by Carol Wiget | Jan 28, 2020 | Culture, Evangelization, Featured, Front Page
Ministry is great, isn’t it? The teens are always smiling and laugh at all of your jokes. They are super polite to every parent and volunteer who walks through the door. They eat all of their food and even help clean up after dinner. They never speak during the talks...
by Carol Wiget | May 20, 2019 | Culture, Featured, Front Page
Most of the time our youth group meetings are a bit of a blur without a lot of opportunity for tons of one on one time. Every now and then I have a conversation with my teens that has an impact on me, if not on them. A few years ago during small groups is one such...
by Carol Wiget | Mar 21, 2019 | Culture, Featured, Front Page
When I first started working with middle schoolers, other youth ministers were quick to give me praise. “Oh, you work with middle school? God bless you!” “It takes such a special person to work with that age!” “I could never do that. You must be some kind of saint!”...
by Marie Benavides | Jun 21, 2018 | Culture, Featured, Front Page, Social Media
I love Stranger Things. I binge-watched it when it came out. I made jokes with my fiancée about how cute the kids in the show were and we laughed about the CGI monsters. Then, I promptly forgot about it (as one does until Season 2 comes back with a vengeance). That...
by Anna Carter | Jun 12, 2018 | Culture, Featured, Front Page, Theology
It’s here. It’s queer. Are we getting used to it yet? This June is Pride Month in the United States and throughout the world. Adults identifying as LGBT is increasing over time and across generations. Same sex attraction is “coming out” into the limelight. We see it...
by Crystal Marchand | Jun 5, 2018 | Culture, Featured, Front Page
I remember my dad being larger than life. He wasn’t a very tall man, only stood about 5’5″ if he was really trying. But his outgoing sales personality and fierce love he had for the people in his life made him appear 7 feet tall. He could make...
