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Brand New: Girls Ministry from Start to Finish

Chris — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:04:27 +0000

We have a brand new start to finish resource we’d love to share with you: Girls Ministry from Start to Finish. Here’s what it’s covers:

Each week, you look at the girls in your church, and you dream about the opportunity to make a bigger impact in their lives. You envision a team of women coming alongside you, investing their time and talents to help teenage girls discover how beautiful and valuable they truly are. You imagine groups of girls gathering to talk about their life experiences and offering support and encouragement to one another. You picture moms and daughters experiencing healed relationships and new beginnings.

It’s just a dream—for now. But you can turn that dream into reality with the tools, tips, and training you’ll find in Girls Ministry from Start To Finish.

This resource is divided into two parts.

Part 1: The Strategy
Who will lead your girls ministry? How will you structure it? How will it benefit your church? What impact can you have on the girls in your congregation and community? This section takes you from “big picture” thinking all the way to hitting the ground running.

Part 2: The Tools and Resources
This includes stuff that will save you tons of times: event ideas, sample Bible studies, and suggestions for curriculum. Use them as-is or customize them for your ministry. They’re all yours. We’ve also tossed in some extra training resources on the challenges facing girls in today’s culture that you can distribute to your leaders. You’re welcome.

Unlock the passion and potential of your young women by launching a girls ministry committed to spiritual health, personal growth, and biblical definitions of beauty and character. It’s a great way to serve the girls in your church—and an incredible opportunity to have an impact on the girls in your community. And nothing will help you get one started quicker than Girls Ministry from Start To Finish.

Authors:

Rebecca Bradford is the director of girls ministry at Lake Pointe Church in Rockwall, Texas. She is passionate about serving in the local church and helping guide teenage girls to healthy, growing relationships with Christ. Rebecca’s husband, Greg, serves along with her as the high school pastor at Lake Pointe Church. They keep busy at home raising two handsome boys named Jacob and Judson.

Meghan Charles-Goad is the girls minister at Green Acres Baptist Church in Tyler, Texas. Seeing teenage girls dedicate their lives and their service to Christ is the driving force behind her passion and her ministry in the local church. Meghan is a newlywed who enjoys spending time with her husband, John, who serves with her in the Green Acres Student Ministry.

Kristy Lohr has a master’s degree in psychology and counseling and is licensed as a professional counselor in the state of Texas. She works as the director of crisis services for the state mental health authority in a six-county region. Kristy is married to Tim and lives in Temple, Texas, with their four-legged children (two dogs and two cats).

Take a peek inside:

Check it out now: Girls Ministry from Start to Finish.

Episode 128: Did Matt say that?

Chris — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:55:14 +0000

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Well team, We are in our new office, and our studio needs a little help, but that’s not stopping us from our little team meeting. Doug and Matt are joined by Jake. Josh is in Africa and in case you missed the announcement, Jana is moving. Some things we talk about in this episode: shopping at casual male, SYMC 2011 registrations have started, other people’s opinons of how you dress, communicating a decision to leave your church, jake’s music video, avoiding volunteer burnout, competeing for students, people are going through big stuff.

Episode 127

Chris — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:05:11 +0000

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Live from the SYMC conference in Chicago.

The 80/80 Sale Event, plus the Scariest Video of Andy Ever

Chris — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:57:17 +0000

Over at SimplyYouthMinistry.com we are having an 80’s won’t die sale. 80 products and you pay 80% (that’s 20% off, get it?). There’s some great stuff. In honor of celebrating the decade of Big Hair we made this video.

WARNING: This video contains a side of Andy Brazelton you may wish you never saw.

Click here to check out the 80/80 Sale.

Watch us Live at SYMC tonight

Chris — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:18:16 +0000

We’ve been broadcasting some of the goings on at the Simply Youth Ministry Conference the last few days, and tonight we’ll be streaming the general session at 7 PM CST. It’s going to be awesome, the skit guys are taking over, so we aren’t quite sure what might happen.

Watch at SYMCLive.com, you can also visit there to watch some of the other activities we’ve broadcast, including a great panel on Marriage and Family with Jim Burns, Doug and Cathy Fields, Ted and Nancie Lowe, and Jeff and Amanda Mcguire.

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Episode 126: Surprise Tickle

Chris — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:10:09 +0000

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The last episode in this Simply Office, and Doug, Matt, Josh, and Jake are there to celebrate it. After having a do-over to start the show they talk about the Live show at Simply Youth Ministry Conference, how Josh smells, youth ministry vs. student ministry, when it’s time to leave, theological differences, free time at camps and retreats, and if the student ministry success is tied to the church’s success.

Episode 125: Bazinga!

Chris — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:15:10 +0000

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After a few weeks off, Doug, Matt, Josh, and Jana are all back around the table. They announce the winner of the Sack Chair contest, the Simply Youth Ministry Conference, involvement of the pastor’s wife, volunteer support, running your own summer camp, interns, video games and ministry, Doug’s shirts, and an evaluation process.

New Winter / Spring 2010 Catalog

Chris — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:38:49 +0000

Here’s our latest catalog. We are really excited about these resources and how they can help you and your ministry.

Episode 124: His Name is Yick

Chris — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:55:06 +0000

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It’s that time of the week again, Doug Fields, Jana Sarti, and Josh Griffin come together to answer your questions about Youth Ministry. They are joined by Andy Brazelton while Matt’s on vacation. Topics include: Simply Sack Chairs contest, “I am a Loser” Prizes, the Simply Youth Ministry Conference, working in a small church, job boards, and programming on the right events.

Episode 44: Redefining the Win

Chris — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:57:22 +0000

Kurt Johnston and Johnny Scott talk about redefining what a win in Jr High Ministry.

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Tags: kurt johnston, johnny scott, simply junior high, junior high ministry, middle school ministry