Comments on: My Suggestions for Youth Specialties http://mattcleaver.com/2009/04/20/my-suggestions-for-youth-specialties/ theology. youth ministry. life. join the conversation. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:11:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Adam Lehman http://mattcleaver.com/2009/04/20/my-suggestions-for-youth-specialties/#comment-22572 Adam Lehman Mon, 04 May 2009 03:22:59 +0000 http://mattcleaver.com/2009/04/21/my-suggestions-for-youth-specialties/#comment-22572 Matt. I totally dig ya on the whole "big" conference thing. I just think they are useful and have their place. A big conference could happen every year, but i would love to see the actual time and effort and intention dropped into a local network deal. I think that'd be the most encouraging/beneficial use of resources. In my opnion. Adam Matt.

I totally dig ya on the whole “big” conference thing. I just think they are useful and have their place. A big conference could happen every year, but i would love to see the actual time and effort and intention dropped into a local network deal. I think that’d be the most encouraging/beneficial use of resources. In my opnion.

Adam

]]> By: Matt http://mattcleaver.com/2009/04/20/my-suggestions-for-youth-specialties/#comment-22570 Matt Mon, 04 May 2009 02:34:08 +0000 http://mattcleaver.com/2009/04/21/my-suggestions-for-youth-specialties/#comment-22570 It's interesting you say that you love both the huge mega-conferences and the local networks. I'm not sure where I stand on huge events in general, not just YS. It'll be interesting to see the changes they are rolling out for this year's NWYC. You have some really great ideas, Adam. Especially that author list. ;) It’s interesting you say that you love both the huge mega-conferences and the local networks. I’m not sure where I stand on huge events in general, not just YS. It’ll be interesting to see the changes they are rolling out for this year’s NWYC.

You have some really great ideas, Adam. Especially that author list. ;)

]]> By: Adam Lehman http://mattcleaver.com/2009/04/20/my-suggestions-for-youth-specialties/#comment-22466 Adam Lehman Sat, 02 May 2009 01:31:17 +0000 http://mattcleaver.com/2009/04/21/my-suggestions-for-youth-specialties/#comment-22466 Matt, I just realized i was tagged in this post. i must have been drunk. on red bull. and coffee. OK. So here are my thoughts. This is what gets my YM engine revved. -Books that stretch. I think YS does a decent job at this. Keep pushing the envelope. Not so much theologically (like don't pump out heretical books - though some may claim you do - just to be edgy) but keep challenging youth ministers deeper and deeper in ministry. Make the hard challenge that doesn't let youth pastors off the hook. PUSH US! -Conferences. I like the idea of a HUGE mega-conf that YS puts on. It's a great place to YM peeps and volunteers to get really jazzed and refreshed. I've had several veteran ministers advise me, "if you take your volunteers to any conference, them them to one by YS." -Localities. I think the thing i desire more than anything is to be deeply connected with other youth workers. No one in churches - parents, pastors, anyone - understands what this stuff is like (or at least they sure don't act like it). The reason I love the blog/twitter/facebook world is because I can connect with YM peeps and get that "oh-im-not-the-only-one-like-me." YS would be amazing if it turned into a sort of networker of small churches (which matt points out: there are MOSTLY small church youth workers). YS could make that become a reality (as they're already a hub of YM resources). -Oh yeah. Younger authors to. Like me, Matt, JZ, and Jake. Sounds like a good crew (and i'm totally unbiased). Matt,

I just realized i was tagged in this post. i must have been drunk. on red bull. and coffee.

OK. So here are my thoughts. This is what gets my YM engine revved.

-Books that stretch. I think YS does a decent job at this. Keep pushing the envelope. Not so much theologically (like don’t pump out heretical books – though some may claim you do – just to be edgy) but keep challenging youth ministers deeper and deeper in ministry. Make the hard challenge that doesn’t let youth pastors off the hook. PUSH US!

-Conferences. I like the idea of a HUGE mega-conf that YS puts on. It’s a great place to YM peeps and volunteers to get really jazzed and refreshed. I’ve had several veteran ministers advise me, “if you take your volunteers to any conference, them them to one by YS.”

-Localities. I think the thing i desire more than anything is to be deeply connected with other youth workers. No one in churches – parents, pastors, anyone – understands what this stuff is like (or at least they sure don’t act like it). The reason I love the blog/twitter/facebook world is because I can connect with YM peeps and get that “oh-im-not-the-only-one-like-me.” YS would be amazing if it turned into a sort of networker of small churches (which matt points out: there are MOSTLY small church youth workers). YS could make that become a reality (as they’re already a hub of YM resources).

-Oh yeah. Younger authors to. Like me, Matt, JZ, and Jake. Sounds like a good crew (and i’m totally unbiased).

]]> By: Matt http://mattcleaver.com/2009/04/20/my-suggestions-for-youth-specialties/#comment-22314 Matt Sat, 25 Apr 2009 03:35:40 +0000 http://mattcleaver.com/2009/04/21/my-suggestions-for-youth-specialties/#comment-22314 Hey, Kristen, thanks for commenting. I'm not exactly sure who you're talking about, but I was saying that I want to see some books where longevity is a value of the authors. I never suggested anyone as an author. Hey, Kristen, thanks for commenting. I’m not exactly sure who you’re talking about, but I was saying that I want to see some books where longevity is a value of the authors. I never suggested anyone as an author.

]]> By: Kristen http://mattcleaver.com/2009/04/20/my-suggestions-for-youth-specialties/#comment-22310 Kristen Sat, 25 Apr 2009 01:17:18 +0000 http://mattcleaver.com/2009/04/21/my-suggestions-for-youth-specialties/#comment-22310 You don't want to hear from someone who skips around to different churches? Didn't some of those guys you mention do just that? How many of them have been at more than one church in the last 3-4 years? You don’t want to hear from someone who skips around to different churches? Didn’t some of those guys you mention do just that? How many of them have been at more than one church in the last 3-4 years?

]]> By: jeremy zach http://mattcleaver.com/2009/04/20/my-suggestions-for-youth-specialties/#comment-22301 jeremy zach Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:02:15 +0000 http://mattcleaver.com/2009/04/21/my-suggestions-for-youth-specialties/#comment-22301 matt hopefully that money didn't come with any attachments. ; ) matt

hopefully that money didn’t come with any attachments. ; )

]]> By: Matt http://mattcleaver.com/2009/04/20/my-suggestions-for-youth-specialties/#comment-22298 Matt Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:14:43 +0000 http://mattcleaver.com/2009/04/21/my-suggestions-for-youth-specialties/#comment-22298 Haha, you're telling me. Thanks to a very generous couple at church I have some more money at my disposal now and will be trying to take a heavier load of classes to finish as quick as I can. Conversate. I like it. Haha, you’re telling me. Thanks to a very generous couple at church I have some more money at my disposal now and will be trying to take a heavier load of classes to finish as quick as I can.

Conversate. I like it.

]]> By: jeremy zach http://mattcleaver.com/2009/04/20/my-suggestions-for-youth-specialties/#comment-22297 jeremy zach Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:07:25 +0000 http://mattcleaver.com/2009/04/21/my-suggestions-for-youth-specialties/#comment-22297 ps Matt you need to get that seminary degree ASAP. ; ) ps Matt you need to get that seminary degree ASAP. ; )

]]> By: jeremy zach http://mattcleaver.com/2009/04/20/my-suggestions-for-youth-specialties/#comment-22296 jeremy zach Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:06:18 +0000 http://mattcleaver.com/2009/04/21/my-suggestions-for-youth-specialties/#comment-22296 count me in. i am passionate about this stuff. give me a redbull, bible, and techno music and i am ready to "conversate" (my new word for having a intentional conversation about YM) count me in. i am passionate about this stuff. give me a redbull, bible, and techno music and i am ready to “conversate” (my new word for having a intentional conversation about YM)

]]> By: Jake Bouma http://mattcleaver.com/2009/04/20/my-suggestions-for-youth-specialties/#comment-22229 Jake Bouma Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:29:41 +0000 http://mattcleaver.com/2009/04/21/my-suggestions-for-youth-specialties/#comment-22229 Can a brother get in on that action...?! Can a brother get in on that action…?!

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