Month: <span>February 2008</span>

Published February 18, 2008 by

Youth Resources

dan-mccarthy7.jpgAfter all my whinging, the internet is not totally destitute of quality help for stuck youth leaders.

In my digging for something that we needed for youth on Sunday FAST, which I didn’t end up fulfilling (but things wound up okay), I found a whole lot of intriguing and useful blogs. Along with design related thing – a spawn from Church Marketing Sucks. Interesting.

Chase these links:

Church Marketing Lab – brochures/cards/flyers/posters done by people for Churches, some pretty good work here. I have a small bit of fun doing youth programs now and then, but I really don’t produce masterpieces. This might inspire me.

Jonny Baker – check the ‘Worship Tricks’ on the right hand side.

Passionately Pensive – her writing is fun and she shares ideas now and then.

Rethinking Youth Ministry – the title says it.

If you know of any other good ones please share.

image by Dan McArthy (I sourced it from somewhere else… but as usual I have forgotten where) regardless, there’s something pretty timeless and beautiful about it.

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Published February 16, 2008 by

Confession

I don’t know if I’ll make this a regular installment, but tonight I got thinking about pen-pals.

When I was about 12 I had a pen-pal called Misty (No joke and wow this is all coming back to me). I was in the Solomons, she was in Byron Bay. We wrote quite a few times – I’m not sure even where the pen-pal’ishness originated, some magazine thing I think.

One day I got all psyched up with Jesus and decided to be all evangelistic and share with her the true meaning of Christmas.

The story – which I swear is true – ended one of two ways (This I blame on my sketchy memory).

a) She wrote and said she wasn’t really interested

b) She never wrote back

Either in my 12-year old eyes was a disappointing outcome. I think I decided not to tell anyone – since I was embarassed in the first place at even writing it.

Ah well. I guess 12 year old’s need moments to make mistakes and to grow up a little.

Evangelism is a stigmafied poo. I’m sad to say that I’ve contributed.

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Published February 16, 2008 by

Design Police

Hahaha.

This is like the Panda Says No! for Designers.

Props to my uni tutors…. and I haven’t even gone back for the year yet.

Design

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Published February 15, 2008 by

Richmond

tigerslogo.jpgBefore I married Geoff, I followed the Essendon Bombers (Not very enthusiastically I must say), I never came close to getting a membership.

I’ve been to the actual footy maybe three times in my life now.

The other day Geoff, my fanatical Richmond Tigers following husband went bought me a membership. Me. For Richmond. I think it is to ensure that I come with him to games.

As a suburb I really quite like Richmond so maybe that’ll be my justification? Eh? I have to swap my red and black for yellow and black. I don’t really mind swapping loyalties, but a membership!?

Life

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Published February 13, 2008 by

Sorry

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If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.”

– 1 Corinthians 13:1-3

Today Kevin Rudd and the Parliament of Australia said sorry to the Indigenous Australians for the stolen generation.

Honestly, my understanding is limited. I do know that we touched on it during Australian History but my mind at 12 years was far more entranced with The Middle Ages.

Regardless of your position, understanding, agreement etc. I think it is an amazing demonstration of love for a people. For this I am really quite proud. Which surprises me because I am not at all patriotic.

Life News

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