Youth Ministry Institute of Pacific Life Bible College

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YMI Asks: What did you do this summer? w/ Andrew Lee

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The Teen Brain: The More Mature, the More Reckless

Interesting article in TIME magazine: "Teenagers are a famously reckless species. They floor the gas and experiment with drugs and play with guns; according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention figures, more than 16,000 young people die each year from unintentional injuries. The most common-sense explanation for teens' carelessness is that their brains just aren't developed enough to know better. But new research suggests that in the case of some teens, the culprit is just the opposite: the brain matures not too slowly but, perhaps, too quickly."   [READ REST OF ARTICLE]

Playin' With Fire - New Resource for Teaching Online Integrity to Teens

Playin’ With Fire strives to help teens think about the relevant issues that surround them in with all things technical. Our video: “Confessions of a Fireater” encourages teens to act the same online and off as well as bring up issues that they struggle with in regards to tech use with their peers, mentors, and parents. We are trying to change the world: One parent, One teen, and 1 computer at a time.  http://www.playinwithfire.org/

The Best Curriculum Package We've Ever Seen!!

The folks over at Simply Youth Ministry have packaged a 4 year curriculum that is reproducible!!  Downloads of it become available August 1st.  It is $499/first year plus $99/year after that (if you want the web resources/tools).  We've taken an in depth look at the site and the free demo and it looks good!  Check it out at http://live.simplyyouthministry.com/Home/tabid/73/Default.aspx

How Teens Use Media - Neilsen Report

A Nielsen report on the myths and realities of teen media trends has been made available online.  Click here to download the PDF.

YouthMinistry.com - New Resource

Group Magazine and Simply Youth Ministry have created a new online resource for youth workers and parents at www.youthministry.com.

Good Resource on Pornography

Mark Driscoll has written a small book that is available online for free!  http://relit.org/porn_again_christian/

Outreach Idea - Ping Pong Club?

GrownUpThinking.com (a blog of Mr. Youth [youth culture marketing firm]) is picking up on a growing trend:

"With marketers continuing not to see the returns on high priced athlete endorsements and even more athletes caught amongst the scandals (Manny), marketers are asking what’s next. About a decade ago, Texas Hold-Em Poker emerged as the new hot sport (if a finger gesture and flick of the wrist can constitute a sport). ESPN and other networks jumped in on the action and marketers ante’d up.

So the new Poker? It might very well be Ping Pong, or some might say Table Tennis. Already the second largest participation sport in the world to only soccer, Ping Pong is gaining in popularity in the US and like Poker is spreading quickly on college campuses.

Now marketers are thinking it might be time to jump in. InBev’s Anheuser-Busch has..." [READ THE ENTIRE BLOG ENTRY]

The Voca Group - It Gets Amazing

This video starts out slow/average and then gets amazing...