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Tuesday, March 15, 2005
| In This Issue |
- Featured Article: Do You Have a Hideous Heap? We’re Rewarding Youth Workers for Their “Junker” Cars
- Something You Can Use: Usher’s Video “Confessions Part II”
- Opportunities to Hear Jonathan Speak/Train: Atlantic CANADA, Seattle, Sacramento …
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| Featured Article: Do You Have a Hideous Heap? We’re Rewarding Youth Workers for Their “Junker” Cars! |
March 15, 2005
Any youth worker who frequents THE SOURCE knows that we love to provide you with FREE stuff. Well, it’s that time of year once again to give youth workers an opportunity to be rewarded for driving a crummy car, a hooptie, a beat up whip, a real piece, a junker … or as we like to call it, A HIDEOUS HEAP!
That’s right! It’s time for The Source for Youth Ministry’s annual HIDEOUS HEAP CONTEST-A FREE contest where you can earn some great prizes just for being a youth worker and driving a hideous heap! Youth Specialties is sponsoring the contest again and has kicked in some great prizes, including the grand-daddy of cool prizes … paid admission to their national youth workers convention in one of three U.S. cities. (A $350 value!)
DETAILS:
We will be giving away the following prizes:
 | 1st place: Free Registration to the Youth Specialties National Youth Worker Convention (city of your choice, registration only- a $350 value) CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO ABOUT THIS GREAT CONVENTION |
 | 2nd place: Ideas Library CD-ROM v.3.0 (retail value $129) CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS GREAT RESOURCE |
 | 3rd place: Creative Bible Lessons on CD-ROM (retail value $69) CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS GREAT RESOURCE |
 | 4th place: High School Talk Sheet Three Pack (retail value $44) CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT THIS GREAT BOOK |
 | AND THREE Honorable Mention Prizes: Do They Run When They See You Coming, by Jonathan McKee (retail value $13) CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT THIS GREAT BOOK |
TAKE A LOOK AT 2003’s ENTRIES AND WINNER! (Click here)
TAKE A LOOK AT 2002’s ENTRIES AND WINNER! (Click here)
It’s simple:
- Take a picture of your hideous heap. You can use a digital camera or your grandpa’s Polaroid and scan it. We don’t care. Just save the picture as a jpg. (If you don’t know how, call your computer geek friend!)
- Write a paragraph of 60 words or less informing us of the following:
- A. What you do in youth ministry (ie: I’m a volunteer Sunday School teacher, I’m a youth pastor …)
B. Where you do ministry (ie: at First Baptist Church in Collinsville, IL)
C. A description of your vehicle, explaining why it is a heap
- E-mail us your name, phone #, your 60 words or less paragraph and picture at contest@TheSource4YM.com … and did I mention NO MORE THAN 60 WORDS!!! (hint: use Microsoft WORD, highlight your text, click TOOLS, then click “word count”)
- You must be a youth worker, volunteer or paid to enter this contest.
- All entries must be in by midnight, California time, on April 15, 2005
- Entries may come from any country. 1st place prizes take place only in the US, but are transferable to your U.S. youth worker friends. 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and honorable mention prizes will be awarded to youth workers anywhere in the world … even Oklahoma!
- Winners will be announced in THE SOURCE newsletter on April 19th, 2005.
| Something You Can Use: Usher’s Video “Confessions Part II” |
Good illustrations or discussion starters often exist in films, television and music videos that kids are already watching. Although we have to be careful using this medium (because a lot of it contains garbage), we don’t want to ignore it completely. We might be able to jumpstart a message or small group discussion off a point that a popular artist is already preaching to our kids.
Usher is one of the biggest names in music right now. His hit album Confessions has stayed on top of the charts for months. His music video for the song titled Confessions Part II has also become a big hit. The song deals with a man’s struggle with confessing to his girlfriend that he has cheated on her, conceiving a child with another woman. He concludes that he needs to make things right and confess everything.
Our friend Walt Mueller over at www.CPYU.org just did a great review of this video with some tips of how you can use this for a discussion.
| Opportunities to Hear Jonathan Speak/Train: Atlantic CANADA, Seattle, Sacramento … |
“MoreSaltpleasE” Youth/Youth Leader Event, April 1-3, 2005, Halifax, CANADA:
Atlantic Canada’s largest Creative Arts training event now has a special opportunity for youth pastors. You can take part in the Youth Leaders Training event featuring Jonathan McKee while your teens choose from over 30 hands on workshops in such areas as skateboarding, rap/hip hop, break-dancing, gospel graffiti, puppets, drama, mime, illusions, video production and more!
“Let’s Get Dirty” Spring Youth Rally, April 22-24, 2005, near Seattle, WA:
Looking for an event to motivate your students about making an eternal impact in their community? Register now to bring your high school students to the Kitsap Pavilion in Bremerton, WA to hear Jonathan McKee talk about Reaching Your Unchurched Friends, to worship the Lord, and to “get dirty” engaging in service projects in the area.
Bayside Church, 2005 Thriving Churches Conference, April 27-30, 2005, near Sacramento, CA:
Come hear incredible speakers like John Ortberg, Earl Palmer, comedian Bob Stromberg and music from Lincoln Brewster. Then attend great breakout seminars from ministry professionals like The Source for Youth Ministry’s Jonathan McKee. “In the last nine years I have watched Bayside Church explode from 24 people to over 8,000 while leading thousands of people to Christ. This is a highly contagious church with THRIVING ministries. Need your batteries recharged? This conference will help you and your people fall in love with God and ministry all over again.” -John Maxwell
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Jonathan McKee
Jonathan McKee is the author of over twenty books including the brand new The Guy's Guide to FOUR BATTLES Every Young Man Must Face; The Teen’s Guide to Social Media & Mobile Devices; If I Had a Parenting Do Over; and the Amazon Best Seller - The Guy's Guide to God, Girls and the Phone in Your Pocket. He speaks to parents and leaders worldwide, all while providing free resources for youth workers on TheSource4YM.com. Jonathan, his wife Lori, and their three kids live in California.