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New Series: REFUEL

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We are kicking off our new series “REFUEL” this Sunday- The series really began last week as we canceled service for “REFUEL Weekend” and asked everyone to take time with their family and with God to prepare for the new year. I am excited about 2010 for New Passion! We are hitting the ground running as we kickoff our 3rd children’s environement, a new group for two year olds in The Grove. We are also kicking off Community Groups for the first time as a church. We’ve had a HUGE response from people interested in sharing life with one another in community! So far we have right at 50% of our weekend attendance signed up for a group. I’m totally blown away by the response. Our groups will correspond with the message series, and each group will be traveling together through the Refuel book by Doug Fields.

I hope to see you this Sunday as we discover how to have uncomplicated connections with God. [Directions]

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Live Blogging PDYM the Conference Final Session

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Live Blogging Final Session

Doug Fields

  • God has the leaders you just have to find them
  • Who do you think cares more about your ministry? You or God? Don’t you think he has the shepherds ready to equip your ministry?
  • There is a myth in the church that you have to be young and cool to be a good youth worker
  • God has the leaders, we just have to look in the unlikely places to find them
  • 10% of Volunteers will come to you 90% will come because they are asked
  • 2. Raise the Bar, raise healthy leaders
  • Exous 18:17-23 (Jethro’s Leadership Advice)
  • 1 Peter 5:2-3 (NLT)
  • Seek out Humble leaders
  • You must have a screening process for leaders
  • 3. Valued Leaders become Valuable Leaders
  • Be clear with expectations
  • Care for WHO the leader is more than WHAT the leader does
  • Be specific with Praise
  • Commit to develop leaders not just recruit and hire them
  • 4. Volunteers need: Care, Conversation, Confrontation, and Challenge
  • People (Leaders) LEAVE Leaders not Ministries
  • You have to learn to confront to be an effective leader
  • Saddleback Learnings on Volunteers:
  • Training and Meetings are Overrated
  • Great Communication with Volunteers goes a long way
  • Leading Volunteers is a ministry within itself
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Live Blogging PDYM the Conference Session 6

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Live Blogging Session 6

Doug Fields: Discipleship

  • 1. Discipleship cannot be reduced to programs and people
  • Discipleship can be viewed as 50% Relational 50% Educational
  • If student’s faith is married to a program or a person, when they are gone, their faith is gone
  • 2. An “On Your Own” Discipleship philosophy is a top down philosophy
  • A Discipleship Strategy is the HABITS
  • H = Hangout with God
  • A = Accountability with Another Believer
  • B = Bible Memorization
  • I = Involvement in the Church Body
  • T = Tithing Commitment
  • S = Study Scripture
  • 3. Expectations without experimentation= Frustration
  • Its better to teach people to fish versus giving them a fish
  • 4. Discipleship Never Ends
  • The PDYM model focuses on Discipleship as a Process versus a Program
  • Connecting students to an adult leader makes the difference
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Live Blogging PDYM the Conference Session 5

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Live Blogging Session 5

Doug Fields: Fellowship

  • 1. Smaller is better when focusing on Fellowship (building relationships)
  • Christ had a group of 12 but invested in 3
  • Figure out how to make “Large” Feel “Small”
  • 2. Volunteer leaders are better than paid leaders.
  • Paid leaders’ main focus should be to develop other volunteer youth workers, the volunteers job is to love on kids.
  • 3. Shepherds are Better than Chaperons
  • 4. Better is Better – Tweak, Twist, Don’t Settle
  • Messy people need a small group
  • “If you build a place where Students can share their hurts and pain, they will come” – Megan Hutchinson
  • “Hurt and abandonment in teenagers in pandemic in our world today and in our youth groups–every single teen hurts.” Megan Hutchinson
  • “Pain is always top down” – Hutchinson
  • If the church doesn’t do anything to help the hurting, who will?
  • There is more than one way to do small groups
  • Small Group leaders need to be set up for success
  • Empower small group leaders to be their kids’ youth pastor
  • Small Groups rise and fall based on their leader
  • Small Groups are the Bridge to the next steps (Discipleship – Ministry)
  • The bottom line is to cultivate relational capital – Ben Taylor
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Live Blogging PDYM the Conference Session 4

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Live Blogging Session 4

Doug Fields: Worship

  • There is a direct connection between Evangelism and Worship
  • We need to expand our focus of worship to celebrating God
  • Genuine Celebration is attractive and makes a heartfelt connection with unbelievers
  • We have to be careful not to create a “Club” mentality in our environments
  • Be aware of your audience.
  • Work hard for an understandable message.
  • Value Fun…What is our element of “Fun?”
  • A Front door program should be about relationships, relationships, relationships
  • The Entry Level Program can be broken down to 3 key focal areas: 1. The people 2. The place (environment) 3. The program
  • Worship is a part of everything students do. – Latasha Morrison
  • “Dont think like a youth pastor, think like a church planter” – Jason Gerdes