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October Event Recap

October Event Recap

I love my Church!  This was so much fun and a lot of hard work went into it. Gotta thank all our tech team, host team, picture takers, cafe, decorators, and Josh Buchfink our worship pastor for helping pull this off. We had a blast, giving away prizes, highlighting the best dressed, honoring volunteers, eating, casting vision for next year at TheBOD.tv and oh yeah…. we squeezed a business meeting in there too! God is...

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BE-THE-BOD Awards 2011

BE-THE-BOD Awards 2011

Ok first…. I LOVE MY CHURCH! It’s an honor to be able to serve with some great volunteers at TheBOD.tv.  Every year we honor volunteers at our annual October Event.  This year we decided to honor them all month long. We surprised our honorees at their homes, work, and even while they were serving to let them know how much we appreciate and love them all. We split the awards into three weeks and honored 4 a week during our...

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HOW TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING YOUTH MINISTRY By Jeremy Zach Part 3

HOW TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING YOUTH MINISTRY By Jeremy Zach Part 3

Today we’re wrapping up our series on engaging students through technology.  Here are two more ways students are using technology to impact their world.   • Mobilization – Due to globalization, students are more compelled to work with God to fight world hunger, child soliders, and to help provide clean water. Students of the next generation are longing for energizing visions worthy of pursuit and sacrifice. Technology has...

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HOW TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING YOUTH MINISTRY By Jeremy Zach Part 2

HOW TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING YOUTH MINISTRY By Jeremy Zach Part 2

We’ve been talking about how the next generation views technology and how it’s changing youth ministry culture today.  Whether you’re a youth leader or a parent of a youth, understanding how technology works and how students view it today is important  because it’s how they communicate.  if you want to communicate and I mean really communicate with students today you must understand technology.   • Contact...

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HOW TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING YOUTH MINISTRY By Jeremy Zach Part 1

HOW TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING YOUTH MINISTRY By Jeremy Zach Part 1

First of all, I have a positive view of technology usage in youth ministry. But I am reminded technology means something totally different for the next generation. Technology to a teen is not just a tool but a way of life. Technology should play vital roles in how youth pastors do youth ministry in the online world. The Barna Group conducted a research study, How Technology Drives Generation Gap, and concluded: Younger adults rely on...

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Can God Trust You?

Can God Trust You?

Have you ever taken a second to look at your money? On the back is a statement that at one time or another we’ve all questioned. It might sound something like this:  ”God, can I trust You? Really?” And it’s not just with our money, although many times it begins there. Maybe you’ve wondered about that risky venture or idea you have, whether or not to confront someone, wondered if God is “really in this...

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