School has started back (parents cheer, students sigh). This past Sunday evening our church recognized this phenomenon by a prayer walk experience. Students and adults of all ages traveled to local schools and prayed for the school year. The schools we prayed for were – Dowell Elementary, Patuxent Elementary, Appeal Elementary, Mill Creek Middle, Southern…
Rethinking Youth Ministry
Listen to Steve Wright from his new book: reTHiNK: Is Student Ministry Working? Is student ministry accomplishing what we think it is? Roughly two-thirds of students leave the church after graduation. Baptisms are down. Student pastors are walking away from ministry at startling rates. It s time to rethink student ministry. This book pairs the…
Teaching The Next Generation
Teaching the next generation is not an easy task. However, it is a calling that the church cannot refuse. The psalmist said, “We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders that he has done. He established a…