VY Blog
Written by vineyard youth workers,
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71 Pastors’ Teens Create a Miracle
On July 30 through August 3, at the Southeast Regional Pastors’ Conference in Asheville, NC at the Ridgecrest Conference Center in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains, something incredible happened. Seventy-one teenagers, mostly pastors’ kids, banded together to pray,...
How Do We Break the Yoke of Oppression (Part 2)
Learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow. Isaiah 1:17 Last time we began to talk about the repercussions of taking Isaiah 58 seriously, as student ministry leaders, as parents, and as...
The Promises of Spending Ourselves for Others (Part 1)
Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. James 1:27 When I was in High School I liked geometry because it came easily to me. That’s...
Youth Mission Trips Are Worth It
Below are some highlights from Pathway Vineyard Church's youth mission trip to Neyba, DR this past summer. This past July we stepped out of the Jetblue terminal anxious to get to Neyba, a small community in the southeastern section of the Dominican Republic. Some of...
Live in Love!
Most days, if not all, I look in a mirror and see my reflection. If I am completely honest, it is most often in the morning as I get ready for the day. I spend time getting ready and give myself a final check before heading out into the world. I like to think that...
Recovering from the High of a Big Event
Below is a report from the Rocky Mountain Regional Outreach Youth Conference: Let’s see. I’m a new youth leader? What kind of conference could get my students out of their comfort zone this summer? How about a conference doing outreach in Greeley, Colorado? Really?...
Why Should I Spend Time With God?
Over the summer the Anaheim Vineyard youth group held a youth discipleship program. The teens had a final project to do with several options to choose from—one of which was to write about something they experienced this summer while doing the program. Redpoint is...
“Aging Up” Into Youth Group
Cheryl has served on the Vineyard's National Kids Task Force and has over 23 years of experience in children's ministry. Redpoint invited her to write about what youth workers can be doing to prepare younger kids for the transition to youth group! Most of us can...
Welcome to the Jungle: Small Group Resources for Junior High!
I recently went on a "moonlight" hike with my friends through a familiar state park near our church. We decided we didn't care whether we walked on trails or not, and eventually we were pretty lost. At 2am, with scary sounds everywhere, this could have been a pretty...
Good Guys.
Krista loves God. She invests in other people and her church. She’s intelligent, good looking, fun to be around, 25 years old. The other day, while standing on the sidewalk after church, I asked her how things were going. She paused for a second, maybe deciding...
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