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Stephanie EisMore Posts Win a SYMC Registration!

The Simply Youth Ministry Conference is around the corner and we’d like you to nominate a youth worker for a free registration.

Here are the guidelines.

1. It’s for a free registration only, so make sure they can get there (Maybe you give them a ride and let them crash in your room, if you’re going.)

2. You can’t nominate yourself. (We would if we could, so we understand.)

3. Ideally this spot is for a member of Youth Ministry Nation who really needs it. As you know, youth ministry world is filled with all kinds of dangers, toils and snares, so we want this to be a refuge and a time to be renewed.

4. Go to Simply Soul Care and share in a paragraph or two why your friend needs to attend. This is normally how youth workers contact us so we can provide pastoral care for them.

5. Let your friend know that you nominated them and that we are available to walk alongside them as they face their trials. We only have one registration to give away but you can be the person who encourages, and prays for your friend.

6. Please encourage your friends, who are on twitter, to follow the Simply Soul Care Twitter account for encouragement and support & use #SimplyBlessed as your hashtag when you tweet about it.

7. Submissions are accepted from December 10 through December 20 and the winner will be announced before Christmas!

Blessings to all of the Youth Workers out there— You deserve to be at this conference!

– Stephanie

(Written by: Len Evans)

Add Comment December 10, 2012

Stephanie EisMore Posts It’s Here! It’s Here! It’s Here!

Finally after much delay is the official release of UNFILTERED MAGAZINE! Learn more at UnfilteredMagazine.com

Tomorrow Only Unfiltered Magazine will be $5 for a 1 year subscription…see attached image.

“From the editors of Group comes an all new magazine to help youth workers thrive in life…outside the church walls. Real stories by real youth workers on topics like…

Your heart

Your family

Your health

Your money

Your soul

And many more.

Link here http://bit.ly/UsMWNg – for $5 sub rate!

Go get your subscription NOW!!

-Stephanie

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Stephanie EisMore Posts TAKE RISKS. SERVE OTHERS. LOVE GOD

What does it mean to be a student leader?
Leadership isn’t about popularity, or a title, or a position. It’s about making a lasting impact by following the call of God, taking appropriate risks, and challenging other teenagers to follow Christ.
Doug Franklin wrote this book because he’s committed to seeing people develop a leadership heart. He knows what it takes to help you reach a place where you move beyond your comfort zone, where you solve problems that seem impossible to conquer, where you wholeheartedly serve other people. Doug’s passionate about this stuff!
As you read through 99 Thoughts for Student Leaders, you’ll encounter thoughts and ideas that will inspire you, challenge you, cause you to think, and help you develop your creativity. Ultimately, you’ll discover the courage to become someone who leads others in making a difference.

Risk, Serve, Love!

~Stephanie

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Stephanie EisMore Posts Making an Impact Right Where YOU Are!!

You aren’t the lead youth worker at your church? That doesn’t mean you can’t powerfully influence the lives of teenagers!
Thanks to her 25 years of experience as a youth ministry volunteer, Danette Matty thoroughly knows your world: part-time hours, full-time passion—and no-time pay. But she also knows that you’re an integral part of God’s work in the lives of students and in your church’s ministry to teenagers.
This book will help you discover how to maintain your spiritual vitality, lead from the middle, serve through all the seasons of life, and do what you do best. You’ll also gain insights into working well with teenagers, parents, church leaders, and other volunteers.
Danette’s goal in 99 Thoughts for Volunteers is to encourage and equip you—the volunteer whose commitment, hard work, and dedication are essential to a healthy youth ministry. She’s eager to deflate the “just a volunteer” mentality and inflate the truth of the primo skills and qualities that you as a volunteer bring to the team!

Check it out here!

Thank you to all the volunteers! You are changing and influencing more lives than you realize!

~Stephanie

Add Comment November 12, 2012

Stephanie EisMore Posts 25 TWITTER INSIGHTS FOR #STUMIN LEADERSHIP

How much wisdom can you pack into 140 characters?
Quite a bit, it turns out.
Twisdom unpacks truth-filled tweets about 25 important leadership topics, with honest conversation and practical application from veteran youth worker Matt Lawson. He’s discovered the power of using Twitter¨ to create a file of collective and collaborative wisdom from youth workers around the world.
You’ll encounter rich insights on such topics as combating student apathy, turning vision into action, building a stronger relationship with your senior pastor, training and investing in volunteers, and lasting for the long haul. Get a bite-size dose of practical wisdom that will cause you to think beyond 140 characters in your journey to become a stronger leader, youth worker, and Christ-follower.

Check out the book here

Add Comment November 9, 2012

Justin BolingMore Posts Parents, What’s Wrong With Their Brains?!?

It’s often tough to understand why teenagers do what they do. One moment they’re calm and rational, but the next they’re agitated and emotional. One day they’re making incredibly wise choices, but the next they’re making disastrous mistakes. Yesterday they earned your trust, but today it seems they’ve lost it once again.
Why such inconsistency? Credit their brains.
A Parent’s Guide to Understanding Teenage Brains is filled with helpful, practical insights from veteran youth worker Mark Oestreicher.
Without an understanding of teenage brain development, we might miss life’s teachable moments or shut down our child’s curiosity with easy answers that don’t satisfy the search for truth happening below the surface.
That’s why Marko has written this book: to guide you through the world of the teenage brain, to help you understand and appreciate the amazing transformations it undergoes in adolescence to prepare children for adulthood and its many responsibilities.

Fine Marko’s book here.

Add Comment November 2, 2012

Justin BolingMore Posts The Best Youth Ministry Pet Ever!

The best youth ministry pet ever is also the most epic animal on the face of the planet.
A gorgeous, four-horned unicorn.
There have been many cases of blindness immediately after viewing a quadricorn.
Poops out the most colorful rainbows of all.

On that note check this out…you can now print workbooks for students, leaders, and yourself in minuets!