I try to begin each day by reading from the Scriptures or from another source that I know will direct me to reflect and meditate throughout the day. I try to keep the reading to a verse or a paragraph simply because I find it a bit more productive. Otherwise, I am all [...]
Archive for September, 2007
Summit Lake… NorthStar Church Network
Posted: 23rd September 2007 by Chris in Events, Youth MinistryI spent the weekend outside of the greater Baltimore/DC area at Summit Lake Camp speaking to a few hundred high school students and youth workers. The camp was in the Catoctin Mountains. Beautiful place… more aptly named Summit Pond Camp though.
A team of youth workers from the NorthStar Church Network put the retreat [...]
Would love for you to pray for/with us as we walk this new path.
Lord God, we believe that you have initiated a new path for us to take—one that fills us with not only expectation and wonder but also uncertainty and questions. Lead us by your sure hand and steadfast love. May all that we [...]
The previous post was a long time coming. I have been dying to tell the youth ministry world about the merger between Sonlife and YouthFront. I know this merger will mean a lot to some of you. For some, this news won’t even be a blip on their radar. Many others [...]
Sonlife and YouthFront are now one!
Posted: 20th September 2007 by Chris in Media, News, Youth MinistryI am so excited to share with you the following news…!
Press Release
Thursday, September 20, 2007—For Immediate Release
Sonlife Ministries Merging with YouthFront
Sonlife Ministries, Inc. has merged with YouthFront, Inc. effective September 1, 2007 in order to “maximize ministry effectiveness” of the two organizations. Formerly a Chicago-based ministry, Sonlife will relocate to Kansas City.
For more than six [...]
Some of you know that Sonlife and YouthFront have been working collaboratively on some new projects (content, events, youth worker training, etc.) Anyway, I have been spending a lot of time in the YouthFront offices lately. One of the things I enjoy most about working amidst the YouthFront community is the daily rhythm [...]
I am in Kansas City today working with Mike King and others at YouthFront. Mike and I (and Matt Wilks) swung by this really cool coffee shop near the YouthFront offices and who is sitting outside enjoying a cup of coffee with his friends…? George Brett, considerably one of the greatest third baseman in [...]
Spent a night and half a day in Kalamazoo, MI connecting with the youth workers of Third Christian Reformed Church and a network of youth workers from the area. Shari Wubben is the director of youth ministries at 3rd. She invited me to come up and inspire and equip her volunteers before they [...]