Northern Roads by Jeremy Norton

Tag: teen

Leadership, Outreach

THE LIFE OF A TALKER

From Ritalin to Reaching the Lost I’m a talker. I’ve been a talker my whole life. I checked with my mom this week and according to

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Discipleship, Leadership

HOW MENTORSHIP SHAPED MY LIFE

This weekend I went home. I grew up in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. This past weekend, I had the opportunity to visit after many years. The

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Bible, Ministry

Discovering the Greatest of All Dark Horses – Small Group Study

A Small Group Study – Last Wednesday night we talked about “Dark Horses” in our Middle School Discipleship program.

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Books, Ministry

A Continued Petition To Surrender Sin – Small Group Study

As promised, here’s Francis Chan’s second session of Surrender SIN. Keep your eye out in the next couple of weeks as we finish our Surrender series with Surrender SELF.

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Church, Discipleship, Gospels, Ministry, Outreach

3 Reasons Why the Church Should Focus On Youth and Children

Bob is a true evangelist! I had an opportunity to hear him speak at Creationfest years ago, and his message still resonates with me. During his presentation, he suggested that the church should be doing a better job of evangelizing to youth and children. I don’t think anyone in the crowd disagreed. However, we were all further compelled when he laid out the reasons why.

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Communication, Discipleship, Leadership, Ministry, Movies, Music, Technology

How a “No Headphones” Rule Can Promote Community

Once a youth trip begins, it’s fascinating to see how quickly the students expect a youth pastor to act like their parents, but that’s not the goal in this environment. It’s important for students to have some safe, healthy independence during youth trips. For the most part, they were free to decide, and I always enjoy seeing their faces when this freedom first sets in.

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Bible, Discipleship, Family

Children Catch More Than Parents Teach Them and Here’s Why

More is caught, than taught. Children and youth catch far more of what we model than we could ever teach them verbally. We can sit our sons and daughters down at the kitchen table and talk to them for hours on end, but what we model for them in our own lives is what will truly impact their futures.

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