About Us
The Basic Gist:
We are a group of youth ministers who desire to leverage our resources on behalf of the rest of the churches in our denomination and our world. We desire to share our content with those who can use it to make an positive impact on the Kingdom of God.
The Long Gist:
One of the things I really like about the United Methodist Church is our focus on connection. What's amazing is that although we are spread out all over the world, we share a common bond, purpose and mission. After spending a lot of time as a youth pastor, I realized that there is a lot of talent across our denomination that is being used to create video, audio, graphics, and curriculum that is incredibly high quality and sitting on hard drives in offices getting no use.
I also know that the reality of youth ministry in most churches is underfunded and understaffed. It is often volunteer-led and made successful by adults who love students and want to spend their time discipling rather than writing and researching. I also know that $20 goes a long way towards starbucks, coke, and pizza, but not far with curriculum, video and graphic design.
Hopefully, here is where those two worlds meet. The goal is to leverage the resources of a few churches for the building up of the entire church. Though these resources and articles may be UMC focused, all are welcome to them, and they are all FREE. Please don't spend money on things that others are creating and willing to share. Use that money for a better purpose! Let us take care of the curriculum and you take care of the ministry.
So, here you will find articles on how do do youth ministry in our setting, and downloads that will take care of a message outlines, t-shirt designs, discussion ideas, games and more. Please feel free to share these with friends and use them however you need, but give credit where credit is due, and don't sell it! Check out the bottom of the site for the details of our Creative Commons License.
