Monthly Archives: February 2012

Download Youth Ministry

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Download Youth Ministry headerDownload Youth Ministry is a new site where youth pastors can purchase lesson plans, graphics, and other resources for their ministry. Started as a side project by Doug Fields, Joshua Griffin, and Matt McGill, DYM is advertised as “providing quality resources that are easy, inexpensive, and trench-tested.” All of the resources and lessons have been used in their own youth ministries. The prices are so low ($15 for a 5 week lesson series) because they only sell digital copies of the resources.

 My Experience

Over the last month, our youth group lessons have been based on the Facebook: Official series from Download Youth Ministry. Purchasing the curriculum from DYM was simple and easy, just like any other online store purchase. Tip: I suggest you set up a login for the site; that way you can come back and download your resources again. The files downloaded as a .zip file. In that file were 5 Microsoft Word documents – this was the extent of the curriculum. Each Word document is a week’s manuscript of the lesson. Since the original Facebook Official series was created and taught by several people, each week’s manuscript is different in terms of layout, formatting, etc. Each manuscript provides A/V direction on when to show video clips and pictures – none of which is actually provided. There are visuals available for some of the lesson series, but you need to purchase them separate.

Overall

If you are looking for a full-featured curriculum for your next youth group series, there are lots of more helpful options out there. Sure, you will spend more than you would at Download Youth Ministry, but you get more in return: series outlines, teacher-friendly manuscripts, lessons designed for a broader audience instead of a specific youth ministry, and promotional/illustration media.

However, if you are comfortable using a curriculum only as a guide or starting point, crafting and shaping the messages to your own group, then the lessons from Download Youth Ministry should suit your needs.

You can find resources on the Download Youth Ministry website and follow the site on Twitter.

 

Godhead’s Deepest Sea

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Oh, there is, in contemplating Christ, a balm for every wound, in musing on the Father, there is a quietus for every grief- and in the influence of the Holy Ghost, there is a balsam for every sore. Would you lose your sorrows? Would you drown your cares? Then go plunge yourself in the Godhead’s deepest sea; be lost in his immensity; and you shall come forth as from a couch of rest, refreshed and invigorated. I know nothing which can so comfort the soul, so calm the swelling billows of grief and sorrow; so speak peace to the winds of trial, as a devout musing upon the subject of the Godhead.

Charles Spurgeon, January 7, 1855 (emphasis mine)

Link Roundup: February 27, 2012

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Here are some links from the past week that will help you in your ministry. Enjoy!

Logos Help on YouTube

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Logos Bible SoftwareLogos Bible Software recently featured their YouTube channel on their blog, which I did not know existed. On their YouTube channel, Logos provides uses with a wealth of instructional videos for both beginners and experts, as well as product info, behind the scenes videos, and endorsements for their software. Personally, I am excited to jump into Morris Proctor’s Mac-specific tutorials to see how I can use Logos more efficiently.

Check out Logos Bible Software’s YouTube channel, and be sure to subscribe for new videos. Also, enter a contest to win a trip to Logos’ headquarters in Washington State.