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Good post on design

Published at February 22, 2007 in Text Posts. 0 Comments

Sam Metcalf has a great post on design over on his blog. Here are some excerpts:

Whether Steve Jobs or BMW realize it or not, design is one of the great evidences of the imago dei. We design and our souls respond to such innately because we are reflections of the great designer Himself.

Words may sway the mind, but art has the potential to touch the soul.

Check out the whole post here.

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5 Lessons from Starbucks

Published at February 22, 2007 in Text Posts. 3 Comments

starbucks.jpgI love going to Starbucks. If I had a choice, I would make that place my classroom and office. There are just a lot of things about it that I think have added to the success. Why else would people pay 4 bucks for coffee? Besides the “status” of Starbucks, there are other things that make them successful. By the way, I only get the coffee of the day (the cheapest one) when I go, usually. Here are some things that we could learn from Starbucks. I believe they are lessons that we could use in youth ministry and in the church.

  1. Comfortability: Make the area comfortable for visitors. Starbucks reminds me a lot of a living room. It’s a comfortable place. The tables and chairs, paint, lighting, and everything invite you to stay a while. In fact, they have as their goal to be your “third place” besides work and home. They want to be the next place you go to besides those first two obvious places, so they make it comfortable for you while you are there.
  2. Choices: I read somewhere that there are over 19,000 combinations of Starbucks drinks. That’s a lot of coffee variations. Isn’t it funny how usually we only offer things one way? Why can’t we allow people to choose what they want? I think that has a lot to do with the success of web 2.0, too.

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Will you help?

Published at February 19, 2007 in Text Posts. 0 Comments

This is the first time I’m trying this, but I wanted to see if we could raise some money online for a project we’re working on to informally train youth workers in Mexico City. We are trying to raise $500 through Chipin to help with promotion and preparation for an Institute for Youth Ministry in Mexico City.

The Institute for Youth Ministry is a year long training program which will consist of 10 courses in youth ministry. We will meet 4 times a month for 3 hours a week. Each Saturday, the students will receive youth ministry training that will help them in their local churches.

The courses will cover: Biblical Philosophy of Youth Ministry; Youth Culture; Programming for Youth Ministry; Discipleship in Youth Ministry; Effective Teaching; Family Ministry; Troubled Youth; Communicating in Youth Ministry; Missions with young people; Campus Ministry.

The institute will also offer courses online and through distance, making it more available for other students in other areas of Latin America.

If you’d like to help, please chip in and link to this post on your blog, website, myspace page, etc.

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Everyone loves prizes

Published at February 19, 2007 in Text Posts. 0 Comments

Here’s a random thought about just about any event you do…everyone loves prizes.

I have observed this time and time again. It’s not just little kids or even middle school students. Even adults love prizes. If you want to do something and get everyone involved, be sure to offer a prize. It doesn’t even have to be something big. Candy or something small will go a long way to getting the participation you want from people. Weird, isn’t it?

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