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What Do You See?
How do we engage all students? Why does that one student not want to join in? How come, no matter how much they connect with that group of friends, or that volunteer will they not come to camp? Or come to that event? Or jump in on that game? Or help lead in worship? This question will forever be asked by youth workers both in and out of ministry. Most conversations on this topic circle around answers like, “they don’t like what you are playing,” “they don’t like the topic you are teaching,” or “they don’t like YOU!” But. I want to paint a different perspective really quick. There is…
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The Order of the Phoenix
“So what are we going to call ourselves?” “How about ‘The Order of the Phoenix’?” “Absolutely.” I’ve been struggling, trying to figure out how to form each of these posts. As a disclaimer, though this story is told from my perspective, it is dedicated to Hannah, Dilan and the rest of The Order of the Phoenix. While sitting in my Constructive Theology class, I received an email from Josh, the Pastor of University Baptist Church, which was the church I was attending at the time. Josh had messaged me as well as a few others that he knew had a call into student ministry asking if we could meet the…
