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		<title>YouthWorks takes over YS</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:53:42 +0000</pubDate>
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As many of you already knew, there had been a strange brew mixing over the past month or so with Youth Specialties.  I recently wrote about the &#8220;letting go&#8221; of long-time YS president Mark Oestreicher and I, like many of you, assumed more changes would be shortly arriving.    The release of YS Marko
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		<title>Long-Term youth ministry</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
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Are you in it for the long haul?
National statistics indicate that the average term a youth pastor stays at a church is 18 months. I am not very good with math, but that appears to be more than one year and less than two.
I hate to do this, but I must ask you these questions?
Are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=emergingyouth.wordpress.com&blog=4797995&post=938&subd=emergingyouth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A funeral, a U2 concert, and a new way of thinking about effective youth ministry teams</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may be wondering what this title means.   You just have to read to find out!
In the span of one week, my view of volunteers changed completely.
I have always appreciated my volunteers for their time committment and dedication. After all, I get paid to do what I do.  These volunteers do not.  They work [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=emergingyouth.wordpress.com&blog=4797995&post=848&subd=emergingyouth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The firing of YS Marko</title>
		<link>http://emergingyouth.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/the-firing-of-ys-marko/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:39:59 +0000</pubDate>
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The youth ministry world took a big hit this morning.  A press release from Youth specialties and their parent company Zondervan announced the &#8220;release&#8221; of YS president Mark Oestreicher.
YS press release
I haven&#8217;t had much time to think about this, and perhaps I should wait a few weeks to reflect&#8230;
But nevertheless I feel compelled to write. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=emergingyouth.wordpress.com&blog=4797995&post=898&subd=emergingyouth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Relationships Unfiltered</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
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Zondervan was kind enough to send me Andrew Root&#8217;s second book, Relationships Unfiltered, and I am glad they did.  I am not sure what the official release date was or is, but if you have not picked up this book, you will want to.  Author  and former youth pastor Tony Jones writes, &#8220;Relationships Unfiltered is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=emergingyouth.wordpress.com&blog=4797995&post=884&subd=emergingyouth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>$5 Training recap</title>
		<link>http://emergingyouth.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/5-training-recap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past weekend, Chris Folmsbee traveled from Kansas City to Bedford NY.  We had the priviledge of hosting the $5 Training from Barefoot Ministries.

Chris is the author of A New Kind of Youth Ministry and upcoming book Story, Signs and Sacred Rhythms: A Narrative Approach to Youth Ministry.  He has traveled the world, speaking and training [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=emergingyouth.wordpress.com&blog=4797995&post=846&subd=emergingyouth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My top 5 list for youth workers</title>
		<link>http://emergingyouth.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/my-top-5-list-for-youth-workers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I meet new youth workers in my area, I am often asked the question &#8220;What books or resources do you recommend?&#8221;  My thoughts have changed over the years, but having read most youth ministry books out there, I have come to some decisions.  Granted, every youth worker is different and so is every context [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=emergingyouth.wordpress.com&blog=4797995&post=853&subd=emergingyouth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Contemplative Youth Ministry- by Mark Yaconelli</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
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I must admit that I was a bit skeptical prior to reading this book.   However, after reading through the book for a second time, it has become one of my favorite youth ministry books.  Mark Yaconelli has a witty and authentic way of storytelling and teaching how to help students practice the presence of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=emergingyouth.wordpress.com&blog=4797995&post=671&subd=emergingyouth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Shift #7:  From Facts to Experience/Encounter</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It is circumstances, not ideas, that change people.&#8221; author and Catholic priest Richard Rohr
Possibly the most significant way we can help youth notice their experiences with God is by helping them engage in real life; in real-life situations (out of the church and class room). We can then ask  them the eye-opening question- &#8220;How is God [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=emergingyouth.wordpress.com&blog=4797995&post=758&subd=emergingyouth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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