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Youth Ministry Mission Trip FREEBIE: Helping Parents Connect

April 26, 2013 in Freebies with 0 Comments

helping-parents-connectAll programs and trips have short comings in youth ministry and one of them for student mission trips is that parents are not involved. Mission trips are better when parents work hand and hand with youth workers. In Helping Parents Connect, Doug Franklin outlines how parents can be involved in their students’ mission trips before, during, and after the trip. This tool is designed to get you involved from the beginning and to help parents grow with your kids through this experience.

Get hold of this great FREE resource from our friends at LeaderTreks (Click Here)

FREE Q and A Webinar from ParentMinistry.net with Dr. Jim Burns!

March 15, 2013 in Freebies, Training with 0 Comments

Don’t miss this!!! Share this with your parents!!!! Our friends from ParentMinistry.net are doing another FREE Webinar!

Dr. Jim Burns leads a free Q and A webinar on Tuesday, March 19 at 2 pm (central) It’s a chance for you to ask your questions about parenting teens… register here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8154249060093242368

Jim Burns

Part 4: FREE Training Video: Partnering with Parents in Youth Ministry – Dealing with Angry Parents

March 15, 2013 in Family, Freebies, Parents, Training with 0 Comments

I remember the first time a parent called and yelled at me.  No I mean literally,  came through the phone and almost strangled me.  It threw me off guard and I had no real idea on how to respond.  This video walks us through the process of how to deal well with that angry parent and how to reach out to them with integrity.

Here’s our final video this week. To check out the rest of these videos and more, go to our youtube channel


 

Talking to Angry Parents Discussion Notes

  • What is one thing you can do to diffuse an angry parent?
  • How can your team get involved with talking to parents when they get angry?

Leneita

Part 3: FREE Training Videos: Partnering with Parents in Youth Ministry – Conversations…

March 14, 2013 in Family, Freebies, Training with 0 Comments

Our post today involves two videos.  For some of us having a conversation with parents is easy.  However,  if you have students who come and their parents do not attend your church,  have you thought about how to start a relationship with parents?  Sure “cold” communication is easy.  Send an email, or have a passing conversation asking a parent for something gets us what we need.  However, if we are genuinely having a “partnering” mentality we are opening the conversation to ask the parent what THEY need.  Even if these conversation ideas seem simple to you, take the time to share them with your team.  I have found,  training my team,  is often reminding them of simplicity they already know.

Take the time to wrestle with ideas of how to open dialogue with EVERY parent in your group.  While both videos start the same, they do have a slightly different piece of information. Watch them with your team and use them as a training opportunity. It’s our gift free to you!


 

Here’s the second video: 


First Conversations WIth Parent Discussion Notes (click here)
  • Who is one parent you have never talked with you could reach out to this week?
  • How are some ways your whole team can start talking to parents in your group?
  • How can you have an attitude of partnering with all parents?  How could that happen?

Leneita. 

FREE Training Video – Part 2: Partnering with Parents in Youth Ministry

March 13, 2013 in Freebies, Training, Video Blog with 0 Comments

In our previous post, I gave my first thoughts in thinking about youth ministry paradigm differently when partnering with parents. Today, we look at what it truly means to care about the family as God cares about the family… After the video is a downloadable worksheet for you and / or your team to work through. There’s also some questions below the video too.

Caring for the Whole Family:


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FREE Easter Lessons And Devotions For Your Students!

March 8, 2013 in Freebies, Resources with 2 Comments

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My good friends at youthministry360 have just launched another round of free resources, just in time for Easter!

They’re giving away three different Easter Bible study lessons, PLUS a set of 10-day Easter devotions for your students. It’s solid stuff that will help your teenagers prepare their hearts and minds for Easter. Easter is such a powerful time for Christ-followers. These tools will help you lead students to both reflect on and celebrate Christ’s death and resurrection.

To download these free resources, head on over to the ym360 Easter Vault at https://youthministry360.com/blog/youthministry360-easter-vault.

Enjoy and feel free to spread the Easter Love!

Phil <><

 

What Lance Armstrong Can Teach Students In Your Youth Ministry: A Free Lesson Outline

January 18, 2013 in Freebies with 4 Comments

Are any of us really that shocked about Lance Armstrong’s admission to Oprah and the world? But what can we teach students from this? Is it that no leader, sports personality, or authority figure can be honest these days? Frankly, I think that is what many of our students are learning in this current generation…

Lance Armstrong

So, how can we take this latest admission and turn it around for our the students in our ministries? Below are some thoughts and perhaps a starting place for us. Feel free to add to the conversation at the end of this post. You might even want to use this as an outline for a message?

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WINNER of Simply Youth Ministry Conference Announced!

November 26, 2012 in Conferences, Freebies with 0 Comments

Thank you to everyone for the kind wishes on the birth of my son! It was great to see so many tweets, shares, likes, and comments for this giveaway! I just love this conference and I hope that if you did not win, you can still go!!! Go ahead and contact my good friend Matty McCage at (615) 349-7111. Tell him Phil Bell sent you and he will take good care of you!

THE WINNER: Bryan Drum. 

I have done some digging and found that he is a 10 year plus Youth Minister at Midway Christian Church in Winder, GA.

Congrats Bryan! I will be in touch with you soon and give you details of how you can claim your giveaway!

Phil <><

Simply Youth Ministry Conference Registration Giveaway! Tweet, Comment, or Like to Win!

November 12, 2012 in Conferences, Freebies with 31 Comments

I am excited to announce that last week my wife gave birth to our first son, (we have two girls). Because I am so excited about the new little guy, I have convinced my friends at Simply Youth Ministry to allow me to give away one registration to The Simply Youth Ministry Conference in Indianapolis, March 1-4.

You could join the likes of Greg Stier, Josh Griffin, Shane & Shane, Lecrae, and more than 150 classes to learn from. Check out the Simply Youth Ministry Conference Brochure

Three ways to win!

1) COMMENT below on this post.

2) TWEET the following and get entered twice:

I just entered to win a FREE registration for @SYMConference from @PhilBell http://wp.me/ppcai-102 #symc #stumin

3) ‘LIKE’ Us on Facebook and mention The Simply Youth Ministry Conference on our wall and your name gets entered a third time!!!

DEADLINE: 9am Thanksgiving Day.

Youth Ministry Resources: FREE Thanksgiving Stuff!!!

November 7, 2012 in Freebies, Resources with 0 Comments

The folks over at ym360 are offering some great Thanksgiving resources. They’ve got a Thanksgiving page that features three Thanksgiving lessons and a handful of Thanksgiving games. The best part? It’s all FREE!

If you’re interested in downloading one or all of the Thanksgiving resources from ym360, simply head on over to https://youthministry360.com/blog/free-thanksgiving-lessons-and-games.

If you have any questions or problems with the download, the ym360 team is standing by to help out.

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