Archive for February 2nd, 2007


Youthworks College Youth Ministry Intensive February 2007

As has been the custom of the past four years, I continue to teach the DM211 ‘Youth and the Churches’ Diploma of Theology subject at Youthworks College.

This 30-hour course provides a detailed overview of youth ministry, from foundations and strategy to practical hints and techniques.

I’ve been reminded that ‘intensive’ doesn’t just describe the method of lesson delivery! Preparing for and teaching these lectures takes lots of time and energy. However, as always, they have been very rewarding.

This year I am recording the lectures with the intention of producing a book based on some of the material I have presented. The only problem is that 30 hours equates to about 90 hours of typing. Look out for the blisters on my fingers sometime in March!

At the Breakfree Stall at Cronulla Beach on Australia Day

If you happened to drop into South Cronulla Beach on Australia Day, you might have seen me and my girls selling merchandise at one of the stalls.

We were helping raise fund for the Kids Breakfree charity, which helps at-risk teenagers.

One of the programs consists of a week-long wilderness experiences for the high-school aged students, during which time they learn about themselves, and also hear about Jesus. The camps are run by Youthworks as part of the Challenge Program.

For more about Breakfree visit http://www.breakfree.org.au/ You can also make on-line donations at this site to support this work.

If on Monday 5th Feb you’re around a radio in Sydney (or a web browser anywhere) at around 10.30AM, have a listen to my interview with Joanne Traeger on FM 103.2. It will be streamed on the web from the FM 103.2 stream.

She’s going to chat with me specifically about the TWIST Music Conference in August, and the DVD we made from last year.

If you haven’t seen the DVD, here’s a sneak peak of the song ‘Never Alone’:

Buy the full DVD at www.twistconference.com. 

Check here after the interview for an update on how it went.

[PS. Sorry if you tuned in two Mondays ago and didn’t hear me… the original interview was delayed.  But fingers crossed for Monday!]