Silly M&M thingy

Hey All!

This was an awesome idea... major props to Dave! Very fun M&M thingy too, although you don't see my character b/c she got lost in the download process and I was too impatient... honestly probably user error since we have highspeed/space. Poor Blondie... :) How do you suggest to finance that you need a better computer so you can make M&M characters.... ;) Also, great idea Ty! I may or may not be there tomorrow... but sounds like a good time. Thanks to all of you again for having that discussion at the last get-together. I really enjoy hearing all of your insights... not just on that topic, but on YM as a whole... it helps me grow. :) In addition to the thoughts on Sabbath... I'm curious to hear about how others hold themselves accountable to keeping a Sabbath or taking comp time when applicable?

Valerie

Looking for some Internship Resources

Hey Gang! I've never had the privilege of having and consequently supervising interns in youth ministry...until recently! I'm kind of figuring this out as I go and I am wondering if anyone out there has any resources I could look at (a.k.a. "steal"). Things like structure, goals, expectations, potential compensation, etc. If you've got anything and have the time please email me (I'm especially looking for documents or files or something I can use as a starting point). You should have my email address. Thanks for your time!

invite

hey all,

everyone seemed to enjoy the talk at new holland last time and i would kinda like to get together more often. so, if anyone is interested, i'm going to open up our building on the first thursday of the month at 9 am for coffee. we have a espresso machine and can make anything you want. the beauty is that it will be FREE! if you want more than coffee, you'll be on your own for bagels, donuts, etc.

so, this thursday, 9 am, any youth worker • pastor • leader is welcome to the anchor. we're at 1627 w. lakewood blvd [the corner of lakewood and 160th] the anchor is behind the church. we'll be upstairs in the loft.

hope to see you all there! ty

Your Personal Blog/Sabbath

Great Idea Ty. If you have your own personal blog, please leave the url for your blog and I will make a big list to the right of all our personal blogs so people can see what we are thinking. Also, if you have a website that you go to for resources, please let me know and I will put it in the resource list.

Also, I have a question for all of you. What do you do for a sabbath? How do you renew/refresh yourself? Lately I've been thinking about how do I recharge my batteries, and I would love to hear from all of you how you do it. So please share.

Dave

It's Good to be 10

M&M dudes huh? Well, it's good to be 10 once in awhile and make out own toys. Here is my guy, he's the "m-inator"! Kinda like the terminator. Pretty fierce huh?

I'll repeat the thanks to Dave for setting this up. I still think it would be good to get together over coffee on the off week or two to pray and care for each other. Harderwyk is open and has free drinks from our espresso machine.

I thought it would be cool, if people have them, to post our personal blog sites. Mine is www.xanga.com/uthpstr

Pax: Ty

Here is my guy, he is having a pool party. Like how I still have the box around my guy. Oh yea his name is Hillbilly Hunk!!! I thought our conversation was great the other day. Interesting to really think about how all the stuff in students lives has a place and what should those places be? How should some of them overlap? I got to think some more of this when I had a conversation with a parent yesterday about Sunday School. UMMM, what is the role of that compared to the role the parent should have with issues we normally talk about in SS. I also thought about roles/purpose last night at Senior High youth group when afterward a student came up and was talking to me about how we needed more large group stuff so it was more like church. He felt youth group has lost the church feel and he thinks it should have more of that. I'm working on setting up a time to talk more with this student to see why he thinks youth group should have more of a church feel. It will be nice to hear his perspective on this, especially since he is not the typical guy you would think we be saying this.

An m&m with a mocha fixation...

HEY DAVE THANKS FOR INSPIRING MESSAGES AT GENEVA THIS PAST WEEKEND. IT WAS GREAT TO BREAK DOWN YOUR TEACHING POINTS WITH THE KIDS AND TAKE AN UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL LOOK AT LOVE.

ALSO, THANKS FOR THE BLOG INVITE. I LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING IDEAS, STRUGGLES, AND PASSIONS WITH OTHER AREA LEADERS... MOST--IF NOT ALL--OF WHOM I DO NOT KNOW YET.
-NATE HEYBOER

My M&M guys name is Professor Crazy Legs PhD. He looks pretty tough doesn't he. Thanks for putting this together Dave. Sorry I missed you all at the Brewery the other day. I had sick kids at home all week and just couldn't spare the hour to get away with everything that I had to catch up on. Any prayer needs that I could be praying about this week? Here's one for you all - Please pray for the Van family. Felipe Van was shot and killed this weekend just around the corner from Beechwood and a number of our students knew him. One of my freshman has been friends with him for a long time. Pray also for the boy who shot him. Who knows what was going on, but pray that everyone involved could experience the Peace of Christ. Have an awesome week all!
Eric Peterson

this is better than mass-emailing!

Hey! This is Matt. My M&M Guy is named T-Bone (I don't know why!). Two things, thanks for setting this up Roberts, I hope it takes off. Second, I really really enjoyed our conversation yesterday at the NHB. Very thought-provoking and interesting! Thanks for inviting Dan Val.

Welcome...

I brought up yesterday that it would be good to have a central location where we can discuss what is going on with youth ministry in the Holland area beyond our monthly gatherings at NHB. So here it is. Once you become a member you will be able to post, comment on other posts, add pictures, and much more. All of it is pretty easy to do. If you have any questions about what do to please give me a call at 394-5500.

One final thought - this is a place where we share stories, thoughts, questions, ideas, etc. This is not a place where we compete to see who has the coolest ministry (because really none of us are all that cool!). This is a place where we continue the conversation about what we are doing and are going to do to collectively impact the Kingdom of God in Holland.

But before we get to that, you need to introduce yourself by creating an m&m guy or gal. To create an M&M guy/gal you can click here.

Here is my picture. This is Dave Roberts...