One Youth Pastor’s Opinion (OYPO)… It Takes a Village My wife was buried in the passenger seat under a mound of popcorn treats. “Who’s that for?” I asked. “The teachers at church.” She said. “This is not even counting the choir members or adult teachers… just the ones who help our kids.” I was amazed. The old saying proves true: “It takes a village to raise a child.” We began to talk through who the treats were for, and, sure enough, each of the 20+ bags was for a separate person or family who invests in our kids. Nursery workers,
Read more →We did our Christmas party early this year. It’s always a battle of schedules later in the month, so, this year, we had ours on Dec. 1! If you are a youth pastor or just someone looking for Christmas party ideas, here’s an example of the games, schedule, devo, and other ideas we used this year… Schedule 4:00 Snacks 4:15 Christmas Jeopardy 5:00 Pray/Dinner 5:25 Devotion 5:45 Gift Exchange 6:15 Family Feud 7:00 Close Food We provided chips, soda, and an Oreo bar with several different flavors of Oreos (all Double-Stuffed, of course). Some teens brought snacks to share, but
Read more →The following is a tale not altogether false. For other Christmas card letters, see 2010’s Christmas Epistle, the in-between years, or the 2015 Christmas Thriller. Once Upon a Christmas Tale Once upon a time in a land far, far away lived a young prince. Times were good in the land, and the king and queen were fair, loving people. The prince enjoyed all the pleasantries of royalty, spending his days coercing others to do his bidding. Subjects of his majesty included several ladies of the realm who were under a deep enchantment of his–some kind of dark magic. Entranced
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