<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1356984552067488012</id><updated>2012-02-08T12:28:49.281-08:00</updated><category term='Iron Groups'/><title type='text'>Thriving Youth Ministry</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thrivingyouth.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1356984552067488012/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thrivingyouth.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Pastor Dan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07979426035128409462</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1356984552067488012.post-3148163291374568533</id><published>2012-02-08T12:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T12:25:01.691-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iron Groups'/><title type='text'>Iron Group Centered Youth Ministry</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;You may or may not have noticed by now but our youthministry is in transition.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;After yearsof big events, parties, outreaches, and service projects we have begun a newapproach to all of these activities.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;We are moving more and more towards an Iron Group centeredyouth ministry.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;In doing this studentsare able to be more intentional about making an impact.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;For instance, each Iron Group is able to plantheir own outreach event to invite their friends to something that they willthen be able to use to talk about a personal relationship with Jesus.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;It gives students ownership inevangelism.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;It also makes it fun toinvite friends because the students build the event to be something that theyknow their friends will like.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;With this being our approach it is now our main push to getall students into an Iron Group.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Ibelieve that Iron Groups are the best option we have available for students togrow and be challenged in their walk with Jesus.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;It’s in Iron Groups where students arespecifically prayed for.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;It’s in IronGroups where students can share real life struggles and get spiritual/Biblicalhelp.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;It’s in Iron Groups that we can bevery specific with the lesson/discussion to relate it to what each student is dealingwith in their everyday life.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;It’s inIron Groups that students will best be able to reach their friends…etc…&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;If you’re not already involved in an Iron Group why notstart this week?&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;They meet during Igniteon Sunday’s from 6-8 PM.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;We also have goodfood, great time to spend with friends, and fantastic worship.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;See you Sunday!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Pastor Dan&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1356984552067488012-3148163291374568533?l=thrivingyouth.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thrivingyouth.blogspot.com/feeds/3148163291374568533/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thrivingyouth.blogspot.com/2012/02/iron-group-centered-youth-ministry.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1356984552067488012/posts/default/3148163291374568533'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1356984552067488012/posts/default/3148163291374568533'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thrivingyouth.blogspot.com/2012/02/iron-group-centered-youth-ministry.html' title='Iron Group Centered Youth Ministry'/><author><name>Pastor Dan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07979426035128409462</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
