We’ve created Live Curriculum as a cohesive, four-year plan for your small group ministry, using a 36-week ministry year. The lessons are designed to flow from one topic to the next, and each year builds on the previous years. But we know that every ministry is different. That’s why we give you the option of taking it apart, shifting around the pieces, and using the lessons in whatever order you’d like. You can pick and choose which lesson you want to use when, if that’s what works best for you and your ministry. It’s all good!


Youth leaders will experience a bountiful abundance of benefits. (Wasn’t that the name of an old hymn?) Because you’ll have your long-range plans locked down, you can devote more time to equipping your volunteers and building excitement in students about upcoming topics through creative promotions. And of course, you’ll save yourself countless hours of planning.

But wait! There’s more! You know what your small groups will be discussing six months from now, so parents will gain more confidence in your ministry, and along the way, you’ll provide them with resources to spark conversation and dialogue in the home. And if we’re serious about getting families involved in our youth ministries, how can you go wrong with that?


You save hours of planning time. Your leaders are trained and prepared to teach. Your students are active and involved. And their parents become your biggest supporters. That’s a win-win-win-win! (We checked; it’s legal to have that much winning anywhere and everywhere!)




Posted by on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 - 01:52 PM (1101 Reads)

Snapshot Web (a partner of Simply Youth Ministry) has been around for several years and now it just got better!!! If you are looking for a powerful, easy-to-use program for developing a stellar website for your youth ministry or your church, SnapShot Web has it all for you!

I have loved using SnapShot web for developing my own youth ministry website (stmarktxyouth.org).  It’s so easy to use and so powerful that I can either update it quickly and easily myself, or hand it over to one of my students to update.
One of the best ways for you to get a sense of what you can do with a SnapShot Website is to take a look at some of the sample sites that they have highlighted at SnapShotWeb.com.

In fact, they’re so confident you’ll love it that they’re now offering a 30-day risk free trial.  Seriously, you have to check this out.

Here are some of the things that you’ll get with your SnapShot Website:

• Professionally designed templates in over 50 great designs & colors – plus we're adding new templates every quarter.
• An easy to use content management system to meet all of your web needs.
• The ability to add unlimited pages with all kinds of features such as Calendars, Surveys, and Discussion Boards with a few simple clicks.
• A quick and simple way to share photos, videos, and podcasts with a process that's just about as easy as you could imagine.
• Access to login and manage your SnapShot Website from anywhere in the world.  It's web-based so there's no software to install.
• The tools you’ll need to create custom templates that incorporate your logo and colors and match the look and feel of your community.

Plus, as a Pastor2youth.com user, if you click the link below and sign up for any of the three packages at SnapShotWeb.com, you will receive a $25.00 gift card from Simply Youth Ministry for any downloadable, self-published product once your SnapShot purchase is complete.

We have a LOT of visitors from many different countries who are using the games on this site, and we would love to be able to make the games available in other languages. We do not want to use a translation program, as those often are not accurate.

As a site that is FREE, we are not able to offer anything for translations other than our heartfelt thanks and encouragement that you will be blessing MANY other people.

If you would be willing to translate the games (or even just SOME of the games) on pastor2youth into another language, please contact Ryan Nielsen at uthpastor@pastor2youth.com.

God Bless and Thank you!!!!



Posted by on Saturday, June 17, 2006 - 11:15 PM (5135 Reads)

Posted by on Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 12:37 AM (5561 Reads)

Hey everyone, I have a blog entitled A-"Muse"-ing Thoughts!!! My hope is to journal and share a wide variety of thoughts from the silly to the serious. I would love it if you would visit, and if you have your own blog please add me to your blog list and I would be happy to add you to mine as well. Hope to see you there!!!

Thanks!

In His Grips,
Ryan C. Nielsen





Posted by on Wednesday, April 12, 2006 - 10:32 PM (5778 Reads)

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