On April 22, 2012 Robin Pifer and I announced that I would be transitioning out of my role at Cedarview as Student Ministries Pastor effective May 31st, 2012. To give you all a little more detail, over the last few months Robin and I have been talking a lot about my ministry experience at Cedarview and where I was heading. I have been very clear with Robin that I didn't see myself being a youth pastor forever. As our conversation continued it became clear to both he and I that it was in the best interest of Cedarview that I transition out. Lindsey and I are sad to be leaving the friends...
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I am pretty excited about an event coming up in the next couple of weeks we are hosting here at Cedarview. It's called Preach Better Sermons and it's an online event we are streaming here with some incredible speakers. Andy Stanley (North Point), Louie Giglio (Passion Conference), Dan Cathy (Chic-Fil-A) and many more will be sharing the way they prepare their messages. I think this will be a great opportunity for anyone interested to learn and grow in the craft of public speaking. So, show up if you can, it'd be great to see you out.
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So, these are two guys from the whole North Point / Catalyst world who are really funny. They hosted Catalyst this year and did a fantastic job. They are sort of like the younger version of the skit guys. Anyway, their videos are hilarious and I like them a lot. Check them out at trippandtyler.tv.
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Wow. What a great week! I was blown away by the number of students that joined us for both our high school and middle kickoffs this week. It's been an exciting journey getting to kickoff week and even though our high school kickoff didn't go exactly as planned it was still fun. We had hoped to have a whole WipeOut theme but unfortunately the blower on our giant obstacle course broke so we had to change our entire night in about 3 minutes. Wow! Ha ha. I think for me the highlight was seeing so many fresh leaders be a part of student ministries. The kickoff for high school especially...
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So, this past week I got the chance to hang out in Alpharetta, GA at North Point Community Church for their annual ministry conference called Drive. All I can say right now is that it was the most inspiring, practical and helpful conference I've been to. Better than the Leadership Summit, better than Catalyst. I was super impressed and walked away with more applicable stuff than all the others combined. Thanks to the team and Andy Stanley for creating such a memorable experience.
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So, this past weekend I was preparing a little bit for a series of Bible studies I am going to be doing this week on reconciliation and holiness. I am speaking to a group of camp staff at Camp IAWAH on reconciling who we are at camp with who we are at home and the pursuit of holiness. I couldn't ask for a more Alliance topic, could I? As I began my research online I came across an interesting article by Canadian Theologian and Academic Gordon T. Smith. Smith is the president of reSource Leadership International (formerly Overseas Council Canada), an agency that fosters excellence in theological...
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