Jodie McNeill lives in Jamberoo, NSW, Australia, and is the Senior Minister at Jamberoo Anglican.
Home: 20 Tate Place, Jamberoo NSW 2533 Australia. Email: jodie@jodiemcneill.com Phone: +61 425 222 338
The other day, as I trained a bunch of youth and children’s leaders at my church, I was vividly reminded of the impact that youth leaders have on the teens in their group.
For many years I’ve trained youth ministers and leaders about the importance and impact of their ministry.
But now, as a parent of teenagers of my own, the significance of youth ministers on the teenagers has arrived very close to home.
Read my tribute called ‘Thank you, youth leaders’, in today’s sydneyanglicans.net.
Choosing songs at church can sometimes be harder than it seems.
Sometimes we seem to have too many new ones. Sometimes there are too many old ones.
So, here’s a guide to choosing the right mix of oldies and newies… using the same formula as the radio stations.
Read the article here at sydneyanglicans.net.
The Kony 2012 phenomenon is remarkable on many fronts.
Regardless of what you think about it, you can be assured that our young people know about it and are trying to work out what they should think and do about it.
To help them and to help us grownups, I’ve written two articles.
The first I wrote for sydneyanglicans.net called ‘Talking to kids about Kony’.
In this, I offer seven things that adults should think about as they talk to youth and children about this topic.
The second I wrote for Fervr.net called ‘Should you help make Kony famous?’.
This attempts to apply the advice I’ve given in the earlier piece so that my seven ideas can be modeled to anyone trying to work out just how to put these thoughts into words.
You might also refer the youth in your church, whether believers or unbelievers, to this Fervr.net article.
Let’s pray that our youth are wise in responding to Kony, but far more importantly, wise for salvation.
When I recently attended a Senior First Aid certificate refresher course I noticed that it had become far simpler.
More than ever before it seemed the message was that first aid was about helping the casualty stay alive so that the ambulance could take over. Nothing more.
Funnily enough, because I need to know less it means I feel more equipped for first aid than before.
This got me thinking about the way we do our evangelistic training.
Perhaps we need to be providing the everyday evangelists in our congregation with a few super-simple things to say that will help keep the enquiry ‘alive’ until they can get ‘professional’ help.
Read all my thoughts and join in the discussion at today’s post on www.sydneyanglicans.net
We are on the cusp of a coming relationship crisis.
Since people can download podcasts from great Bible teachers, and since people can access great libraries of theological books and articles at their digital fingertips, it is more important than ever that our small groups enable people to connect with each other as a context for enjoying and understanding their connection with God.
People need people more than ever.
Find out my solution by reading today’s blog here at sydneyanglicans.net
