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All Access

January 10, 2012 in Freebies, Preaching, Youth Ministry with 0 Comments

 

This past Sunday we started a brand new series for our Middle School students entitled “All Access.”  For 3 weeks, we will be discussing prayer.  Because of the death and ressurection of Jesus we have complete access to God.  Because we have complete access to him, it is important that we use that access we have and continually be praying.  Throughout the series, I will be sharing some of my notes from the lessons (except for the first lesson, which I did not give).  If you’re looking for a series on prayer and want to steal any of these ideas or graphics, feel free.

Week 1: Why Pray?

Week 2: What is Prayer?

Week 3: How to Pray?

For a copy of our additional background slide: download it here.

This is Christmas

December 15, 2011 in Freebies with 0 Comments

My brother, Corey Grunewald, recently put together a Christmas EP project.  If you’re looking for some new folksy, indie arrangements of some classic Christmas songs, you should definitely give these a listen to.

Hipster or Homeless Powerpoint Game [Freebie]

November 9, 2011 in Freebies, Youth Ministry with 0 Comments

If you are in youth ministry, you are probably always looking for new powerpoint games to use.  Recently, I had this idea to create a powerpoint game for our high school ministry that would poke fun at the hipster movement by highlighting how much their appearance resembles the homeless.

Download the Editable Powerpoint.

Download the Flat Powerpoint.

Games for Youth Ministry

October 30, 2011 in Freebies, Youth Ministry with 0 Comments

I have just recently started using the website Youth Leader Stash.  If you are looking for a place with tons of games to use in your youth ministry, this blog, which was created by Chad and Cat Swanzy, is a great resource.  This morning in our youth group, we just utilized the game called Ninja Feet.

Website screenshot

Pre-Destination vs. Free Will Infographic

August 22, 2011 in Freebies, Theology with 2 Comments

One of the most confusing theological discussions is often centered around the topics of pre-destination and free will.  In order to help me better understand the complexities of something important throughout the Bible, I designed an infographic to help better explain what the Lutheran church teaches about this topic.

*Click image to downlaod full size infographic.

Predestination

Freebies: 3D Retreat Teaching Theme

August 15, 2011 in Freebies, Middle School, Youth Ministry with 0 Comments

3D Glasses

This past winter we did our winter retreat at Castaway Bay Indoor Waterpark.  We built the retreat all around a simple theme that we were able to drive into the minds of our students really well.  Our theme for the weekend was 3D.  Because the theme was such a succcess, I wanted to share the big ideas behind the theme and let you know that we used to pull off the theme so that you can take the idea and make it work in your context.

What is a 3D Life?

A 3D life is the best possible life.  In John 10:10 Jesus says, “I have come to give them life and life to the full.”  This is what we referred to as a 3D life.  Since 3D makes everything better, the fullest possible life is a 3D one, which is found in relationship Jesus.  A 3D life is devoted to Jesus, dares to be different, and dreams to change the world.

How We Made the Theme Stick

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