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		<title>Changing Education Paradigms &#8211; How does this apply to Youth Ministry?</title>
		<link>http://relationalyouthministry.com/2011/12/20/changing-education-paradigms-how-does-this-apply-to-youth-ministry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:48:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Take a look at this video and consider how this conversation impacts youth ministry &#8211; share your comments below. &#160; Filed under: Tim Ciccone Tagged: education reform, ministry reform, youth ministry<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=relationalyouthministry.com&#038;blog=13046086&#038;post=529&#038;subd=relationalyouthministry&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ministry to Upper Classmen&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://relationalyouthministry.com/2011/09/21/ministry-to-upper-classmen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been in ministry since 1993 and one things has been true in all those years of ministry:  Keeping seniors connected is challenging. I don&#8217;t mean to suggest that it&#8217;s impossible.  And furthermore, this isn&#8217;t a doomsday message that &#8220;we&#8217;re losing the battle for our kids before college&#8221; because I don&#8217;t necessarily think that&#8217;s true <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=relationalyouthministry.com&#038;blog=13046086&#038;post=522&#038;subd=relationalyouthministry&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Youth Ministry Internships</title>
		<link>http://relationalyouthministry.com/2011/04/04/youth-ministry-internshios/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 11:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I started out in youth ministry back in 1993, I was taught the value of an internship program right away. My greatest youth ministry training came as an intern in the mid-90s, and I&#8217;m honored to say that through the years &#8220;having&#8221; interns has been one of the greatest joys in youth ministry for <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=relationalyouthministry.com&#038;blog=13046086&#038;post=519&#038;subd=relationalyouthministry&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Short Term Mission Trips:  Effective or Something Else?</title>
		<link>http://relationalyouthministry.com/2011/03/26/short-term-mission/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2011 18:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Tim Ciccone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discipleship]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week our high school group sent out two teams on week-long short term mission trips. Our under-classmen went to do work with in inner city LA and our upper-classmen and some of our college students headed to Guatemala. We have great relationships with both areas we travled to and have been to both ministry <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=relationalyouthministry.com&#038;blog=13046086&#038;post=517&#038;subd=relationalyouthministry&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The missio Dei and Youth Ministry: Part 1</title>
		<link>http://relationalyouthministry.com/2011/02/21/the-missio-dei-and-youth-ministry-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://relationalyouthministry.com/2011/02/21/the-missio-dei-and-youth-ministry-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:16:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8211;by Tim Ciccone -The Mission Conversation- The last few years I&#8217;ve found myself on a journey of discovery&#8211;discovery surrounding a healthy conversation concerning the missio Dei&#8211;the mission of God.  My move to Kansas City more than 3 years ago placed me in a community of great youth ministry minds.  The conversation concerning &#8220;mission&#8221; in youth <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=relationalyouthministry.com&#038;blog=13046086&#038;post=503&#038;subd=relationalyouthministry&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>God&#8217;s Calling to a Volunteer Youth Worker</title>
		<link>http://relationalyouthministry.com/2011/01/24/gods-calling-to-a-volunteer-youth-worker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 13:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Ralph Sweatte]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8211;by Ralph Sweatte Called to Volunteer? After our high school youth group’s Fall Retreat, I was waiting for my wife to pick me up at church, when one of the parents stopped by to tell me how much she appreciated my effort and work with the high school students. She concluded our conversation by saying <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=relationalyouthministry.com&#038;blog=13046086&#038;post=490&#038;subd=relationalyouthministry&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>God&#8217;s Calling</title>
		<link>http://relationalyouthministry.com/2011/01/22/gods-calling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jan 2011 22:25:51 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Reid Olson]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[God’s Calling… , by Reid Olson A former student from our youth group, now in seminary recently interviewed me for a leadership class. &#8220;What, or who influenced your call into ministry?&#8221; Without a breath, or a second of reflection, I blurted out, &#8220;My parents and my youth pastor.&#8221; I grew up a missionary kid in <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=relationalyouthministry.com&#038;blog=13046086&#038;post=489&#038;subd=relationalyouthministry&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Previous Post</title>
		<link>http://relationalyouthministry.com/2011/01/13/473/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 16:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Ben Zabel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8211;By Ben Zabel What does it mean for me to feel called to youth ministry? Do I feel called right now to be in youth ministry? Did I ever feel a calling to youth ministry or did I just make a choice to do this? How can I figure out who decided I should be <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=relationalyouthministry.com&#038;blog=13046086&#038;post=473&#038;subd=relationalyouthministry&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Youth Ministry IS a Stepping Stone&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://relationalyouthministry.com/2010/11/15/youth-ministry-is-a-stepping-stone/</link>
		<comments>http://relationalyouthministry.com/2010/11/15/youth-ministry-is-a-stepping-stone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 15:23:34 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Ben Kerns]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8211;by Ben Kerns Don’t you just hate it when people look at student ministry as a stepping-stone?  How dare someone take our calling and belittle it to a mere hoop to jump through.  I have had heated and passionate conversations with many colleagues around this topic, and as I write this today, most of those <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=relationalyouthministry.com&#038;blog=13046086&#038;post=469&#038;subd=relationalyouthministry&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blessed When You&#8217;re Broken</title>
		<link>http://relationalyouthministry.com/2010/11/03/blessed-when-youre-broken/</link>
		<comments>http://relationalyouthministry.com/2010/11/03/blessed-when-youre-broken/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 17:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Alicia Vela]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8211;by Alicia Vela Last year I found myself in a situation I hope no one will ever find themselves in although because of the very nature of our lives, others will be in that same place too.  I lost my dad after years of a tumultuous relationship.  My dad was an alcoholic for most of my <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=relationalyouthministry.com&#038;blog=13046086&#038;post=464&#038;subd=relationalyouthministry&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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