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Youth Ministry 3.0

Mark Oestreicher, President of Youth Specialities, is currently writing a new book called Youth Ministry 3.0. Marko has been blogging snapshots from his book and been requesting comments that will be considered for inclusion in the book. Marko argues that much of youth ministry is failing and that “this is why we need an epochal shift in our assumptions, approaches, models and methods.” It seems like he raises some good questions, but I haven’t finished reading all the posts yet so can’t really comment on his conclusions.

youth ministry 3.0

It looks like there are some good bits on youth culture and the history of youth ministry. Have a read and let me (and him) know what you think. Is youth ministry failing? Or is it just a particular type of American youth ministry is failing? How do you measure success and failure in youth ministry?

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Rerun: Central Coast Teenagers

There are 40,000 teenagers on the Central Coast. Many of my blog posts last year related to ministry amongst teenagers on the Central Coast. Below are 3 of them. There are comments specific to the Central Coast – but I suspect that many of the observations and principles are applicable amongst teenagers in other contexts.

Central Coast Teenagers

One of my aims this year is to study more of Central Coast teenage culture, in order to better reach it with the good news of Jesus. When I’m not speaking at other youth groups, I’m keen to talk to teenagers at Erina Fair and hopefully get involved in some of the events run by the Youth Centre.

ps – 1 warm fuzzy for naming the 3 former central coast teenagers (ie no longer teens) in the picture. Bonus warm fuzzy for the event…

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Rerun: Emo Evangelism

Are you sick of life??? Are you EMO??? If you’ve stumbled here via google and have no idea what ‘evangelism’ is… go and check out THIS SITE to find out what Jesus has done to fix this sucky world…

This week is a week of reruns on dave miers dot com. In November 2006 I wrote two posts on Emo Evangelism: Part 1; Part 2. Was I onto something? Do you know of anyone doing good evangelism to those from an ’emo’ sub-culture? Are you a Christian emo… a Cremo?

Emo evangelism

get some sweet threads.

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Web Watch Wrap #7

Don Carson smashed it at College this week each morning in a series of lectures on “Christ and Culture Revisited”. They were very good… keep an eye out on the book. Not familiar with D.A. Carson? Check out some online talks.

web watch wrap

Next week: the dave miers dot com/eternal weight of glory week of reruns. I will be away from the computer for much of the week – so get ready for some classic posts. If you can remember or find any of my posts in the archive worth getting a rerun – leave a comment.

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Driscoll on the Coast

I can confirm from a very, very reliable source that Mark Driscoll will be speaking for 2 nights on the Central Coast. Monday 25 August 2008 – speaking to Christians about being on mission. Tuesday 26 August 2008 – speaking about Jesus… It’s all about Jesus.

Mark Driscoll on the Coast

Mark Driscoll is the preaching pastor at Mars Hill Church Seattle. He’ll be speaking at a number of events in and around Sydney that week including Engage (the site has been given a sweet makeover) with Don Carson and a special Wednesday (27 August) night event at the Sydney Entertainment Centre.

Stay tuned for more info…