Wow! Day 2 at Youth 2015 has been action packed, and I confess that I’ve gotten behind in updating. After leading a workshop on the Internet and discipleship, I then watched Anna lead over 200 girls in her workshop, #Likeagirl, which looked at self images, their portrayals in the media, and how girls need to […]
Anna’s Take on Day 1
Hey guys, this is Anna. My dad has been doing most of the writing so far, but I’m here too and want to share my experience. Youth 2015 has been really great so far. Tonight’s opening service and it was amazing. My own youth group unfortunately wasn’t able to come Youth 2015, but my friend’s […]
Challenges? We laugh in the face of challenges!
It’s been a long day and like any first day of an event the size of Youth 2015, it’s come with a few challenges along the way. And yet, as is often true in youth ministry as well, adaptability was the star of the day as people patiently waited to deal with getting 4,800 youth and […]
Is there a hairdresser in the house?
Of course at any event like Youth 2015, all sorts of needs arise, but it was surprising to learn that the missions team is looking for a cosmetologist/barber to help with one of their mission projects. Madeline Chumley, a student at the University of Texas and a Youth 2015 design team member working with missions […]
What is it about youth folk and Starbucks?
Every year at our Warmth in Winter event held by the Tennessee Annual Conference, the longest line at the event is located outside the hotel Starbucks. As I was wandering through the lobby this morning, I noticed that the line is already forming outside the Starbucks in the lobby, even though not everyone is here yet. […]
Today it begins….
Well we are packing up from the Ramada after an amazing day at Universal yesterday. We were completely worn out (in fact, Anna crashed and I couldn’t wake her up for dinner!) but had a great time at a great theme park. We want to give a shout out to the St. Mark’s UMC (Murfreesboro, […]
We’re here . . . and so are a bunch of other folks
Well it’s been 12 hours on the road, split between two days. After a lovely traffic backup over Monteagle Mountain (adding about an hour to the trip), and an overnight bivouac (look it up) in MoConough, GA, we made it to Orlando and took some time to get acclimated to our surroundings. While most of […]
What does it take to forgive someone like Dylann Roof?
(RNS) Nadine Collier, daughter of one of Dylann Roof’s nine alleged victims, has one message for the suspected killer: “I forgive you.” The 21-year-old Roof is charged with the violent slaying that occurred at the Emmanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C. At Roof’s bond hearing, Chief Magistrate James Gosnell allowed Collier to deliver a statement […]
Gearing up for the Big Trip….
Day after tomorrow, after a full Sunday at church, Anna and I will be loading up the Soul EARLY in the morning, and head south to make the long journey to Youth 2015. We’ve been waiting with great anticipation for this week to come, and it’s almost here. I’ve known about these quarterly youth events […]
The Fault in Our Death Penalty
This article submitted by Brian Snyder, a layperson and member of First United Methodist Church Baton Rouge. You can submit your own article for posting via our submission page. At the dawn of the 21st century, one of the major questions in American jurisprudence is the best way to kill a man. We have decided that […]
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