Gavin Richardson
church misfit, regular youth ministry guy
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- Welcome Rhys Edward RichardsonSo with a surprising Thursday morning (May 17th) Erin felt a need to talk to the doctor about a little ‘leakage.’ A few hours later after packing up our stuff and sending Brooks off with his grammies we were at the hospital getting some test done. The test was taking long enough that we were […]
- Headed Homegavoweb posted a photo: Posted via email from Pilgrimage of Gavin Richardson […]
- Headed Home [Flickr]gavoweb posted a photo: Posted via email from Pilgrimage of Gavin Richardson […]
- Headed HomeHeaded home with the newest Richardson. Good day shalom -gavin http://youthworkercircuit.com | http://gavoweb.com Permalink | Leave a comment » […]
- Changeable Poster DisplayForgot I took a photo of this. Have seen these display set ups in a number of places. This is a set poster display board where the posters are removable as they rotate out of relevancy. Cool thing with this is that you have a visual display, the items are held together in a clean […]
- An App for Your Youth Ministry EventOne of the great things about being a part of our local Youth Pastors Anonymous group is that I can regularly hang out with some awesome people who challenge the normal processes of ministry. A recent, and upcoming, undertaking is a training by our net... […]
- Exploring Early Wesleyan Movement in Youth Ministry : the Class MeetingIf you have heard me speak at a workshop or keynote event or been in the proximity of me while I have been on my soap box there has been a theme you probably heard. A theme that there is some holy mystery from the early Methodist movement that is part of our DNA we…Read More […]
- The Jesus Stachegavoweb posted a photo: Posted via email from Pilgrimage of Gavin Richardson […]
- The Jesus StacheFunny, I've never seen it before. Jesus has a super cool stache. The pursed lips do not help setting up his manly mustache, but I'll call that as him not knowing the picture was being taken. shalom -gavin http://youthworkercircuit.com | ... […]
- Happy Mothers DayThe Dad Unit and I did our traditional Mothers Day sidewalk drawings. We had fun, as usual, and the Mother Unit loved it. An afternoon rain though didn’t think to highly of our craftwork. Now it’s all gone. Bummer. Maybe we can do it again ... […]
- Look the Youth Minister is in the Pulpit! 7 tips to doing the youth minister sermonIt is going to happen. Somewhere along the line the pastor/s will ask you to give a sermon, from the pulpit, on a Sunday, in front of every one in church (well, at least those who show up that Sunday). Do not panic. You have got this & here are […]
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- An App for Your Youth Ministry EventOne of the great things about being a part of our local Youth Pastors Anonymous group is that I can regularly hang out with some awesome people who challenge the normal processes of ministry. A recent, and upcoming, undertaking is a training by our network of youth workers for our […]
- Look the Youth Minister is in the Pulpit! 7 tips to doing the youth minister sermonIt is going to happen. Somewhere along the line the pastor/s will ask you to give a sermon, from the pulpit, on a Sunday, in front of every one in church (well, at least those who show up that Sunday). Do not panic. You have got this & here are […]
- Grow Up Youth WorkerIn a youth ministry career that is coming up on 20 years I have been around a number of fellow youth ministers. They all, with rare exception, have been wonderful people. One short coming that I see over and over again, in my opinion, is the need to the youth’s […]
- What to do with the Graduates?I originally wrote this for Youthworker Movement. Wanted to share with our circuit folks as well. ME: We would like for us to recognize our seniors in service as graduating youth. PASTOR: That’s great, how would you like to do that? ME: We would want to recognize our two […]
- Start Writing as a Youth Ministry {Program Ideas}If you have been plugged in with us for awhile you know we are big on writing personal letters, thank you notes, etc. At one of our technologies conferences the other week a friend introduced me to Post Crossing, a social network of another kind. Instead of sending emails, […]
- stop rememberingI never eat at Steak & Shake. I don’t know remember why, and I no longer care. But I know that I don’t eat there. I have a vague recollection of a series of dissatisfying dining experiences there. It wasn’t the atmosphere or service and certainly not the milkshakes. But […]
- Systems Approach to Vital Youth MinistryI have been thinking a lot about systems and institutions these past few weeks. Have you thought about how the church works as a system, maybe the education system? Thus the system of youth ministry? If you can understand what the system is working around you, then hopefully we can 1. understand what truly motivates people and the culture & 2. the opport […]
- Homosexuality and ScriptureUnless you have been living under a very large rock these last two decades you know all too well that the Christian faith & its followers have a very rocky relationship with the gay community. But what does scripture say about homosexuality? How are we to be Christian around the […]
- Leading in the Wesleyan WayHad a chance back in the fall to stick my head in and out of this Wesleyan Leadership Conference. I would have attended fully had it not been for a DevoZine planning ‘retreat.’ The conversations were great between the attendees and led to some really great work. The keynote speaker […]
- Ten Fresh Fonts to Use In Youth MinistryWant to give your youth ministry publications some real pop? Using a terrible or overused font (ala comic sans) is a sure way for your poster/brochure/graphic to become quickly forgettable. Here are ten free & fresh fonts to use in your youth ministry. 1. MEZZANINE 2. A BEBEDERA 3. […]
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