VY Blog
Written by vineyard youth workers,
for vineyard youth workers.
ROOT: Refusing to lose even one!
As we seek to rescue and reach a generation at risk it is imperative that we do not lose those growing up in our midst. Our goal must be that every kid and teenager has a growing relationship with Jesus Christ – firmly rooted in the Bible and Christian worldview; an...
Reach: Valuing, Welcoming, and Reaching Children
Reach: valuing, welcoming and reaching children, giving them an opportunity to come into relationship with Jesus Christ. Jesus had an amazingly high value that he placed on children. Once he said, “Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom...
RESCUE: A Generation at Risk
There is a generation under siege today. Recent events only bring to the surface what is occurring all over our world every day. Our young people are growing up in the most violent, abusive, impoverished, neglected, enslaved, exploited, and fatherless world in...
Ignite: For Such A Time As This
When you look at your life do you ever wonder if there are specific moments that God has created for you to step into? I believe that God is actively working to accomplish his will and there are moments, divine moments, when we realize that God has positioned us,...
Ignite: Lighting the Fires of a Generation
Rick Olmstead is the Director for Youth and Youth Adults on the National Board for the Vineyard USA. To set the tone for 2013, Rick he will be writing a series over the next couple weeks on his vision to ignite the next generation in the Vineyard. It all began for me...
Butterfly Words
Hi, my name is Madison Thompson and I was involved with a program at Anaheim Vineyard this summer called STP (Summer Training Program). It is a program where different pastors from the church would teach a week on different subjects. This went on for about three...
Porn: Reviewing Filters for Parents
Do you ever watch Conan O'Brien? Have you seen his "guy caught watching porn" mime that he does? It's funny. But it's also sad. It shows that our culture has just accepted the fact that, yeah, we all look at porn. As youth pastors/workers/volunteers, how do we respond...
Learning to Suffer Well
Suffering is one of the topics that most people, including myself, want nothing to do with. However, there is a great deal that Jesus can teach us through our times of suffering. Here in the US we certainly do not suffer like our early Christian brothers did. For...
Teen Unlocks Potential By Starting a Bible Study
In January 2011, at a church winter camp I was stricken with the desire to learn more about God than what I was getting on Sunday. Fortunately, even after I left winter camp this desire burned within me and could not be ignored. So I decided to take practical steps...
From Intern to Glory?
Lets face it, being an intern can be hard. Doing all the little things, none of the glory. But transitioning into a staff position...well lets say maybe being an intern wasn’t so bad. Now all the weight of my “great ideas” falls on me when something goes wrong. There...
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