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| What Makes Christian Music, Christian? |
| Mark Pittman |
High school juniors should be lawyers. They are ready to argue at a moments notice, and willing to do the research to prove everyone wrong. I’m a perfect example; there I stood with my best friend, Newsweek article in hand, ready to prove to my youth leader that it was alright to listen to thi...
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| How To Set Up A Christian Music Library |
| Mark Pittman |
Starting A Christian Music Library for your Youth Ministry
Each Wednesday evening as students pull into the church parking lot you hear them coming, not because of a faulty muffler but by the heavy groove vibrating and shaking its way through their almost shattering car windows. Some brave youth ...
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| Talking To Parents About Music: Parent's Perspective |
| Mark Pittman |
The Parable: Imagine for a moment a picture hanging in a museum. There you are standing in front of it ... you choose you best art critic pose and begin to take the artwork in. The image is of an unidentifiable room. It looks like a disaster area – in one corner of the room you can see a bu...
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| Talking To Parents About Music: Student's Perspective |
| Mark Pittman |
When we talk to parents about secular music often we run into predictable responses: fear, misunderstanding of the real issues, lack of communication and unrealistic expectations.
I am standing a “Toys R Us” store looking at Star Wars action figures. Seeing a four inch plastic...
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| How We Pick... The Best Christian Music |
| Mark Pittman |
Einiee, Meinee, Miniee, Mo...
Believe it or not, interlinc oozes youth ministry. From our founder/CEO to our folks on the phones, everyone has a finger in youth ministry. Some of us have sat in the big chair, actually being youth pastors while others are “professional” volunte...
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| How To Use Your YLO Membership |
| Dave Weiss |
I remember it as if it were yesterday. I was riding from one sales call to another with my coworker Bob. Bob was an
experienced volunteer youth leader and I was starting to test the waters about working with the youth of my church.
We had a long time to talk and I asked him what resources he u...
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| Just Add Water? |
| Ken McCoy |
When I was a rookie youth pastor, I had two, count ’em, TWO youth ministry books. One was Far-Out Ideas For Youth Groups and the other was Way-Out Ideas For Youth Groups. Those two little paperbacks from Youth Specialties were all I had to go on that first year – except the dorky Sunday School...
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| Music Tasting Party |
| Mark Pittman |
Music Tasting Party
Everyone loves a buffet. There’s something cool about having a huge selection of
food to choose from. It’s also a great way to try something new, since you can
take just a little portion of food to taste. When it comes to getting your students
into Ch...
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| Why CDs Still Matter In A Downloading World |
| Mark Pittman |
It happens in youth leader offices all across the country. Sometimes it happens on Monday at 10am and sometimes it happens at 4pm on Wednesday. Whether planning ahead or at the last-minute, most youth leaders sit down and ask themselves, “Ok, what am I going to do this Wednesday night?” ...
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| Music Does Matter |
| Ken McCoy |
Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord. (Ephesians 5:19)
Have you ever contemplated why God gave the gift of music to us? I have. I’ve wondered why humans are the only creatures who create music. Oh sure, many pe...
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