by Jared Rendell | Feb 18, 2025 | Camp Staff, Children & Youth Ministry, Guest, Podcast
The most impactful ministry just might happen in the under-programmed times, the times sitting by the well (or the campfire) hearing someone’s story. When we give our staff members, and even campers themselves, the “how” – meaning the skills...
by Jared Rendell | Jan 28, 2025 | Children & Youth Ministry
Aligned Congregations and Camps have a significant amount of mission alignment – gospel proclamation, building community, ensuring safety for those who enter our sacred spaces and strengthening families for faithful living. One of our greatest areas of mission...
by Jared Rendell | Jan 21, 2025 | Children & Youth Ministry, Parenting, Podcast
Answer: because kids need a safe place to __________________.Question: Why Camp? This question matters to you, camp or church leaders, because it’s a question the parents in your world are asking. They have to, for one reason or another. It’s because they...
by Jared Rendell | Apr 23, 2018 | Children & Youth Ministry
Too often, people think of confirmation as a class. Those in the Reformed traditions seem to have a particular knack of reducing confirmation ministry to a transfer of knowledge. When lessons come after busy school days, it reinforces this notion… VIEW THE...
by Jared Rendell | Dec 1, 2014 | Camp Research, Children & Youth Ministry, Family Ministry
This article was first published in the Connect Journal in 2014. Members of the ELCA Youth Ministry Network have access to these archives. FIND THE ARTICLE
