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2011 Graduation at the Mexican Baptist Theological Seminary

June 28, 2011 in Center for YM, features, Seminary, Youth Ministry with 2 Comments

Last Saturday we celebrated the 4th graduation of youth ministry students at the Mexican Baptist Theological Seminary. Juan Roman Jacinto graduated with his Bachelor’s degree in youth ministry. He also received a YMI certification, meaning that he has proven that he can put into practice what he has learned in the classroom. Juan will be opening a diploma in youth ministry extension on the coast of Oaxaca starting in August.

We also graduated our first 3 graduates with a diploma in youth ministry. These three have taken 9 youth ministry courses on Saturday mornings and completed the coursework necessary to receive a certificate, or diploma in youth ministry. They are all very active in their local church youth ministries and in the lives of young people throughout the week. This program was started two years ago to satisfy the needs of those who cannot attend Seminary classes full time but need youth ministry training.

The graduation at the Seminary was a great time for our family. We enjoyed being able to participate in the entire thing, now that we live directly on campus. The boys were able to play with their friends and we stayed for the banquet. We are very proud of all the graduates from the Seminary (there were 6 overall bachelor’s degree students). Many of them have taken youth ministry classes as electives and have become our friends. We will be sad to see them go, but we know that God has great things in store for them in their ministries.

The New American Reality

April 26, 2011 in Missions, Youth Ministry with 0 Comments

This video should impact the way we do ministry in the United States of America. What are we doing to reach this segment of the population?

Youth Ministry Multiplication

February 24, 2011 in features, YMI, Youth Ministry with 0 Comments

Three of our graduates in Cuba are beginning to train 7 students from Bolivia and one student from Ecuador in youth ministry. They will be teaching them the youth ministry courses as well as those Cuban students who they have in their classes. The idea is that these students will go back to their countries and train others in youth ministry.

The picture is of Randy and Pancho with the Bolivian students. The girl in the glasses on the right is from Ecuador.

Pancho expresses the idea of the training by saying, “They approached us like the man from Macedonia, saying, ‘Come. Help us’.” So that is what they are doing. A big factor in the decision to train them is their expression of the great need there is in their country for youth ministry training.

I’m excited about what this is going to lead to in the future.

Early American Youth Workers

February 7, 2011 in Youth Ministry with 0 Comments

I’m doing a lot of research on the history of youth ministry for a paper I’m writing, and I came across this list of early youth workers today. I pray that God will use us the same way He used the guys on this list.

Source: Adams, Dave. The Development of Youth Ministry as a Professional Career and the Distinctives of Liberty University Youth Ministry Training in Preparing Students for Youth Work. 1993

Technology Blogs for Parents

December 13, 2010 in Youth Ministry with 0 Comments

I saw this list of Technology Blogs for Parents and thought it would be good to share it here. I don’t subscribe to any of these, so I can’t personally say that they are good or bad. They might be a helpful resource for your family ministry.

What other family resources are out there that can help in the area of technology?

Nathan’s First Big League Game

September 20, 2010 in Family, features, Fun stuff, Nathan, resources, Seminary, Uncategorized, Youth Ministry with 0 Comments

Furlough, or “home assignment” is a time for a missionary family to get to do some things that they don’t necessarily get to do while on the mission field. Yesterday was one of those days.

We’ve been Tampa Bay Rays fans since they came into the Major Leagues, and this year, they are playing really well. So I decided to take Nathan to his first baseball game yesterday. We got some cheap tickets on StubHub and took off for the day.

Our tickets were 2 rows behind the wall in left-center field, and every Sunday at Tropicana Field, they have Family Fun Days, with all sorts of fun things for families with kids to do. They also happened to be giving out Super Hero Capes (which is why Nathan wanted to go, I think).

So, we ate peanuts, got a foot long hot dog, ate some Carvel ice cream, and watched baseball. It was fun to hang out with my big guy all day.


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An Interview with Boyce College for Youth Emphasis Week

February 11, 2010 in Center for YM, Global Youth Ministry, Youth Ministry with 0 Comments


I had a quick Skype interview last Monday with some youth ministry students and youth pastors for Boyce College’s Youth Emphasis Week. We talked mostly about Youth Evangelism in Mexico.

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