90º Youth Impact: Matt’s Story

 90 Certification Graduate: Matt Anderson Ministry: Solidarity, Fullerton, CA Title: Garnet Initiative Director Story of Youth Impact:  Most kids who live in low-income communities are rarely exposed to new things and ideas and tend to easily give in to peer-pressure. At a Solidarity teen workshop, we introduced a rock climbing 10 week course where one rock climbing…

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REALITY of Serving Pregnant Teens

DID YOU KNOW THAT 2000 TEEN GIRLS GET PREGNANT EVERY DAY IN THE U.S.? Parenting at any age can be challenging, but it can be particularly difficult for teens. Compared with their peers who delay childbearing, teen girls who have babies are: Less likely to finish high school; More likely to be poor as adults;…

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Sexual Identity Pt. 1: Spoken Word from an Ex-Stud

Whether in school, on television or through social media, today’s youth face the prevalence of gay rights and marriage equality on a daily basis. In fact, media and entertainment are now greater informants on sexual identity than the church. How are you arming your youth with a biblical stance on their sexual identity?  Let’s come…

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Top 10 Youth Ministry Webinars: The Gospel Sex Talk

Review: #10 “Afflicted But Not Crushed: Building Resiliency in Youth”; #9 “Plan 168- Maximizing Your Time”; #8 “ABC’s of Building Youth Service”; #7 “Using Media to Connect the Gospel with Urban Culture” #6 “The Gospel Sex Talk” by Aaron Daily We live in a sex saturated culture and our youth are being bombarded with lies every day. The questions on every youth leader’s…

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Albert Tate: The Family of God

As many of you know, Albert Tate, is the general speaker for next Saturday’s RELOAD Bay Area. We wanted to give you a sample of what to expect. Watch this powerful message Albert delivered on The Family of God.  

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Motivation for Your Ministry: We’re All in This Together

Collaboration is defined as the act of working with another or others on joint project.   If there is any context where this should be modeled, it should be in the work of advancing God’s Kingdom.  Yet, what should be common is rarely happening.  Perhaps it is the underlying messaging of the America culture, which encourages…

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Devotional: Charting a New Course for Your Youth Ministry

“The captain of the Costa Concordia was distracted by guests he had invited onto the bridge in the crucial moments before his cruise liner rammed into rocks off the Tuscan island of Giglio”, one of the ship’s senior officers has claimed.  Perhaps all the details my never be disclosed but what we know for certain…

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