The Chinese have called 2016 the year of the monkey and that is fitting because this year has thrown some poo around! This has been for many one crazy year. Now I am not going to speak in hyperbole and say that it is the strangest year ever, or the most divisive year ever orContinue reading “What a year!”
Category Archives: Leadership
What is the mission?
Yesterday I began a series of posts sharing the strategy of Surge Youth Ministries. I will take the next few days examining each part of it. If you get anything out of it great…really I just like sharing it because it solidifies it in my heart. The mission of Surge is to REACH the students,Continue reading “What is the mission?”
Surge Youth Ministries (an organizational structure)
Every successful ministry has to have a structure. The pastors who wing it week to week will burn out and they nor their ministry will grow. Every ministry I have led since the 90’s have been different in culture and style but one thing is constant they needed structure. My church subscribes to the “PurposeContinue reading “Surge Youth Ministries (an organizational structure)”
Dear sandwich artist…
…I could see you were having a bad morning when I waited in the drive thru for 10 minutes and you never came. When I came in the store you were loading bread in the oven, taking care of a cranky mom in the drive thru and trying to smile at me as I walkedContinue reading “Dear sandwich artist…”
Teens prefer hard copies to digital
A new Barna study came out that revealed quite a lot of interesting things about current teenage culture in regards to faith. One intersting insight is that teens prefer hard copies to the bible to their digital counterparts. Teens Still Prefer to use a Hard Copy Bible in a Digital Age When teens read theContinue reading “Teens prefer hard copies to digital”
Misplaced outrage
Two weeks ago a third string quarterback who was feeling pouty about not living up to the hype that was given to him two years prior decided to sit out the national anthem. This sparked a few stories and just when you thought it was going to go away gasoline somehow got poured onto theContinue reading “Misplaced outrage”
3 ways to kill your Connection Group
We are getting ready to launch a new season of connection groups. Let me give you a few things to avoid as you gear up this semester. These are 3 things that will certainly reduce your effectiveness if not outright kill your group. Forget the purpose. The purpose of Connection Groups are to connect to God, eachContinue reading “3 ways to kill your Connection Group”
Change
Most people are not indifferent to change. You either thrive in changing environments or it paralyzes you in fear and anxiety. However, if you lead an organization change is a way of life. I have been at my current position for over two years now and I have made more changes than I am comfortableContinue reading “Change”
The Lord, he is God.
After Elijah prayed during the showdown with the prophets of Baal, God showed up and consumed the offering with fire…the response. “And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces and said, ‘The Lord, he is God; The Lord, he is God.’” (1 Kings 18:39) When we pray for God to beContinue reading “The Lord, he is God.”
I saw you
“How do you know me?” Nathanael asked. Jesus answered, “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philiip called you.” John 1:48 What a great image. Nathanael under the fig tree, wondering, pondering, praying. I wonder what was going on in his mind. Was he crying out to God for somethingContinue reading “I saw you”
Sean Rheaume 