Scott Mullens - 4 Practices in Preparing Videos for Your Youth Ministry
Who Are These Guys podcast show host Scott Mullens has just written a great article on how to prepare videos in your youth ministry. If you have this need and are looking for a guide to get started then this is just for you!
Episode 32: Best Practices in Staying Productive
This week we get all Covey’d and GTD’d out with productivity best practices. Tom, Lee and Scott join me again this week, thanks guys!
Show Notes:
Jesus Quit Church
Direct Mail
First Christian Canton
Great Park Church
"The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens Journal" (Stephen R. Covey, Debra Harris)
Franklin Covey
"Moleskine Ruled Notebook Large" (Moleskine)
"Palm Tungsten E2 Handheld" (Palm)
"Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity" (David Allen)
43 Folders
Circus Ponies Notebook (Mac Application that Rocks!)
Tony’s Business
Google Documents
Hipster PDA
LifeHacker.com
Bi-Modal Work Styles
Church 2.0
Starbucks
Gmail GTDInbox Firefox Extension
Matthew McNutt
Simply 3 Day 15% off Sale
Simply Youth Ministry Podcast
Since I blew it and got the time wrong to record a new podcast this week with the guys. So, you should check out the Simply Youth Ministry Podcast today. They have started recording the show live over at:
http://live.yahoo.com/simplyinsider
It is pretty cool to not only see the show live but to interact with the usual 50 or so youth pastors that are chatting away as it happens.
See you there!
Energy Vampires
We all have those students, parents or people who we avoid if we see them coming. We avoid them because we know as soon as they see us we will be in a 30 minute conversation full of their drama, bitterness and emotions. We know after the 30 minutes all we will be good for is falling asleep at our desk because they have just sucked the life out of us. Old school pastors call these people EGR (Extra Grace Required) people.
Over at Dumb Little Man they have a great article on how to protect yourself from “Energy Vampires” I like the way they put it because these kind of people “feed” off of everyone they come into contact with, they don’t really care if you care or listen, they just need to bring someone down with them to feel better instead of dealing with their issues.
My favorite excerpt:
5. Don’t give them too much time. When a Vampire walks into my office I stand as if I’m about to go somewhere. I’ll give them a few minutes and if I feel we’re heading down the same old path, I’ll start walking and shut the conversation down.
click here for the rest of the article…
What to Value in Ministry « Dan Stoffer
A good friend of my who is a middle school pastor has started blogging and has some really good things to say about youth ministry. Here is an excerpt from a recent post, he is on my subscription lists!
So those values listed are it. As my friend Brad says, “there’s nothing sexy about them.” However, these values encompass so much than is described above. We are still in the process of implementing these values and making them truly the life-blood of the ministry. I am hopeful that they will help me to focus on the right things with students and help to truly awaken and inspire them to the reality of God. I would love to hear your thoughts and/or critiques. Leave me a few comments. [From What to Value in Ministry « Dan Stoffer]
Episode 31: Avoiding a Competitive Spirit by Learning to Define Success
This week on the Who Are These Guys Podcast we have hosts Tom Roepke, Scott Mullens, Lee Nicholson, and Mr. Meltdown Matthew McNutt.
This week we talk about how to deal with a competitive spirit, and how it usually comes from an inaccurate measurement for gauging the success of your ministry to yourself, your pastor and you congregation. We also talk about mobile blogging, productivity and other resources.
Show Notes:
Utterz
Tom’s Utterz
Tony’s Utterz
43 Folders
David Allen - author of Getting Things Done
Inbox Zero - Merlin Mann
Tom typing in the background
Malone College
Skype
Church 2.0
Twitter.com
Purpose Driven Youth Ministry
Mentioned Resources
"Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity" (David Allen)
"Purpose-Driven® Youth Ministry" (Doug Fields)
Tiny projects keep it new - (37signals)
In the ongoing and relentless schedule of ministry and it’s programs, larger projects (i.e. Easter, Summer Camps, Christmas, etc.) can easily lose their momentum and focus. Check out this article from the guys over at 37signals.com and how they keep large projects manageable and interesting.
The typical project starts out great but then our motivation and interest wanes as time goes on. It’s natural. Staying interested in a project over a long period of time is a challenge for anyone. The longer the project the thinner the tail. You’re not going to do your best work in the tail. [From Tiny projects keep it new - (37signals)]
Alltop - will help you keep on top of things…
Guy Kawasaki has just launched a new startup website called Alltop . It has categories that for the major themes and topics being written about on the web, even teen news. Then is creates summary pages from the main sites on these topics and shows you the most popular stuff on the web relating to it.
It is automated web browsing and filtering - and looks like it could save you a bunch of time.
Are you your ministry’s worst enemy?
Seth Godin has a great post below about how easy it is to let the demand or popularity of the moment kill your original purpose and direction over time.
This place, just about every place, has a shot at greatness, at becoming a destination, a place with profits and happiness and growth. Along the way, it’s easy to start compromising your marketing, because it seems like in that moment, it’s expedient. When this starts happening, the answer is not to do it more. Instead, it’s worth a full stop. Is this what you set out to do? Is compromising everything going to get you to a place that was worth the journey? Wouldn’t it be smarter to just stop selling trains and do something else (lottery tickets, even) but do it really really well. [From Seth's Blog: The long slide to gone]
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