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Create Your Own Social Network for Your Church or Ministry Group

Posted by Dr.D | May 2, 2009 .

Create your own ‘social network’ for your church members, ministry, or youth group. Here’s a free service that gets it done:  Grou.ps  Or for a small fee, Ning is always a good option. Why have your own network and not use Facebook or MySpace –after all lot’s of folks are already on those networks? It [...]

“7 ways your youth ministry can use twitter effectively”

Posted by Dr.D | May 1, 2009 .

  Found this on PART OF THE GLUE blog—some good suggestions: “7 ways your youth ministry can use twitter effectively” : 1. Information, Information, Information….Use it as a free communication tool that can inform parents, leaders and students of upcoming information. <<Read the Rest>>  

Why Youth Ministers Need to be Online

Posted by Dr.D | February 13, 2009 .

Here’s an article by JoeRBennett of Churchsmo blog: “Youth Ministers Need To Be Online“. The ‘money’ quote from the article: “So why do Youth Ministers need to be online? The answer is simple – because that’s where your students spend a lot of their time.  The Internet is a mission field in and of itself.  [...]

Youth Ministry: "Online Missions Trip"

Posted by Dr.D | January 27, 2009 .

According to a MinistryToday article: “On Feb. 1 youth groups around the world will be going on a two-week missions trip—from the comfort of their homes.” A new ministry called ‘Online Missions Trip’ is encouraging young people to evangelize via social networking Web sites like Facebook, MySpace, and World of Warcraft. Tim Schmoyer, pastor of [...]

Why Blogging? Reasons Why Blogs Work for Youth Ministry

Posted by Dr.D | April 15, 2007 .

Here’s a great article with reasons why blogs work well as a Youth ministry website. Shows how easy blogs are to set up and maintain. The post written by Cory Miller even includes a sample Youth Ministry blog to check out. Found on ChurchCommunicationsPro.com.  Actually, a lot of what Cory writes would also apply to [...]

A Review of Terapad.com

Posted by Dr.D | April 7, 2007 .

Tim of Life in Student Ministry blog posted a review of the new Terapad.com a blogging platform.   He evaluated Terapad from a Youth ministry perspective and looks at its possible uses as a youth group website.  Great post.             *Top

“The MySpace Cry”

Posted by Dr.D | March 18, 2007 .

By Jeremy Del Rio, Esq. An article in Charisma Magazine , March 2007. MySpace has become a cultural phenomenon among teens in America and among the twenty something. Jeremy Del Rio makes a plea in this article to reach out and minister to young people on MySpace. He says: “Perhaps what we must do first [...]