Northern Roads by Jeremy Norton

Tag: youth

Discipleship, Leadership

HOW MENTORSHIP HAS BEEN FOUNDATIONAL TO MY FAITH AND LIFE

I had a mentor before they were called mentors. It was back in the 90’s, when I was in high school. His name was Tim and

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Bible, Discipleship

HOW TO KEEP TEENS FROM EXASPERATION AND EMBITTERMENT

Dealing With Our Control Issues. Once a child hit’s puberty, a parent’s control begins to slip away. At puberty there are obviously chemical and hormonal changes

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Discipleship, Family, Leadership, Ministry

HELP! I’m Parenting a Teenager!

There once was a young man named Bobby Boucher. Bobby was raised in the Louisiana bayou. Bobby’s Mama loved him dearly! Out of that love, she tried her best to protect Bobby from the evils of this world. But little by little, her desire to love and protect Bobby turned into a constant effort to control Bobby.

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Leadership, Outreach

HOW GOD IS USING THE PASSION OF YOUTH

Let’s talk about youth.

Depending on the English translation you’re using, the word “youth” appears 50 to 90 times in the Old Testament and 1 to 10 times in the New Testament.

This would be a straightforward word study if it weren’t for our current Western culture definition of youth (which often equates to being a teenager). You see, this doesn’t transfer over Biblically.

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Bible, Ministry

OH TO BE YOUNG AGAIN!

Embracing Faith & Passion. The Bible teaches us that God loves children. What do you think God loves the most about children? The Bible teaches

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Leadership, Ministry

WHY ALL MINISTRIES SHOULD PLAN TO PROTECT CHILDREN

In church life, there’s a temptation to put aside volunteer protocol that works during the school year, in order to continue the weekly ministry. “How can we get creative to run programs with limited volunteers?”

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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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Communication, Discipleship

FEEDING OVER 100 HOMELESS TEENS – PART 2

Click HERE To Read Homeless Teens – Part 1. This particular account is from “Chapter 10: The congregation was more than enthusiastic about answering the rally

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Communication, Discipleship

HOW GOD LED OUR CHURCH TO FEE OVER 100 HOMELESS TEENS

Homeless Teens – Part 1 On the Kenai Peninsula, it’s rare to find a homeless person wandering around. This doesn’t mean that our part of

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Discipleship, Leadership

WHAT TO DO WHEN MINISTRY OPPORTUNITIES END IN DISAPPOINTMENT

Sometimes stories don’t end the way we had hoped. Sometimes the effort doesn’t produce the outcome. Sometimes the end result can be disappointing.

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Books, Church, Discipleship, OT

God’s Majesty Moves Hundreds of Youth to Boldly Respond

Hundreds of youth responded to Francis Chan’s bold challenge to stand for God, embracing His majesty and transforming their lives forever.

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Discipleship, Music

Reminiscing About the Days of My Youth…and Christian Punk Rock

The teens before us (in the 80s) had broken through a lot of the legalism regarding playing cards, pool halls, going to movies and best of all, listening to rock music! By the 90s, Christian rock options were coming out of every major city faster than we could memorize lyrics. Christian artists were coming out of the woodwork, creating sounds that drove teen culture; yet carried positive or at least neutral messages with every note.

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