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Written by Admin
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Friday, 01 January 2010 |
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Happy New Year from all of us at Wild Frontier. This is a special year for us as we start our 20th year as this ministry. First up in our celebration is a completely new webpage in the next few weeks. For the rest of the year, we will continue to follow how God leads us in our wild frontier. Will you join us?
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New Pair of Cleats: The Extended Family’s Role in Youth Ministry |
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Written by Admin
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Tuesday, 29 December 2009 |
 For the start of Advent, one of our 8th graders at my church, the one who has grown to be taller than his own father over the past year, showed up to church wearing a suit and a tie. I was wearing jeans that day (dress jeans for those who understand that fashion) and the practice for the rest of the staff is to rarely wear a tie. Randy’s appearance was a shock to us, many whom have known him his entire life.
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Rites of Passage Ideas Resource |
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Written by Admin
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Monday, 30 March 2009 |
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Over at our sister site of FamilyBasedYouthMinistry.org , we have updated and re-released our downloadable resource on Rites of Passage Ideas. Much has been said and written about the lack of rites of passage for teens these days. We decided to help by providing lots of real ideas. We have compiled seven life stages which a teen and young adult goes through. Each life stage has two columns of ideas. One column is for the youth worker to do something and one column is for the parent. This download makes a great resource for the youth worker and an even better resource for the youth worker to give to the parent. This is a .pdf download and is available for free HERE.
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WF Youth Ministry Insight--What Do You Think? |
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Written by Brenda Seefeldt
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Tuesday, 08 September 2009 |
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"Short-term trips (STMs) are contemporary versions of an ancient Christian practice called pilgrimage. (Perhaps we should call them STPs). A pilgrim goes on a journey to meet God in a faraway place, hoping to return as a different person from the one who left. In medieval times, Europe particularly was crisscrossed with pilgrimage routes, with the destination usually being a notable church or site of a saint's relics.
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The Youth Worker Book of Hope Featuring Brenda Seefeldt |
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Written by Admin
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Friday, 07 August 2009 |
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 The Youth Worker Book of Hope is a compilation and true stories of mistakes and epiphanies from actual youth workers who have been through the valley and learned from it. In "Brenda's" chapter, "When Parents Don't Respect You", she talks about the epiphany she had nine years ago that changed her ministry after 19 years of being Brenda-centric. Of course, that led to the creation of this resource site. Other true stories are "When the Van Breaks Down," "When Your Spouse Gets Ignored," When You Fail Morally." The Youth Worker Book of Hope is available at www.youthspecialties.com and bookstores everywhere.
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Faith Shaping Tasks Download |
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Written by Admin
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Monday, 30 March 2009 |
In Pair of Cleats , we've just finished a series on the Faith Shaping Tasks. We've compiled this series into one helpful downloadable resource. A youth ministry generation ago, Stephen D. Jones came up with these Faith Shaping Tasks to describe the way faith grows in children and teens and the role adults play in this. We've updated these tasks and mixed in Wild Frontier thinking. Not only will you gain simple yet transformative insight into your role as a youth leader, you will enjoy reading and reminiscing about how your faith has been shaped. This download is a great youth ministry tool to encourage you in your ministry and provides a great framework to discuss and train your volunteer staff. As a bonus, we've also included three practical ideas to apply these Faith Shaping Tasks in a youth group setting.
Download HERE.
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Pair of Cleats Archive, The Glass is Half Full |
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Written by Admin
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Wednesday, 16 January 2008 |
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The Glass is Half Full: Concerning this generation of teens and young adults, I believe the glass is really half full. I know study after study is saying that teens are leaving the church in droves when they graduate from high school. Study after study is saying that the younger generation has a bad connotation of Christians and thus are not seeking out the Church or even God as an answer for their lives. |
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