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Music in the smaller youth group.

Crossfire currently averages around five or six kids a week. On my mind lately has been the question how to do music/singing with a group this small. Obviously we’re hoping to grow, and music should get easier as we do, but because the group is currently quite small, it makes group singing a little [...]

The Church Office – Episode 1

coast youth REVOLUTION

coast youth REVOLUTION is a combined youth event run on the Central Coast involving a number of churches (particularly those involved in FIEC). We had an event last Friday night and a 1.5 day conference on 7-8 Sept 07. We’ve had some great speakers over the last few years. Check out their [...]

Week by week leader training

Yesterday I went to a South Coast/Illawarra/Southern Sydney area youth ministry networking day. It was good (thanks to Andy Stevenson and Youthworks for organising it). I suggested an idea I had a while back to a few of the others, and it might just get off the ground. I’d love thoughts and [...]

What the Central Coast needs

The Central Coast has been in the SMH a bunch of times in the last 2 days: here (pics) on old and young alike wasting time at Erina Fair (see my post here); here on transport; here on gangs; here on a local teenage model; and more here (pics) on Friday nights at Erina [...]

J-Walk Issue #004

The Parents Issue
Listen to the companion PODCAST
Click here to download simple format (viewable on screen)
Click here to download fancy booklet (not for the faint hearted)
Click here to view and discuss articles online – more will be added over the next week
Guest Authors include: John Piper, John Dickson and Michael Corbett-Jones.
j-walk.ccecyouth.com

the ninja turtles blog

Check out the boys at the ninja turtles blog. Here’s their bio:
the ninja turtles are a group of guys living in sydney who have joined forces to fight against the sin of boring people with Christ.
Good aim… with links to some good resources.

He’s on a musical mission for God – smh

This is in today’s Herald. It’s an article about Hillsong’s youth ministry. The following is part of it:
The program is carefully crafted, says youth pastor Phil Dooley, to fuel spiritual growth while meeting youth’s social needs, and the emphasis is on fun.
“It’s all about creating a positive and welcoming vibe, that says, ‘man, [...]

Get WACT!

A new youth group: WACT.

Game On!

It’s time to start writing on this site! We now have a 3rd writer (a real life rock star!!). And we promise to write more often. Stay tuned… (in the meantime check out Dave’s podcast)