Tag: Network
I Didn’t Know That Was On There!
I hear it actually all of the time. Somebody will send me a question about a ministry topic, or perhaps about a resource, and I’ll drop back a quick note to them and say “you should check out _______________’s talk from the Extravaganza a couple of years ago…there was some stuff said there that I ...
Meet Rachel
There is another person that we want you to know: Rachel Claseman. Rachel is an individual who helps us to manage some of the changes, problems and glitches that occasionally pop up between our membership records and our web site access. Rachel is a first-year medical school student at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. ...
Meet Laurie Hoium
There are people within the Network that you will interact with from time-to-time. These folks have different roles that hopefully provide support and assistance to you, certainly in your relationship with the Network; hopefully also in your ministry. I thought it might be helpful for you to (at least virtually) “meet” these folks so you ...
Welcome Trinity Lutheran College: Our Latest Partner & 3TC Sponsor!
The Network is excited to welcome Trinity Lutheran College as our latest gold partner organization. Trinity Lutheran College, located in Everett, Washington, is a small, Lutheran college whose mission is to provide a biblically-centered education and develop Christian leaders with a global perspective whose lives and ministry serve Jesus Christ in church and society. Trinity Lutheran ...
Thinking about Connect
The Connect Journal is put out by the Network puts out 3-4 times per year (depending on where we’re at budget-wise.) in late spring and early summer we did a survey of our Network membership about how they use the Connect Journal. We’ve been processing this data, and it’s been really kind of fun. When ...
For Volunteers
I get this question all of the time: “Should volunteers join the Network?” Here’s my answer: “Yes.” And then come the “but” comments… But it’s kind of expensive But they don’t need the same kind of networking But I can get the info and just pass it along to them But we don’t have the ...
New Board Members (and 1 Returning)
The ELCA Youth Ministry Network’s Board of Directors met last weekend in the Minneapolis area. It was a good meeting, and in the near future you’ll be hearing more about the conversations and dreams that came out of the conversation there. One of the tasks the board takes on in its annual fall meeting is the ...
The Cult of Personality
Is there any other CEO, other than Steve Jobs, whose death would bring about such an amazing public outcry of loss? Since his death, and especially right afterwards the response in the news and on social media was nothing short of amazing. The number of people on my Facebook friends list who changed their profile ...
Board in the Air
Even as I type this, members of the ELCA Youth Ministry Network’s Board of Directors are in the air or are traveling by car to for its annual fall meeting. We normally rotate sites for the fall meeting, and this year we’ll be meeting at the ELCA Youth Ministry Network World Headquarters (my basement) and ...
Handoff
Mackenzie Grondahl is completing her work as the editor of the Network’s bi-weekly e-mail newsletter, effective after the next issue. We are very, very grateful to her for all the time and energy that she has given to children, youth and family ministers through the Network. Her important role will be picked up by Andy ...
Network is a Verb 