Sermon/Lesson Idea: FlashForward

The following powerful thought is from Jeanne Mayo's Youth Leader's Coach newsletter (3/29/10) . . .

 The hit series "FlashForward" poses the questions, "If you knew what your future held, what would you do? Even if you could only get a glimpse of it, would you look forward to what was coming...or would you try to stop it?"


The old cliché, "I don't know what the future holds, but I know Who holds the future" is only partially accurate. Yes, without a doubt, the Lord holds the future, but the choices found in our daily routines play a significant role in determining what our future will look like as well. Simple choices determine whether our future is bright or whether it will find us waking up one day lying in a bed we never thought we would make for ourselves. 

Visit Youth Leader's Coach website . . . they have a variety of youth ministry resources for sale, and several downloadable freebies . . .

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Free Multimedia - Graphics for Worship

The folks over at Graphics4Worship not only offer great products, but they have some useful free media also . . . Visit their website today!

Free Fundraising eBook

Group Workcamps Foundation is offering a free Fundraising eBook that might provide some fresh fundraising ideas or at least spark some creativity.  Check it out; use what you can and chunk the rest.  Click on the link above to download your free copy.

Valentine Trivia Game from SYM

The guys over at Simply Youth Ministry share this free trivia game just in time for Valentine's Day.  Download and have fun with it.

Youth Specialties Podcasts

Need a weekly dose of inspiration, encouragement, or new ideas? Youth Specialties, the premier provider of youth ministry resources, offers youth workers a free weekly podcast that offers all of this and more. Youth Specialties’ podcast also feature insights and interviews from leading youth ministry veterans, authors, and speakers. Using iTunes, subscribe to the “Youth Specialties” podcast for a lot that can help you in your ministry to youth.

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WordAbility: Books of the Bible Word Scramble #6

Here's the last in our "Books of the Bible Word Scramble" series of PowerPoint crowdbreakers/games . . .

WordAbility: Books of the Bible Word Scramble #6

The "Books of the Bible Word Scramble" series consists of six different PowerPoint games that cover the books of the Bible. Each game in the series focuses on a selected number of books of the Bible. The series covers all the books of the Bible. If you are enjoying this series of PowerPoint games, we'd love to hear from you. Please post your comments below.

Clicking on the link above will take you to Apostolic Minister's Resources where you will find download instructions. You must log in (registration is free) to download this youth ministry resource.


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• WordAbility: Books of the Bible Word Scramble #5
  
• WordAbility: Books of the Bible Word Scramble #4
• WordAbility: Books of the Bible Word Scramble #3
• WordAbility: Books of the Bible Word Scramble #2
• WordAbility: Books of the Bible Word Scramble #1
• Scientists & Inventors Trivia

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Bible Explorer: Pure & Simple (and free)

Are you ready to become more productive in preparing your sermons or bible lessons? Then, perhaps it is time to try Bible Explorer, the fastest and easiest free bible study software.
Bible Explorer is PC-compatible, and offers you an enormous opportunity to expand your library to exactly match your needs. Many free Bibles and Bible reference works are immediately available once you install Bible Explorer. Also, Bible Explorer’s library is compatible with its sister product, WORDsearch, which offers a more powerful engine and advanced features. Visit Bible Explorer’s homepage today to discover a no-cost pure and simple way of studying the Bible.

Game Show Buzzer

Need a computerized game show buzzer? If so . . . check out Keri Kaba’s free download at YouthMinistry.Com . . . Game Show Buzzer

WordAbility: Books of the Bible Word Scramble #5

The "WordAbility" series of PowerPoint crowdbreakers/games continues with. . .

WordAbility: Books of the Bible Word Scramble #5

Clicking on the link above will take you to Apostolic Minister's Resources where you can find download instructions. You must log in (registration is free) to download this youth ministry resource.


Related Posts:

• WordAbility: Books of the Bible Word Scramble #4
• WordAbility: Books of the Bible Word Scramble #3
• WordAbility: Books of the Bible Word Scramble #2
• WordAbility: Books of the Bible Word Scramble #1
• Scientists & Inventors Trivia

Free Worship Backgrounds

Surf on over to freeworshipbackgrounds.com and grab some free multimedia graphics. Simply create your free account and began downloading their free background still images. The backgrounds are suitable for use in PowerPoint, MediaShout, etc.

eBook: "The Sin of Lying" by B E Echols

Rev B E Echols was one of our pioneer Pentecostal ministers, and his family has released the text of his book, The Sin of Lying, to the public domain. Pastor Jay Jones and the Pentecostals of Kentwood (Michigan) are making this excellent resource available as an eBook.

Download your electronic copy of The Sin of Lying today and use it as a reference in preparing a lesson series on the topic of lying. A hardcopy version may still be available through the Pentecostal Publishing House.

Youth Leaders Cafe: A Free Youth Ministry Training Opportunity

Youth Leaders Cafe is a quarterly one-day conference sponsored by Positive Action for Christ. These free conferences are open to "anyone interested in learning how to more effectively 'proclaim His excellencies' (2 Peter 2:9) to the next generation."

Visit the Youth Leaders Cafe website to learn more about this free youth ministry training opportunity. Also, video and audio files from previous conferences can be downloaded by visiting their "media" page.

WordAbility: Books of the Bible Word Scramble #4

Check out the fourth in the "word scramble" series of PowerPoint crowbreakers based on selected books of the Bible . . .

WordAbility: Books of the Bible Word Scramble #4

Clicking on the link above will take you to Apostolic Minister's Resources where you can find download instructions. You must log in (registration is free) to download this youth ministry resource.

Previously posted WordAbility games can be found here . . .

• WordAbility: Books of the Bible Word Scramble #1
• WordAbility: Books of the Bible Word Scramble #2
• WordAbility: Books of the Bible Word Scramble #3

More free PowerPoint games can be found at the link below . . .

• Scientists & Inventors Trivia

Free Video Loops from Motion Loops

Wanna build or expand your video loop library? If so, then check out Motion Loops and sign up for their weekly newsletter. Each weekly newsletter contains a link to download their free video loop of the week along with special offers, online tutorials, etc. To sign up for this Austin, TX based company’s weekly newsletter, simply provide your email address at the top lefthand side of their homepage. Enjoy!

WordAbility: Books of the Bible Word Scramble #3

PowerPoint games can be both fun and a great teaching aid in discipling teens. The "Books of the Bible Word Scramble" series consists of six different PowerPoint games that covers on the books of the Bible. Click on the link below to download the third PowerPoint crowdbreaker in this "word scramble" series. . .

WordAbility: Books of the Bible Word Scramble #3

Please note that clicking on the link above will take you to Apostolic Minister's Resources where you can download this free PowerPoint game. You must log in (registration is free) to download this youth ministry resource. If you are enjoying this series of PowerPoint games, we'd love to hear from you. Post your comments below.

Previously posted WordAbility games can be found here . . .

• WordAbility: Books of the Bible Word Scramble #1
• WordAbility: Books of the Bible Word Scramble #2

and you can access more free PowerPoint games by clicking on the link below . . .

• Scientists & Inventors Trivia

Sermonideas-dot-net: An Online Illustration Source

In spite of having thousands of stories and illustrations, it seems like I'm always challenged to find the ideal story when working on a lesson or sermon. Consequently, I believe every youth worker needs an endless supply of illustrations in their youth ministry resource files. Here's a sample from a free online illustration resource that might prove useful . . .

Tightrope Walker - Faith vs Belief

There was a tightrope walker, who did incredible aerial feats. All over Paris, he would do tightrope acts at tremendously scary heights. Then he had succeeding acts; he would do it blindfolded, then he would go across the tightrope, blindfolded, pushing a wheelbarrow.

An American promoter read about this in the papers and wrote a letter to the tightrope walker, saying, "Tightrope, I don't believe you can do it, but I'm willing to make you an offer. For a very substantial sum of money, besides all your transportation fees, I would like to challenge you to do your act over Niagara Falls."

Now, Tightrope wrote back, "Sir, although I've never been to America and seen the Falls, I'd love to come."

Well, after a lot of promotion and setting the whole thing up, many people came to see the event. Tightrope was to start on the Canadian side and come to the American side. Drums roll, and he comes across the rope which is suspended over the treacherous part of the falls -- blindfolded!! And he makes it across easily.

The crowds go wild, and he comes to the promoter and says, "Well, Mr. Promoter, now do you believe I can do it?"

"Well of course I do. I mean, I just saw you do it."

"No," said Tightrope, "do you really believe I can do it?"

"Well of course I do, you just did it."

"No, no, no," said Tightrope, "do you believe I can do it?"

"Yes," said Mr. Promoter, "I believe you can do it."

"Good," said Tightrope, "then you get in the wheel barrow."

The word believe, in Greek means "to live by".

This is a nice story...makes you ask, how often do we say that we believe Christ can do it, but refuse to get in the wheelbarrow?

For this and other free illustrations, visit Sermonideas.net.

Free Audiobook of the Month Program

Christianaudio.com is the largest online source of Christian audiobooks. They offer more than 500 premium products, and give away one premium audio download for free each month.

Christianaudio's Free Audiobook of the Month Program is an easy way to expand your audiobook collection of Christian classics. They offer each free audio download only once, and it is available for free download for about a month.

Visit Christianaudio.com to join their email list to be notified of their free monthly offer or click on the "Free Downloads" link (on their homepage) to learn more.

Free Weekly Sermon Service - Outline Bible Resources

Can you benefit from a free weekly sermon/study service? Then . . . you need to check out the free weekly sermon service offered by Outline Bible Resources (published by Leadership Ministries Worldwide). These free weekly sermon/study outlines are practically ready-made and taken from their Preacher's Sermon & Outline Bible.

According to their website, "The Preacher's Outline & Sermon Bible® (The POSB) is a practical, biblical commentary that you can actually preach and teach from. Much more than a commentary, it is a complete resource for expository and topical preaching. The POSB provides absolutely everything you need to prepare biblical, life-changing sermons and lessons — all in one source."

To subscribe to Outline Bible Resources' free weekly sermon service, visit their homepage, and click on the "Subscribe to Email Alerts" link at the top right. Once on the membership/subscription page, fill out the required information and select "The Preacher’s Outline & Sermon Bible - KJV" option.

Regarding The Preacher's Outline & Sermon Bible, I own the software version and highly recommend the POSB. It is available in both print and software versions. The software version uses the award-winning WORDsearch^TM Software.

Outline Bible Resources' free weekly sermon service provides an excellent opportunity to preview the POSB while benefitting from their free weekly sermon service offer. Check it out!

Free Youth Ministry Training from Covenant Theological Seminary

Have you ever wanted to sit through a seminary course on youth ministry? What about . . . for free? Well now you can, of sorts. Covenant Theological Seminary offers a variety of free courseware from its masters degree programs, and their youth ministry course is part of the free courseware being offered.

Covenant’s free youth ministry course offers a theological and practical approach to youth ministry in the church, and practical principles for overseeing a youth ministry. The class lectures cover a range of topics including . . .

• your identity in youth ministry,
• understanding youth culture,
• developing a mission statement,
• building a ministry team,
• relational skills necessary for a relational youth ministry,
• plannning, and
• administration of youth ministry in the local church.
  

The class lectures are by Professor Mark Davis, a visiting instructor at Covenant Theological Seminary. Course audio files are downloadable in mp3 format and accompanying study guides are in PDF format. The course lists the following books as related reading . . .

• Purpose-Driven Youth Ministry - Slightly Imperfect (Doug Fields)

• Starting Right: Thinking Theologically About Youth Ministry Edited by Kenda Creasy Dean & Dave Rahn)

• Connecting (Larry Crabb)
  

Covenant’s youth ministry course web page also lists more than twenty additional courses they offer free to the public. Please note that the courses offered do not necessarily reflect an Apostolic perspective; however, some courses are general in their content and worth checking out. The sharing of this information is not an endorsement of Covenant Theological Seminary.

WordAbility: Books of the Bible Word Scramble #2

Here's the second in a "word scramble" series of PowerPoint crowbreakers based on selected books of the Bible . . .

WordAbility: Books of the Bible Word Scramble #2

Clicking on the link above will take you to Apostolic Minister's Resources where you can find download instructions. You must log in (registration is free) to download this youth ministry resource.

A previously posted WordAbility game can be found here . . .

• WordAbility: Books of the Bible Word Scramble #1

and you can access more free PowerPoint games by clicking on the link below . . .

• Scientists & Inventors Trivia