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Upcoming NextGen Events
NextGen Leadership Team
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Director of Next Generation Ministries |
Next Generation Ministries Assistant |
Resources
2012 Scholarship Application Packet
The Fifty Two Volume III:
An unprecedented, comprehensive resource for youth ministry.
Click here for more information.
Youth Alive:
Download the Application Packet for Oregon Youth Alive Academy.
Learn more about Youth Alive at the national level.
Youth
Our Mission:
To Develop Healthy Effective Youth & Children's Pastors/Leaders that are Building Healthy Youth and Children's Ministries in our Network Churches.
Our Goal:
To ENCOURAGE our Pastors/Leaders through network connections.
To EQUIP and enrich our Pastors/Leaders through ongoing coaching, mentoring and training.
To expand our Ministry Network influence by EMPOWERING our Network Pastors/Leaders to provide relevant events, resources and ministries for our network churches.
To ENLARGE our Ministry Network by developing new young leaders.
Our Strategy:
Ask the Lord of the harvest...to send workers...into his his harvest field. Matthew 9:38 (NIV)
PRAY, EQUIP, EMPOWER
First Impressions
A few Sundays ago I was privileged to attend Redmond Assembly of God. This Central Oregon church is blessed to have two outstanding Next Generation Ministry Pastors: Jeremy Hocker is their youth pastor and Jeff Stallings is their relatively new children’s ministry director. They are both currently seeing significant growth in their ministries. This news got me thinking about the old adage, “You never get a second chance to make a first impression.” What a true statement! It doesn't matter if you are the pastor, key volunteer, small group leader, Sunday school teacher, or you work in the kids church store, first encounters with new kids and youth are very important; but they can be difficult.
Here are 6 things you can be for new-comers to help make a good first impression:
