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Strategy in Staffing Volunteers

Matt Rothacher — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:38:28 +0000

Several years ago I was looking for wisdom on how to restructure our ministry to be prepared to handle ministering to hundreds of teenagers, I took my wife, pastor, and at that time our lone volunteer to Indian Springs Baptist Church in Bryant Arkansas the ministry that Mark Cox now heads up. I learned a Continue reading →

Announcements: Video Style

Matt Rothacher — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 21:47:28 +0000

“in my opinion the video announcements have been the most effective. Why? Because for some reason we’re trained to watch whats on the screen…”

What I Learned About Loving People From Robert Pattinson

Matt Rothacher — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 01:35:32 +0000

What I learned about loving people from Robert Pattinson [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.]

In 2 hours

Matt Rothacher — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:08:39 +0000

I’m sure you’ve probably seen this video hanging around various posts and blogs. But just in case you hadn’t seen it I wanted to make sure you got a chance. This is a great video to use in your church services, leaders meetings or wherever you desire to bring awareness to the startling statistics that Continue reading →

Framed Shirt Art

Matt Rothacher — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:14:15 +0000

Something I’ve always found cool, thats a great way to decorate empty walls with class is “Framed Shirt Art.” It’s a very simple and inexpensive way to add sentimental decorations that are unique to your group. All you need is an event T-shirt and a picture frame: We use our church’s Disciple Now T-Shirts, but Continue reading →

5 Things Youth Pastors Should Learn From Shaun White

Matt Rothacher — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:49:21 +0000

5 THINGS YOUTH PASTORS SHOULD LEARN FROM SHAUN WHITE The first in a new series. Video casting. [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.]

www.youcantgooglethis.com

Matt Rothacher — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 04:14:35 +0000

So I was driving home from town the other day and drove past a billboard that had this on it, underneath the picture was the web address www.youcantgooglethis.com Now I won’t spoil the fun, you can click the link above and see what it says. I will tell you that I like it! I think its Continue reading →

Guest Post: 5 Ways To Ensure Your Teenager Doesn’t Care About God

Matt Rothacher — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:21:17 +0000

Mark Cox is the youth guy at Indian Springs Baptist church in Bryant Arkansas, and is one of the most passionate guys I’ve encountered in youth ministry. I asked his permission to steal this post from him, as he says what many of us have felt or experienced in student ministry: In youth ministry, one Continue reading →

Advertising

Matt Rothacher — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:01 +0000

So I’m a big fan of videos and I have found that short humorous videos are great for promoting an event or series in your ministry. I’ve included two examples: The first is an ad parody of the popular Sonic ads for our churches building campaign. The point was just to bring awareness. The second Continue reading →

Take a page from the pros…

Matt Rothacher — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:21:16 +0000

When it comes to games, I like to try and take them to the next level at least in the presentation of them, and in order to that I like to go to the experts.