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Looking back at Wayfarer Camp at the Beach
Last week, about 400 students and leaders from all over the country gathered with our team at the Crown Reef resort in Myrtle Beach, S.C., for Wayfarer Camp. It was an amazing week as God once again helped students and leaders set aside false names in their lives so that they can live and go […]
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Rec Man presents water games
By day, David Reichley is the mild-mannered director of Wayfarer Camp. But at camp, David turns into REC MAN, whose curly blond wig has the ability to help any and every camper have fun. Each month, REC MAN will present a new game that you can use in your student ministry. This month, instead of […]
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Join our Webinar on Launching Missional Communities with Teenagers
On May 31, Rich Atkinson will be leading a webinar on Launching Missional Communities with Teenagers. As the youth minister at St. Thomas Philadelphia Church in Sheffield, England, Rich has launched more than 50 MCs for youth that impact hundreds of teenagers in Sheffield. (This network of MCs is called Forge.) This is your chance […]
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Rules of attraction: When youth ministries shouldn’t (and should) use attractional models
By Robert Neely There’s an old maxim that says you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. What the old saying doesn’t tell you is that once you start catching flies with honey, you have to keep giving them honey or else they’ll go away. Too often, youth ministries overlook this reality when they […]
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Upcoming webinar: How to start a discipleship movement among teens
The 3DM team is hosting several webinars this spring, and there’s one in particular we wanted to make sure you knew about. On March 8, Dave Rhodes is hosting a webinar on How to start a discipleship movement among teens. Here’s the description: Starting a movement among teens by discipling people like Jesus did. Most youth […]
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What’s the Dirty Little Secret of Youth and College Ministry?
By Jordanne Bonfield For some time there has been a secret brewing underneath the surface of most churches we see around us. It’s that senior leaders virtually never invest in youth and college pastors. On average, youth ministers stay at a church only 2 years. Could this be part of the reason? Unfortunately, I have […]
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A Response :: Is youth ministry subtly sabotaging college ministry?
By Dave Rhodes Last week was an interesting one here on the Wayfarer Blog. When my good friend Chris Brooks released his blog post Is youth ministry subtly sabotaging college ministry?, I knew it would create a response. I was pretty sure it would get people talking. But the question that stands in front of […]
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Is youth ministry subtly sabotaging college ministry?
By Chris Brooks (From Wayfarer Blog editors: This post starts off pretty fiery and says what some might say are some pretty incendiary things. We promise that it’ll be worth the read if you stick with it through the whole post!) According to a USA Today article a few years back, 70 percent of Protestants between […]
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