Live Blogging Session 3 Doug Fields: Evangelism An evangelistic student ministry will have evangelistic adult leaders Evangelistic leaders NEVER stop ringing the evangelistic bell You can either be a “best friend” or you can be a leader No one values what you value as much as you value it. Evangelistic baby steps create momentum There […]
Live Blogging PDYM the Conference Session 2
Live Blogging Session 2 Doug Fields Purpose Driven Ministry has Godly leaders. If your Ministry is bottle necked take a look at your ministry, it may be because of you. Discovering God’s Purposes Begin with God’s Word. (The Great Commission & The Great Commandment) You have to own the Purposes of your ministry, no one […]
Live Blogging PDYM the Conference Session 1
Live Blogging Session 1 Doug Fields Food is a value in student ministry at Saddleback Their Student Ministry was not built around theater seats and a Refinery Student Building Student Ministry should be simply built on a dependence of God’s Power There are a lot of Small Values for Student Ministry: #1 Be Faithful in […]
The Refinery at Saddleback
One of the cool things that we got to do while in California was tour the Refinery; we also held our daily meetings there. Doug expressed his love/hate relationship with the building and I think every youth worker who has a solid focus on growing their students spiritually through relationships would agree with his premise, […]
The Gathering in One Picture
The 2008 Gathering is over. I hate having to type those words. I think Doug tweeted it best, I wish we were all neighbors. Every year I make new friends and deepen my relationship with those who I am already connected with. My favorite part of these few days together is pictured above, sharing life […]