“How different can Mexico really be,” I asked myself just before leaving the church parking lot for my first youth group international trip. In my high school, America-centric mind Mexico was almost an extension of Texas. As I sat…
I think it’s imperative youth ministries take students overseas on missions. It may seem difficult and there are many hurdles to overcome. But it’s worth it and it will completely change the culture of your student ministry – for the…
Throughout the New Testament, there are many pictures of Jesus meeting needs. He fed people who were hungry (not just with loaves and fish, but with the Bread of Life); He healed disease and cured illnesses; He comforted the afflicted;…
ServantLife is pleased to announce new locations for ministry this summer. Along with our old friends in Ukraine, Ecuador, and South Africa, we’ve got five new ministry opportunities to share with you. We are now partnering with La Montana camps…
Summer 2010 was by far the best summer of my life. I did not spend it, however, on the sandy shores at the Gulf, or lounging by the pool with my best friends. Instead, I was in the Ukrainian countryside,…
“If you happen to get around to it please go to the Nations.” “If you could squeeze a few extra dollars out of your budget for missions, I would appreciate that.” “I would really appreciate you starting a church and…
Should there be a cost for missions in youth ministry? As I have done camp over the past seven years, I have seen the difficulty in teaching the importance of missions to students, the difficulty in getting a church leadership to get…
This year at camp, we’re trying something a little different. We talk a lot about serving and helping, and we realized that we invade communities during the summer for camp each week, and we leave the same way we came….
Servant Life is all about a lifestyle of giving and serving. It’s about moving students to think less about what they might become one day, and more about being a disciple of Christ today. Servant Life was initiated by
‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’ Matthew 25:40 I have looked into their eyes, I have held their hands, I have played with…