burns and I did a couple months ago at APU.

We’ve already got the dates for next year (Feb. 22-23, 2013)…if you’re interested.

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Couple thoughts:

1. If you know of anyone who wants to host a marriage conference with Jim and I, shoot Becca@homeword.com an email to inquire about possibilities.

2. If you want to join us for the FAM Conference next week (at APU), we’ve got spots and scholarships available. If you’re interested in scholarships, contact shawn.king@homeword.com. It will be an amazing event: George Barna, Dr. Kara Powell, Jim Daily (Focus on the Family), Dr. John Townsend, Shaunti Feldhahn… and many more.