Many of us have heard the question, “When are you going to become a real pastor?”
That question inspired the design for this t-shirt created for youth workers who know their call to pastor students!
Now you can get your, “Yes, I Am A Real Pastor!” t-shirt!
Only $12.00 plus shipping!
Order your t-shirt today!
Simply click on the link below to visit purchase your shirt!
“Yes I Am A Real Pastor” – Jay Higham Design
- jay
Just downloaded the new app from Brisk/Star Wars, BriskSaber.
I’ve only played it twice, but already love it. As the Jedi, you swipe your lightsaber slashing droid ships, battle droids, ships, and Darth Maul. But watch out for R2-D2. One wrong slash and you get a big red ‘X’. 3 ‘X’s and it’s game over.
Choose your play, Survival, kill or be killed, or Time Trial and slash through as many enemies as possible in 60 seconds. As you advance through the levels you can unlock additional lightsabers and ships.
The app is free to download.
So if you need to kill some time, download BriskSaber, and use the force!
- jay
This weekend we kicked off a series titled, MADE. Over the next six weeks we will consider the truth that we were MADE with Purpose and the five Biblical purposes of, Worship, Ministry, Evangelism, Fellowship, and Discipleship. The video above is the bumper video that I used to introduce the series. I don’t who made it, but it’s a pretty powerful testimony of our culture.
Series Breakdown:
January 14-21: Week One, MADE with Purpose
January 21-28: Week Two, MADE to Worship
January 28-February 04: Week Three, MADE for Fellowship
February 04-11: Week Four, MADE for Discipleship
February 11-18: Week Five, MADE for Ministry
February 18-25: Week Six, MADE for Evangelism.
Be sure to visit each day for thoughts and scripture to help us discover what we were MADE for!
- jay
This week, the internet has been peppered with blog posts from SYMC fans, sharing all sorts of things about the Simply Youth Ministry Conference (SYMC). With the conference only a few weeks away, people are getting excited. And for good reason.
The Simply Youth Ministry Conference is by far, one of it not the best conferences for youth workers. Sure that sounds like an opinion, and it is. But I’m not new to the conference scene. I have attended youth worker conferences for over 12 years, even serving on staff with some of them. and none of those years have impacted me the way my years at SYMC have.
My first SYMC was in 2010, and it rocked me, right to my soul. Never have I been reduced to tears in a general session the way I was at that conference. They weren’t tears brought on by emotional stories of youth workers sacrificing for the sake of their students and ministries. These were tears of brokenness as a realized that God wanted something more from my life. He wanted to heal the hurts, renew the call, and demonstrate His redeeming love in my life.
Ministry had become a routine for me and not a passion. It had been a tough year and I was questioning my call, my career, and what was next. But God used Rick Lawrence’s morning devotions to break through and speak into my life. Like I said, never have a cried like that at a conference. God was revealing Himself to me and I was weeping like a baby. It was one of the most exciting moments of my career.
For me, SYMC is about real ministry and caring for those who live the ministry out in their lives. There’s not a lot of hype. There is little spectacle. No dog and pony show. Sure it’s a conference, but it’s a different kind of conference. They call it “The Conference By Youth Workers, For Youth Workers” and truly it is. From everyone at Group and Simply Youth Ministry who runs the show to the army of “In The Trench” youth workers who volunteer their time to help plan, organize and lead the conference, the key values of SYMC are lived out and evident in everything that happens during those four days of heaven on earth.
If you have not registered for this years conference, what are you waiting for? Time is running out and space is quickly filling up. Register for the 2012 Simply Youth Ministry Conference, and rediscover the call to love students!
There is a special discount available to anyone who registers prior to Monday, January 16, 2012, so click over to the conference website and register!
- jay
