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Field Report 2005

October 24, 2005 in Seminary, Youth Ministry with 1 Comment


For the annual YMI board meeting, I have been asked to send in a report on the Latin American ministry. This includes the state of the ministry right now as well as goals for the next year. Here are some of my goals for next year.

  • Recruit at least 5 new students for the Mexican Baptist Theological Seminary to start studying in August 2006, preferably from different regions of Mexico.

  • Work to approve 2 churches in the Mexico City area
  • Develop a once a month informal training seminar and/or youth workers roundtable for interested youth workers in Mexico City
  • Mentor and train those seminary students who are not in the youth ministry program but are working with young people in their Christian service work
  • Finish translating and adapting the 4 year seminary curriculum
  • Continue to research and promote youth ministry in Mexico
  • Raise more funds for the ministry in Latin America (wanna help?)
  • Strengthen our network with other youth ministry trainers in Latin America
  • Conduct a �Youth Emphasis Week� at the Mexican Baptist Theological Seminary in the fall of 2006

If you’d like to see the whole report, send me an email and I will get it to you.

Whole Night for the Whole World

May 13, 2005 in Missions, Prayer, Youth Ministry with 0 Comments

Tomorrow night, young people all over the world will be praying all night for the 2.1 billion other young people in the world, most of whom have never heard about Jesus. Read the article here.

What a week!

January 31, 2005 in Church, Youth Ministry with 0 Comments

After Thursday and Friday’s difficult times with the family of Roman, the weekend just picked up steam. On Saturday morning, we had a leadership team meeting for the youth ministry at our church, Dios Es Amor. We had fewer people there than expected, but we went on with the planning for the next 4 months of youth ministry activities. It was an exhausting but productive day.

Sunday morning we went to church and then we had youth group on Sunday night. We had a sort of “individual worship experience” at youth group. We set up 4 stations that dealt with the Tsunami, Sickness, Death, and Personal Problems. The idea was that each young person could reflect on what they thought about each and what God says about each, as well as giving them the opportunity to pray for their requests and the requests of others. It went well, but it was a lot of work. Please continue to pray for the family who lost their son and also for the rest of the youth ministry at our church.

How to be “Naco”

January 23, 2005 in Youth Ministry with 0 Comments

Tonight at youth group, I talked about “How to be Naco.” Naco is the word used for someone who doesn’t really know how to act in a certain social stratus. The key verses were 1 Corinthians 13:1-4. Basically, the way to be Naco is to not have love. We can have abilities, but without love, we’re nothing. We can have knowledge, but without love we are nothing. We can sacrifice everything, but without love, we are nothing. Next Saturday, we’re having a leadership team meeting. I am hoping to have a “plan de trabajo” in the next 2 weeks for the rest of the year.

Youth Group last night

January 17, 2005 in Youth Ministry with 0 Comments

We are finally seeing some signs of life at the youth group at Dios Es Amor. Last night we had 15 of us. The theme was “Spiderman and the Bible.” I used the quote, “With great power comes great responsibility.” We had silly string; we had a big spider web. We had cake. We had a good time, and we also had a bunch of new young people there. It was one of the first times I have felt like we had a “real” youth group at church. We are starting a leadership team of young people next week. I pray that it will be effective. Anyway, I am excited about seeing what God is going to do in the youth ministry there.

Baptist youth Conference

April 13, 2004 in Youth Ministry with 0 Comments

Baptist Youth Conference: We had the opportunity to go to the Baptist Youth Conference in Cuernavaca last week. It was a great time of networking and fun as we met with many key people both from Mexico and Latin America. We now have a much greater understanding of what youth work is taking place in the Baptist denomination in Mexico. It was great to meet with people from all over Mexico and learn what is happening in their youth ministries and how we can assist in the development of those ministries. This week, we go back to the state of Morelos for a youth camp where Dennis will be speaking. Please pray for us during this time. Thanks!

Mike Yaconelli

November 7, 2003 in Youth Ministry with 0 Comments

Mike Yac: Thought it would be wrong if we didn’t mention anything about the co founder and owner of youthspecialties going to be with Jesus this past week. Even though we never heard him speak in person or met him, we have been influenced by him. The world of youth ministry will forever be changed because of his vision and passion to reach the next generation with the gospel of Jesus Christ. You never know who you are impacting even if you don’t meet them.

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