Obvious statement I know. But I just started a blog called My Wife is a Youth Pastor. If you are a husband of a youth pastor check it out or even if you just want to check it out I would be happy to let you. I got the idea from Jeff Maguire. His wife runs a website call Married to a Youth Pastor. It is for wives, but I am in the minority. Pass it on, let others know. It is a Wordpress site. So if you know anything about Wordpress I could really use the help. Thanks,

Snyder

You Version has gone mobile. It is a great tool for anyone who wants to grow closer to God. You will not be disappointed. Check it out.

SNYDER

If you were starting a Sunday night service and you wanted it to cater to a younger generation what are some things you would add? Kind of an alternative/liturgical service. Here is what it will kind of look like. The message is video from the same weekend. Everyone sits around the low rise stage where the band will be. So, it's in a circle. There is one big screen and then 2 flat screen tv's around the circle for the video message. There will be some community hang out time before or after. There will be cushions on the floor, some chairs, maybe some beanbag chairs. What would you add to this? Have you seen this work anywhere else? If so, where? What are your thoughts?

SNYDER

That is what I have been doing for a few days now and will be doing for some weeks to come. Research for a documentary is a huge part and very time consuming. Good thing I love research. I have a lot of people I need to contact in youth ministry and a lot of questions to ask. The style will be Direct Cinema Style. More handheld, genuine locations, non-professional actors. "Fly on the wall" style. Very non intrusive.
I am not looking to make any money off of this at all. I have a love for the church and for youth ministry and my audience will be church staff. This is project I really want to do. We will see how it turns out. It might be my first and last attempt at this or it might be the first of many.

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SO if you read my last post you will see I am working on a new project. I am currently in the pre-production stages of a documentary. I would rather not say what it is about right now, but it does have to do with the church and youth. I have a lot of research to do before I even begin writing. I am super excited about this and am ready to see what comes of it.
As I was doing some research today I began thinking about how Sunday School and Youth Ministry used to be. A question cam e to my head. What will the the next flannelgraph be? What in youth ministry will fade away like the flannelgraph has? Any thoughts. It's kind of weird to think about, but you know it has to be something that we are using today in youth ministries everywhere, but what is it? Let me know what you think.

SNYDER

So, here is the deal. I am actually going to use my degree. In college I majored in Broadcast Journalism. During this time I took a documentaries class. I really enjoyed it. During the class I had to make a video documentary and an audio documentary. I still have the audio documentary to this day. As for the video one, who knows where it is. I really don't know why I told this other than I have been working on an idea for a documentary. I have been working on putting the idea together and will begin working on the script this week. Does any one reading this have connections to a documentarian. I would love to talk to one about this idea. So let me know if you are one or know of one.

SNYDER

Right now I am watching the live stream of the introduction of our new coach. I am really excited about this. I was against Sean Sutton when they named him head coach designate. This is the first time I have been excited about OSU basketball since 2004. I know that Travis Ford will be a great coach. He has learned from some of the best and knows the game. He is a gym rat and loves the game. Can't wait for October when practice starts.

SNYDER

I had seen this site a few times, but never really looked at it. But today I took a closer look, thanks to Kurt. Stuff Christians Like is so funny. Take some time today to look it over.

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My wife is currently attending the Shift Conference at Willow Creek Church in Chicago. I got to thinking. Why do you attend conferences? Do you go to copy a system or what they are doing? Do you go for the breakouts? Do you go for spiritual renewal? Why do you go to conferences? Or are you one of those people who does not attend conferences because you don't need to learn or you like what you are doing and don't want to change anything? I actually had a boss tell me once that they don't go to conferences, they just do their thing. If that is your philosophy, then great. But I hope you are someone who wants to learn and especially learn from others. When I was at Saddleback, it was ground into me by Rick Warren that "Leaders are Learners." I love seeing what other churches are doing. It is great to get a fresh perspective on things. I love to learn and to read about ministry and everything that goes into ministry. I want to continue learning no matter what my role is.

SNYDER