Lately if I haven’t been outside taking 60 foot trees and digging up stumps in my spare time (there is post brewing from this!), I have been preparing for a fall where I will have the privilege of hanging out with some great people and spending some time training folks in youth ministry. I am grateful for the opportunities to be able to stay involved in youth ministry. I am passionate about it and I think I also bring something to the “party” so to speak - so while I am not actively shepherding other people’s kids on a daily basis, God hasn’t put me “out to pasture” quite yet (how is that for mixed metaphors? YEAH!!). This fall will take me to Chambersburg, PA; Kansas City; Twin Cities; Lancaster, PA; Pittsburgh and Toronto - should be quite the adventure (I’ll be leading a few seminars for sonlife, training some original material and facilitating a spiritual retreat).

I have been affiliated with a training organization called SonLife (now we are called Youthfront/Sonlife - or something like that) for some 16 or 17 years and in that time I don’t think I have been more expectant for our future than right now. We are unveiling a new revision of our seminar called Enroute, and I am finding it very invigorating - this new training is a helpful addition to the literature and language that informs youth ministry. I have been getting prepped for facilitating a training this Saturday in Chambersburg, PA - and I sorta wish it was closer to Saturday - cause I think I am ready to go! Even so, I guess if I was pinned down I would probably say I enjoy the process of sharing what I learn a little bit more than the preparation and study… but it is a close call. The next couple days I will continue to review and refine this new 6/7 hour seminar…

If anyone is still making it past these ways… I don’t know what training your youth ministry employs; but obviously I would encourage you to check out Enroute. For the money and time investment; I think that Enroute may be the best value out there!