VY Blog
Written by vineyard youth workers,
for vineyard youth workers.
Steal Their Hearts: A Prayer Campaign for our Young People
Being a parent is the greatest gift God could ever give anyone. I have two sweet little daughters, and there is no better feeling than when I’m holding them in my arms showering them in affection. It wasn't until I became a parent that I began to fully realize how...
A Letter to Senior Leaders, from Youth Leaders
I'm spending this week in Fort Collins, Colorado at the Ignite Summit for Leaders to be ignited with a passion for youth and kids. I had the privilege of leading a discussion with around 100 youth leaders from all over the nation, and one topic we had a chance to...
The Dating Conference: A Reflection
As The Dating Conference began taking shape in my heart, I felt an incredible desire to create space for guys and girls to put God first in every aspect of their life, especially in their dating relationships. This desire reminds me we have an incredible opportunity...
Special Needs Prom
As I sat and contemplated the thought of turning 55, wondered what I was still doing as a youth pastor, and questioned my sanity as to why I would want to be involved in the lives of hundreds of teenagers, the youth at MVCC reminded me why. Just weeks after going...
John Wimber’s Anointing Passed on to an Entire Generation.
I witnessed what could be a historic moment in the Vineyard movement a few weeks ago. Over 50 youth leaders and pastors lined up in two lines to create a prayer tunnel at a Vineyard winter youth conference called Middle School White Out hosted in Buena Vista, CO over...
Ministry Logistics: A Full-Circle Checkup
Canyon View Vineyard Church in Grand Junction, CO had hosted a winter youth conference called White Out for years. They had finally outgrown their beautiful venue in Buena Vista, CO called Young Life’s Frontier Ranch, however; the 500 available slots were scooped up...
You(th) vs. Hunger
On Martin Luther King weekend, the Miami Vineyard Red Youth along with St. Pete Vineyard and Doral Vineyard youth went hungry and homeless for two days to raise awareness about the world hunger crisis and raise funds for starving children throughout the planet. Over...
Finding Gold. Changing Course.
I've been a big proponent of self-awareness. It kind of goes with the territory here at Pathway Vineyard having had the privilege of being under the leadership of Phil Strout and Allen Austin. Ever since I've been introduced to self-awareness, I've been captivated...
The Other Side of the Fence
I've been thinking all week about what to write—pulling the laptop out, staring at it, closing it, putting it away, and waiting. All week only one thing kept coming to mind when I sat to write, but honestly I wasn't too sure I wanted to write about it. So today, I'm...
The Big Life Questions
Every couple of months I pass out a blank 3x5 and ask my middle school & high school students to write down their answer(s) to the question at hand. The question is always different, but has a common theme. (Just to name a few, we've asked "When do you feel...
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