Posted on April 12, 2008 by christiangowan
rethinkingyouth; youth ministry frustrations
1.) Having to constantly balance keeping youth entertained while slipping in Bible study and worship when they aren’t paying attention.
2.) Parents who see youth group as a privilege to be granted only if homework is already done on Sunday night.
3.) Youth who wait until Sunday night to do their homework and use [...]
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Posted on December 1, 2007 by christiangowan
I’m in vancouver for the weekend at a Youth Workers conference representing Taylor College of Mission and Evangelism (www.taylorcollege.ca)- this is the post-secondary school I attended and was comissioned as an Evangelist under the Church Army of Canada (www.churcharmy.com). Take a moment and visit those sites.
Check this out: I was worshipping with Starfield tonight and [...]
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Posted on November 27, 2007 by christiangowan
Since when does a church start to fail when it only has 15 people? Why do we have to define a church by it’s number? Why do our flesh assume that when a church drops from 25-15 that it ISN’T God’s will? Why do we flop around and stress out about people who leave. I have [...]
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Posted on November 10, 2007 by christiangowan
It’s 1 O’ Clock in the morning, but that’s okay. I’m just fired up on Jesus and his love for me. check out a great blogger and a great post: This guy (kevin) is the worship leader @ a church in Duuuuuncan. He talks about what he’d like to do “More than anything”. check it out.
…read [...]
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Posted on October 24, 2007 by christiangowan
Is it ever an appropriate time to ‘go’ to church???
… shouldn’t we be making church wherever we go???
It seems to me we (the body of Christ) apparently need pews to ‘go’ to church, but nothing- just ourselves- to ‘make’ church. get me? Hopefully. Okay Okay- I know you already know that ‘we are the church’…but do you GO to Church? …or do [...]
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