RyanMillard.com: Monday Minute

Monday Minute // Buffer

8:31 PM

Monday Minute // Married People

3:17 PM

Monday Minute // Be Social eBook

3:00 PM

Monday Minute // Orange Tour Online

6:18 AM

The Monday Minute this week is all about the Orange tour online that is happening tomorrow! Check out these details!

We had the opportunity to hang out with over 4,000 of you during the last few months out on the Orange Tour. It was really encouraging to hear your Game Changers, and how we at Orange can serve you better in your church and ministry. Unfortunately, there just isn’t enough time to visit all the places we’d like. But we don’t want the rest of you to feel left out, so we’re bringing you the Orange Tour Online next Tuesday, March 6.

You can watch the streaming sessions with your team, and also get the chance to win some pretty cool prizes from our hosts Matt McKee, Sue Miller and Jared Herd. The Orange Tour is for every member of your team—preschool, children’s, student ministry and senior pastors. You’ll be able to learn the strategy you need for effective family ministry in your church, and discover the nine core insights to shaping the next generation’s worldview. Don’t miss this free yet valuable opportunity to learn alongside your team.

Schedule:

1:00-1:10 p.m. - Live Intro with Host

1:10-1:30 p.m. - Session 1 - What is Orange

1:30-1:45 p.m. - Live Hosts taking questions

1:45-2:30 p.m. - Session 2 - Move Part 1

2:30-2:45 p.m. - Live Hosts taking questions

2:45-3:25 p.m. - Session 3 - Move Part 2

3:25-3:45 p.m. - Live

Session 1: The 5 Essentials by Reggie Joiner

Your church is either characterized by random activities or an intentional strategy. Review the core ideas that “Orange Leaders” use to keep their ministries focused and on mission.

Session 2: The Big Idea by Reggie Joiner

There were critical moments in Scripture when Jesus made it clear what was most important. Learn how the “Great Commandment” should be a critical filter to evaluate how we are leading and teaching the next generation.

Session 3: The Core Insights by Reggie Joiner

All truths are not created equal. There are certain core insights that should be cycled through the lives of kids and teenagers as they grow up. Learn how some of these insights can keep your ministry centered on a relationship with Christ.

Click here to register for this event. You will receive an email prior to the event with instructions on how to access the live feed. And don’t forget to forward to your friends!

Monday Minute // Youth Leader Stash

9:01 AM

Monday Minute // Illuminate Conference Recap

9:13 PM

Monday Minute // Orange Week Recap

7:52 PM

Monday Minute // Orange Week

6:21 AM

Monday Minute // Worship Leader

4:17 PM

Any of us that are in Student Ministry no what this time of year means. We are gearing up for Summer Plans! Getting ready for all the different missions trips, camps, and conferences that you might take over the course of the summer.

I know for some you take on the responsibility of putting on your own camp! You spend all the money and the time and you put together a great quality camp for your students. I know that sometimes finding quality talent to lead worship and help create engaging and excellent environments can be a really hard thing.

So I want to help you with that!

I am about to let you know about one of the best kept secrets in the country when it comes to leading worship and engaging students or anyone for that matter.

His name is Joshua Woodlief! (for more on him go HERE) In my opinion he is one of the best on the country. And I hate to say that. Then it sounds like we are making worship about talent and not about the chasing after and honoring God! But I travel a lot of places. I have been to a lot of conferences and camps. And I am sure of the fact that there is no one better!

Joshua has a great heart to lead students and people in general in worship and see people encounter God in a new way. Is Josh talented? Immensely!! He can sing the phone book. The guy can play and sing anything. But what makes Josh so special is his passion and his heart to lead others in worship. Even as talented as Josh is, he is not up there to be seen or to show off. He is up there to lead people to worship of our God! Albeit I am a little bias! I have yet to meet anyone that wasn’t blown away by Josh and his heart and his willingness to lead worship. Not to put on a show but to truly encounter God.

Here are 3 things that set Josh apart in my mind.

Talent – Josh is annoyingly talented at music. For sure! But when I say talent I mean in his eye for excellence. His ability to put together sets or to work in the context of a set that has already been put together. Transitions and overall band management. Josh has everything working like clockwork. I always tell him I don’t know how he does it all when he up there.

Flexibility – Now this hasn’t always been a strong suit for Josh. But over the last few years I have watched him be incredibly flexible with the people he has worked with. He responds really well to last minute changes and he will even do what he can to creatively help you think of things even if it makes his job harder. He truly has a servant’s heart when he is serving a church at a camp or a retreat. He is always there to help set up and tear down. And not just his equipment. He does a great job taking ideas and making them work and even making them better.

Excellence – Excellence is doing the best you can with what you have! Josh always always always does this. He will take any situation and do everything he can to make it the best it can possibly be. He always works with band guys who are incredibly talented and have the same heart as him. He always hits it out of the park. Josh is the worship leader at oneChurch.tv. But every year he leads our fall retreat for our students. And I am consistently blown away by his work ethic and drive to be better and to use his gift for the calling God has on his life!

Now I don’t like to point out individual people on my blog. Lets be honest it’s a little awkward to ramble on and on about the same person for 500 words. But I feel this confident in Josh. You will not be disappointed. And if you are. Call me. I will give you your money back. Yep I said it. And I mean it. Im that confident that you will be more than pleased. Summer is coming. Josh will only make things better contact him and see what God does!

To email him go HERE

To follow him on Twitter go HERE

Monday Minute // Drop Box

1:50 PM

So I had a crazy idea! I wondered what I could do to disperse small group curriculum for Relevant Student Ministry without the hassle of printing it out for them. I have a terrible memory. So I needed something where I could load up the Curriculum for the entire semester and they could have access to it and not deal with the confusion of making sure they got the right one. And it eliminated me of having the responsibility to email it every time we start a new series!

I looked into several different options. But inevitably I had some trouble finding a resource that wouldn’t cost me a ton of money! So I found it in Drop Box!

I now have the ability to load my entire Small Group curriculum up to one site for the entire semester and all of my small group leaders can easily find what they are looking for. At the bottom I have included some pictures of how your can organize it so your group leaders can locate what series they are on and have the questions accessible.

4 Reasons I would Suggest Drop Box for Dispersing Curriculum

Its Free – We all have budgets. And for the most part we have a limited amount of money at our disposal! So anytime you can find a great resource to use for free. It’s a win!

Its Mobile – Drop Box has an APP!! And you can have as many apps connected to one account, as you want. So a lot of my small group leaders connected to the account I created on their smart phones and were able to have the curriculum right there ready for them to use. All they had to do was download a free app!

Its Easy – It’s as simple as taking the time to upload files and organize them so it is easy to move through! It really doesn’t take much time and can be made as easy as you want!

It Eliminates Confusion – Sometimes curriculum sites can really create a lot of confusion for people that are not familiar with the site! This eliminates that! This allows you to put up only what is pertinent to your volunteers!

Hope you can use this to help you!