tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312842138703048970Fri, 25 Oct 2024 11:32:00 +0000http://snydersjourney.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (John Snyder)Blogger220125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312842138703048970.post-1486069841276185120Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:02:00 +00002008-08-01T15:03:39.832-07:00http://snydersjourney.blogspot.com/2008/08/you-will-soon-be-reirected-to-my-new.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Snyder)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312842138703048970.post-412404344388381472Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:51:00 +00002008-07-31T16:53:29.800-07:00I have moved my blog over to WordPress. Please change the link on your blogroll if I am on it. You can find my blog here. Thanks for reading.SNYDERhttp://snydersjourney.blogspot.com/2008/07/wordpress-it-is.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Snyder)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312842138703048970.post-7710832622768315040Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:36:00 +00002008-07-28T23:38:46.987-07:00I'm thinking about importing this blog over to Wordpress. Any thoughts at all? Does it even matter? Do enough people read my blog anyways? I think I am going to do it.SNYDERhttp://snydersjourney.blogspot.com/2008/07/blogger-or-wordpress.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Snyder)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312842138703048970.post-2522677466659653064Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:18:00 +00002008-07-22T14:02:15.764-07:00Last week I had some great ministry conversations with some really good friends who I have known for 25 years and one I have known for just over a year. The conversations were great and I really miss working in a church. Anyways, as you can see the title of this blog is Spiritual Gifts Tests.We some how got on the topic of these tests. One of the guys I was talking to was mentioning the fact http://snydersjourney.blogspot.com/2008/07/spiritual-gifts-tests.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Snyder)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312842138703048970.post-7846042387698397836Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:49:00 +00002008-07-17T15:50:57.380-07:00I am back from my original home of Oklahoma to my adopted home of California. That is why I have not blogged. It felt great not to while I was gone. You should try it as well. SNYDERhttp://snydersjourney.blogspot.com/2008/07/okla-home.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Snyder)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312842138703048970.post-9168274097263818660Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:43:00 +00002008-07-06T09:52:35.131-07:00I have heard a lot of people over the years say they do not like the worship at ________ Church or I don't like so and so as a worship leader. Or the music is too loud. The music is too slow. I don't like hymns. Now, who is to say that God doesn't enjoy all of this. And I understand that we want to enjoy worship and what it is all about, but we have to remember that worship is not for us. http://snydersjourney.blogspot.com/2008/07/who-is-worship-really-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Snyder)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312842138703048970.post-1526811851043834785Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:29:00 +00002008-07-04T12:29:53.870-07:00I found another video on www.msnbc.comSNYDERhttp://snydersjourney.blogspot.com/2008/07/more-of-my-brother.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Snyder)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312842138703048970.post-3712301610165832476Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:50:00 +00002008-07-03T13:57:13.814-07:00Here is one of our logos for this new service. It was created by Brian Hurst. We now have a Facebook Group that you can connect to here.SNYDERhttp://snydersjourney.blogspot.com/2008/07/sunday-night-service-mariners-church.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Snyder)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312842138703048970.post-8436831447157435298Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:55:00 +00002008-07-01T18:57:04.942-07:00Here is the story that was shown tonightand here is some web only stuff.Super proud of my brother.SNYDERhttp://snydersjourney.blogspot.com/2008/07/my-brother-was-on-nbc-nightly-news-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Snyder)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312842138703048970.post-6411503229709433952Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:05:00 +00002008-07-01T18:14:27.860-07:00This Sunday at Mariner's Church in Irvine we will be launching a new Sunday Night Service. Our desire is for people to meet with Jesus in community, have our lives transformed, and be used by Him to change the world around us.Our service will start at 8pm and last until about 9:30 in the Upper Room above the Global Cafe.It is for all ages and life stages.Come check it out. If you go to Mariner'shttp://snydersjourney.blogspot.com/2008/07/sunday-night-service.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Snyder)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312842138703048970.post-511472633270510579Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:57:00 +00002008-06-26T14:01:21.161-07:00Right now I am at a church 2.0 forum that is being lead by Greg Atkinson. How is your church or ministry using web 2.0? I know a lot are, but what does it look like? How do we use social networking for the church and especially our youth? I think online community can be used super well for youth. What ministries are doing this well?SNYDERhttp://snydersjourney.blogspot.com/2008/06/church-20.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Snyder)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312842138703048970.post-8813128278818293849Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:06:00 +00002008-06-12T12:07:32.391-07:00This was done for their student ministry. So, In This Hour... from Ben Coleman on Vimeo.http://snydersjourney.blogspot.com/2008/06/i-really-like-newspring-church.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Snyder)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312842138703048970.post-4747267587070662676Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:59:00 +00002008-06-12T12:02:27.287-07:00I know you can some how use this for your youth ministry. Some of you might already be using it. If so let me know. I just signed up for it today. Stickam Check it out. Let me know your thoughts. I am sure you will not be disappointed. You can find mine here.SNYDERhttp://snydersjourney.blogspot.com/2008/06/cool-new-online-community.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Snyder)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312842138703048970.post-5360892975160558501Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:49:00 +00002008-06-10T14:53:06.776-07:00The past few days I have really been thinking about a lot of stuff. I currently am part time at a school as the elementary/JH chaplain, but lately I have had this tugging to do more and bigger. Can I do it part time, the time I am away from the school? I think so. What is this more and bigger? I am not sure. I have been talking with my wife about and praying about it. I know that I can http://snydersjourney.blogspot.com/2008/06/called-to-something-more.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Snyder)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312842138703048970.post-5288619729953487753Sat, 07 Jun 2008 17:23:00 +00002008-06-07T10:24:03.135-07:00I hope so.SNYDERhttp://snydersjourney.blogspot.com/2008/06/can-big-brown-win-triple-crown-today.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Snyder)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312842138703048970.post-2844691222602709947Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:37:00 +00002008-06-05T18:40:53.171-07:00Why do we (Christ Followers) call people who don't know Christ lost? They do not think they are lost. When non-Christians here this do they just laugh? Is there a better name people who don't know Christ the way we do? We know what that means, but they have no idea. Thoughts?SNYDERhttp://snydersjourney.blogspot.com/2008/06/are-they-really-lost.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Snyder)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312842138703048970.post-6000022384065237709Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:25:00 +00002008-06-02T16:28:48.834-07:00Recently I have been reading Mike Foster's Blog, Deadly Viper. It is a really good blog. Check it out.SNYDERhttp://snydersjourney.blogspot.com/2008/06/mike-foster.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Snyder)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312842138703048970.post-8944474838060613824Fri, 30 May 2008 19:12:00 +00002008-05-30T12:28:21.913-07:00I hear all the time that Small Groups is where the growth happens. This is especially true for Seeker Friendly churches. I have heard over and over again people complain that they don't get anything out of the Sunday message and that if that's what they want they should join a small group. I agree. But I also believe that you can always get something out of a message. For more on this check http://snydersjourney.blogspot.com/2008/05/are-you-really-training-your-small.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Snyder)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312842138703048970.post-1919181371551547712Thu, 29 May 2008 18:20:00 +00002008-05-29T12:12:20.752-07:00About two weeks ago I dropped my iPhone on its face. Yeah it was awesome. I feared the worst as I picked it up. Yup, you guessed it. The face has about 30 cracks on it. The best part though is that it still works just fine. I got all the glass out that was loose or could cut me. I am still pretty ticked about it, but I am super glad that Apple makes a product that even when dropped and http://snydersjourney.blogspot.com/2008/05/iphone-ibroke.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Snyder)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312842138703048970.post-1631231546275815160Fri, 23 May 2008 17:54:00 +00002008-05-23T11:03:58.581-07:00How are you using tech and social networking in your ministry? Are you using Facebook or Myspace or Twitter? Do you have a blog set up for your ministry? What online tools are you giving to your students? Do you use YouVersion or suggest it to your students? How do you use video and other media tools in your ministry? The more you use tech and and the web and all these gadgets do you tend tohttp://snydersjourney.blogspot.com/2008/05/tech-in-youth-ministry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Snyder)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312842138703048970.post-2354186097433818259Thu, 22 May 2008 22:15:00 +00002008-05-22T15:21:10.559-07:00How are you accommodating the families of your students? How are you including families?Is your Youth Ministry family based? If so how is that working for you?Do the parents know what is going on in your ministry?What resources do you have available for parents?How are you creating shared experiences for students and their parents?These are just some questions I think as a ministry we should be http://snydersjourney.blogspot.com/2008/05/in-youth-ministry-do-we-tend-to-be-anti.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Snyder)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312842138703048970.post-3536475456235622501Wed, 21 May 2008 20:04:00 +00002008-05-21T13:15:31.111-07:00The past couple of weeks I have been asking myself this question. Am I doing ministry because I feel called to it? And by ministry I mean either in a church or in a Christian school setting. Am I doing ministry because this is all I have known for the last few years? Do I keep forcing myself to do church or school ministry when I should be doing another type of ministry? I don't know the http://snydersjourney.blogspot.com/2008/05/why-do-you-do-what-you-do.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Snyder)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312842138703048970.post-3200319453992359740Mon, 19 May 2008 18:31:00 +00002008-05-19T11:34:10.608-07:00The guys over at Lifechurch.tv have revamped their leadership blog called SWERVE. It is a great blog and it looks great. If you have never checked this blog out then you are really missing out. SNYDERhttp://snydersjourney.blogspot.com/2008/05/new-look-swerve.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Snyder)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312842138703048970.post-348329331120529757Sat, 17 May 2008 18:15:00 +00002008-05-17T11:16:54.806-07:00We went to Disneyland last night and i shaved my head. It is really hot. If you know me at all I tend to flip out when my hair is long and it is hot.SNYDERhttp://snydersjourney.blogspot.com/2008/05/happiest-place-on-earth.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Snyder)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312842138703048970.post-7011846925643469554Wed, 14 May 2008 17:59:00 +00002008-05-14T11:01:45.946-07:00I know I have blogged about Collide Magazine before. It is a great magazine for some one who works in a church, but even better for some one who works in the media department in their church. They just launched their new website. Check it out here.SNYDERhttp://snydersjourney.blogspot.com/2008/05/collide-magazine.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Snyder)0