I left Chicago on Friday morning not really knowing where I was headed. I mean, I knew my itinerary was taking me to Jacksonville, FL, but from there I really had no idea where I would be staying for a couple of nights as I spoke to a gathering of Methodist church youth groups [...]
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I am off to Jacksonville, FL this morning. I will be speaking at a youth event somewhere near there — it may actually be in GA I am not sure. I Just know I am supposed to be flying into JAX.
I lived in Jacksonville as a kid for a short while. I [...]
As always, I had a blast at the NYWC in San Diego. It was great to be with friends and to interact with youth workers from all over North America. A couple of really cool experiences…
> I felt like my seminars went well. I have a few revisions to make to the [...]
This weekend I am in San Diego for the NYWC. I am really looking forward to being there as it is always a great time to hook up with friends, interact with people; making new friends. It is also a privilege to have the opportunity to speak into the development of youth workers [...]
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 [...]
I spent the weekend speaking at a retreat for University Park United Methodist Church at an amazing camp about 2 hours east of Dallas called Sky Ranch. If I have ever been at a nicer camp, I don’t remember it.
My friend Garth invited me to speak. Garth and I met about 10 years [...]
Not surprisingly, I am stoked about another season of Youth Specialites’ Conventions — San Diego, St. Louis and Atlanta. I am also hoping to attend the Canadian YWC in Vancouver, BC co-led by Youth Specialties and Canada Fire. I am not planning on presenting anything in Vancouver but my colleague, Matt Wilks [...]
Last week my MacBook Pro hard drive crapped out — it totally sucked. I lost everything that I had put on the hard drive for about the last 4 weeks. I usually am disciplined about backing up my files but I had been traveling a bit, attending our Merge events and working away [...]
I am privileged to have had the opportunity to share a day in ministry with my friends from Cultivation Ministries and The National Association of Catholic Youth Ministry Leaders this past week. Frank Mercadante, Director of Cultivation Ministries, led the Institute for New Youth Ministry Leaders here in greater Chicago.
Frank and I have [...]
We had another fantastic week at Merge. Youth Ministries attended from all over the US and Canada — Alaska, Texas, California, Massachusetts, Toronto, etc. We even had a couple of mates with us from Australia! Here is a comment from one of the youth workers who attended…
Our time at MERGE has become an [...]