Some of us may be very familiar with Operation Christmas child, a ministry by which millions of children have received the gospel message along with what may be the first gift they have ever received. Operation Christmas Child is an annual mission hosted by Samaritan’s Purse, an international relief ministry that helps those in need […]
Category: Youth Ministry
High Schoolers Around the Globe
You were made for this. Well, at least you were made for a relationship with Jesus. That is what Young Life is attempting to tell every high school, middle school, and special needs student around the globe. Over 100 countries have Young Life in them. And more than 2 million kids are being reached out […]
Bethel Express
Bethel Express is a ministry in Rochester, New York that provides a safe place for inner-city school students. Students in this environment often do not know what and/or where they are going home to and where their next meal will come from. Due to these issues, schoolwork and related events are the last […]
The Bible Project Learning Experience
Today there are many people that turn to the internet to learn. I find myself constantly using YouTube, a great resource available to learn about anything and everything. As I grew in my faith and read the Bible more consistently on my own I came across so many terms, phrases, and ideas that I found […]
Bedrock Church, Lynchburg VA and The Tate Family
I have had the pleasure of getting to know Jonge Tate and his family through his amazing wife Lynna, who is a national sales director with Mary Kay. This is truly a family that is on fire for Jesus. In 2008 Jonge, Chris Dowd, and Jeremy Minor. They first planted a church in Bedford, Virginia […]
The Innové Project
Pastor Daniel Harrell, of Colonial Church in Edina, Minnesota, founded the Innové Project after unexpectedly acquiring a large sum of money from a piece of land that he had sold. He has always been extremely mission minded, and he viewed this blessing as an opportunity to involve his church in mission work while using the […]
Youth and Media; Online Churches
If there’s one thing that’s extremely influential with modern youth in today’s society, it’s media. From movies, music, videogames, and social media, technology has opened up numerous ways for people to entertain themselves. While Christianity has been able to utilize media to help further the Gospel, there are plenty of other things in competition for […]
Open Hearts and Homes
For the past couple of years, my family have opened up our home for orphans from Eastern Europe via a Christian hosting service called Open Hearts and Homes. This program allowed my parents to host numerous children from Latvia, Ukraine, and Russia. My parents have been able to show the love of Christ, what an […]
Good Wholesome Fun
Last week I was offered an amazing opportunity to work at Seneca Hills Bible Camp as a camp counselor. I worked as a counselor at a camp in North East, Maryland this past summer and absolutely fell in love with the job, so I knew I wanted to do it again. I had attended SHBC […]
Gen Z: Walking Away from Christ
A couple weeks ago, we looked at statistics analyzing the different generations and how they identified themselves; Christian, Atheist, or otherwise. While all of the other generations seemed to remain relatively stable, with some change hare and there, Gen Z was incredibly atheistic or agnostic, with Christianity brushed to the side. How did this happen? […]