The last week of July, Scooter Kellum and other youth leaders from Taylor Road Baptist Church, Montgomery, drove a group of teenagers away from the Ocoee River and back into the reach of a cell phone signal. And the whole carload of teens’ phones lit up. “It’s amazing how dependent we get on the internet,” […]
SPEAK conference draws 900-plus, challenges students to be ‘Voice of Influence’
Using the hashtag #speak17, students took their praise of Alabama’s annual SPEAK conference to the place they know best — social media. By the end of the conference, held July 21–22 at Vaughn Forest Church, Montgomery, more than 600 Instagram posts and dozens of tweets and Facebook posts featured the hashtag. “With my faves,” posted […]
Youth Evangelism Conference Reworking Focus, Has New Name
In 2016, as 16-year-old Shantrice Coleman walked up to the microphone during the third session of the Youth Evangelism Conference, she got an unprompted standing ovation. The theme of the conference was SPEAK, and Coleman had been delivering spoken-word challenges to the students throughout the weekend. Those words connected with the audience, Scooter Kellum said. […]
Why Board Games Are Back and What It Means for the Church
In The Revenge of Analog, David Sax chronicles how a hunger for tangible things is causing a resurgence in many industries, such as print, vinyl, and board games. In the midst of a digital revolution where more and more people are joining social media platforms and electronic gaming is getting more and more impressive, board […]
5 Reasons I Can’t Stay Away from Student Ministry
This summer has shown me that I can’t stay away from student ministry. I was honored to be the camp pastor at one of our FUGE camps and enjoyed spending time with students from my church family. Tonight Kaye and I are hosting a group of 12th graders from our church because, well, because we […]
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