Commencement Address for Quisqueya Christian School's Class of 2012

Photo of QCS's Graduation by Brittany Meadth, © June 9, 2012

Welcome friends, family, QCS alumni, board members, and staff.

And Congratulations Quisqueya Christian School’s Class of 2012!

Sr.’s, this is your first High School graduation, my fist QCS graduation, and my first graduation speech. Indeed, it is an evening of firsts.

Thank you for having me as your class speaker. It is an honor and a privilege.

Sr. Class of 2012!

Tonight we are here to celebrate you, but not just you. Tonight we are here to celebrate your accomplishments, but not just your accomplishments.

We are also here to celebrate your parent’s accomplishments in you.

Your family and friends are here to celebrate you, and to celebrate their accomplishment in you.

Quisqueya Christian School celebrates your accomplishments tonight, and we are here to celebrate QCS’s accomplishments in you.

Your teachers are here to celebrate you, and we are here to celebrate our accomplishments in you.

Most importantly, all of us are here to celebrate the accomplishments of Jesus Christ in all of you! Without God, none of us would be here, and none of us could do a thing.

To put it plainly, you did not get here alone.

Congratulations to all of you! Congratulations as well to all of you here who helped this Sr. Class get to this point and to get to this genesis of God’s next for their lives.

Sr. Class, tonight as we celebrate, we do celebrate you. And while tonight you are the focus, life is not about you.

“It's not about you.” These are the first four words in a book you may have heard about, or read, The Purpose Driven Life, by Rick Warren. When this book hit the shelves of bookstores everywhere, it was an instant best seller. The beginning words, “It's not about you,” are an affront to what the culture and the world around us teaches.

According to Christianity Today’s Leadership Journal, our world has “become increasingly me-centered.” However, life is not about you Class of 2012. It is not about you!

This graduation is also not an end. This is a beginning of great things to come.

To quote Andy Crouch, the author of Culture Making, “The essence of childhood is innocence. The essence of youth is awareness. The essence of adulthood is responsibility.” Sr.’s, you are moving from youth and entering into adulthood where many responsibilities await you.

This is a beginning.

Your class motto for this year has been, “To whom much is given, much is required.”

You may have heard a version of this in the Spider Man movie that came out in 2002. "With great power comes great responsibility,” wrote Stan Lee, the author of Spider Man. He wrote this into the Spider Man comics around 1962, but the quote is even older than this.

In Luke 12:48, Jesus spoke these words to His disciples, “For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they will ask the more.”

Your class motto did not originate from you. It did not originate from QCS. It did not originate from Spider Man in the 1960’s. Your motto is from scripture and originated from our Lord Himself.

Sr. Class, you have been given so much from your parents, from your family and friends, and from Quisqueya Christian School. Most importantly, God has blessed you and has given you so much. With this level of blessing, with this level of education and with this level of opportunity, comes great responsibility.

There is a greater expectation of you now. There are greater requirements. The world needs you to influence it for Christ’s sake and for His kingdom. You are to be agents of change and transformation. The world is broken and hurting and needs to know the gospel of Jesus Christ. Sr. class, we expect greatness from you.

Sr. Class, as beloved children of God, who have been given so much, you are leaders, not future leaders, but leaders. You are leaders of your families, of your country, of your churches, and you are leaders and influencers of the world around you.

You are also leaders of culture. You are pioneers who will determine the future. To quote again from Andy Crouch, and from Culture Making, “The only way to change culture is to create culture.” If you all are to change the world, you must be creators and cultivators of the cultures around you by the power of God at work in you.

Andy Crouch addresses this “Culture Making” on his web site, and in his book Culture Making, when he says:

“It is not enough to condemn culture. Nor is it sufficient merely to critique culture or to copy culture. Most of the time, we just consume culture. But the only way to change culture is to create culture.”

“Something exciting is happening at the intersection of Christianity and culture. Christians are becoming dissatisfied with the postures they adopted toward culture in the twentieth century: condemning it, critiquing it, copying it, or just consuming it. More and more, we want to be people who cultivate: people who tend and keep what is good. And we want to be people who create: adding new cultural goods that move the horizons of the possible in places as wide as the world and as small as a home.”

In other words, do what Paul asked the Colossian church to do in Colossians 3:23-24, “Whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.”

Paul also talked about resisting conformity to this world, and shaping culture, in Romans 12:1-2, from The Message, when he said:

“So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.”

Sr. Class, my hope for you all is that you join in with God in His work, and cultivate your culture. I pray that you do not conform to this world, but be transformed by God, and become transformation agents of God in the world.

As leaders, as High School Graduates going off to higher education and going into the world, your calling is a high calling. You are called not to mimic or imitate the world around you; you are called to shape it. You are called to create culture and not merely fall into it, or be shaped by it. You can lead, or you can follow. You can shape, or be shaped. The choice is yours.

This is what Paul was telling Timothy in 1 Timothy 4:12, one of your class verses for this year. Paul said, “Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.”

These were the elder Paul’s words to younger Timothy and they are equally as relevant to us all today. Paul was telling Timothy to lead, pioneer the way, shape the culture of the church, to serve and influence, recognizing that it is not about him, and thereby shape the world for Christ.

Paul tells Timothy to shape culture, and to live as an example in these six ways in 1 Timothy 4:12: in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.

We will look briefly at these six ways of cultivation and influence now.

One, Paul was asserting that our words influence. As you all go out into the world, may you be an example to the world around you and shape it by speaking God’s truth and His life giving words with your speech. May your words reflect God and may they shape and influence the culture around you.

Two, your conduct also influences. As you take action, create, socialize, live, study and work, may your actions cultivate and create a culture that reflects Jesus, and makes your parents, family, friends, and QCS proud. May your conduct shape the world into a better place and make you an example of Jesus to the world.

Three, live a life of love. As you leave here and go into God’s next for you, would you love like Jesus, and sacrificially lay your life down for others in the world. May the world experience the love of Christ because of your presence and love in the world.

Four, may the Spirit of Jesus Christ be in you, flow through you, and empower you in all you do. Would the world experience the very Spirit of God through His spirit dwelling richly in you.

Five, as you leave here and move into God’s plans for your life, may your faith be an example to everyone around you. Would you step out boldly and fearlessly as men and women of faith who have put their trust in God. May your faith bring others to faith in Jesus.

Six, may you live lives of purity as examples to others of God’s righteousness. Would your purity be so evident that it contributes to Christ’s purification and restoration of His creation. May you add purity to an impure culture and world, through your obedience and submission to God and His righteousness in you.

Finally, may you remember Colossians 3:17, that “Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.”

Remember that this life is not about you. This life is about Jesus and His work. May you serve Him well and live for Him daily. As you transform, may you see the world transform as well.

May you not be copycat followers, but culture makers and cultivators. Be the leaders that Christ has created and equipped you to be.

And as Paul asserts in your final class verses in Philippians 3:13-14, and I paraphrase, “[Brothers and sisters], . . . do not count [yourselves] to have apprehended [it]; [do this one thing], [forget] those things which are behind and [reach] forward to those things which are ahead, press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”

Blessing and Prayer

“Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen!” – Hebrews 13:20-21

Super Glue

Super Glue Haiti, photo by Robbie Pruitt, 
© May, 28, 2012

This article is adapted from Super Glue and a Broken World from Youth Worker. You can read this article in its entirety in Youth Worker here. 

“He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.” – Colossians 1:17

Walking down the dusty, cracked, litter-ridden streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, fragmentation and brokenness can be seen everywhere. On the back streets, one can see thrown away bottles and containers, items broken beyond repair, and discarded and used tubes of Super Glue. Disheveled and impoverished people sell their wares on the streets. Tattered makeshift stands display everything from food to batteries, cheap phones, radios, Haitian rum, phone cards, and cigarettes. Hardware stands sell random cords, light bulbs, tools, and Super Glue. Lots and lots of Super Glue.

When walking past the vendors, one can observe some vendors selling nothing but Super Glue. Why all the Super Glue? Well, this is a great question. In this poverty-stricken place of brokenness and disrepair, people cannot afford new things. However, they can afford the twelve cents for a tube of Super Glue and the old things have to be repaired. The market is great for Super Glue in Haiti. The needs are abundant and the shattered environment is always in decline. Brokenness abounds and fixing and repairing is required daily.

Super Glue is a quick and temporary fix. Super Glue brags about being useful for all types of repairs, and on all types of materials. Super Glue mends rubber, metal, glass, plastics, ceramics, and wood—very useful in a fractured world. While Super Glue brags about being “extra strong” on its packaging, after something is broken, it is never quite the same again. Though a compromised repair is often much better than doing without, the item is weakened and the integrity of the item is damaged. It is no longer as it should be. It is no longer new. It is no longer whole. It has been broken. It is fragmented.

The abundance of Super Glue is evidence of the brokenness and total restoration is necessary. All things need to be made new again; we intuitively understand that the brokenness and fragmentation which creates the demand for Super Glue needs to come to an end.

We long for restoration in the midst of brokenness. We long for reconciliation in the presence of splintered lives and shattered dreams and realities. We long for all to be brought together and to be made new. We long for wholeness. We want all to be as it should be. We want everything to be in its right place. We long for more than Super Glue fixes.

In Colossians 1:17, Paul says that Jesus is before all things and that it is in Jesus that “all things hold together.” Paul continues the good news in Colossians 1:19-22, “For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell, and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross. And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight.”

God is reconciling all things to Himself. In Jesus, all things hold together. In Him, all things are whole. In Christ, all things are as they should be and everything is in its right place.

There will come a time when Jesus will make all things new. The world will be as it should be. We will be as we should be. The world will be whole again, complete, one, unified, as it should be. We will be whole again, complete, one, unified, as we should be. This will be no Super Glue repair. This will be no quick or temporary fix. This will be complete restoration of all things and of everyone. As John recorded in Revelation 21:5, God said, “Behold, I make all things new.” John saw a new heaven and a new earth in Revelation 21. It was coming down out of heaven from God Himself.

May we not be content with quick fixes. An eternity awaits us with newness of life. We should not settle for or be content with easy, superficial, Super Glue repairs. We should see the need for Super Glue as a product of the fall. There will come a time when Super Glue will have outlived its usefulness and it will become obsolete. Would we look to this glorious day when nothing is broken and in need of repair, when all is made new, when all is restored and reconciled as it should be, when all things are made complete again, and all things are in their right place.

This article is adapted from Super Glue and a Broken World from Youth Worker. You can read this article in its entirety in Youth Worker here. 

Bibliography

The Holy Bible : New International Version. electronic ed. Grand Rapids : Zondervan, 1996, c1984, S. Col 1:17

Radio Head, “Everything in its right place,” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrpGhEVyrk0

Chains

“Number 10,” Photo by Steve Marvell, © 2011

For a slide show lesson on these scriptures and chains, click here.

“I, Paul, write this greeting in my own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.” – Colossians 4:18

“These Chains, These Chains won't break but they will Sl-i-i-i-i-i-de” – Kenna 

“But I want you to know, brethren, that the things which happened to me have actually turned out for the furtherance of the gospel, so that it has become evident to the whole palace guard, and to all the rest, that my chains are in Christ; and most of the brethren in the Lord, having become confident by my chains, are much more bold to speak the word without fear. Some indeed preach Christ even from envy and strife, and some also from goodwill: The former preach Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my chains; but the latter out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel. What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is preached; and in this I rejoice, yes, and will rejoice.” – Philippians 1:12-18

During Paul’s imprisonment in Rome, Paul writes to the church in Colosse and asks them to remember his chains. What does it mean to remember someone’s chains? What were Paul’s chains? Paul was imprisoned and chained for preaching the gospel. In Philippians 1:13, Paul describes his chains as in Christ. Paul was not held captive by Rome; His Lord held him captive. According to the Bible Knowledge Commentary, “In an effort to silence the truth, the authorities had incarcerated the one who spoke it, but their plan did not work.”

Two very different outcomes were the result of Paul’s chains according to Philippians 1:12-18. First, those who had sought to imprison Paul meant to hinder the truth of the gospel from being spread. This failed. The opposite effect occurred. People were more emboldened to speak the truth of the gospel because of Paul’s chains. Paul’s chains gave courage and liberated people. Second, Paul stated that some were seeking to harm him by “adding to the affliction of his chains.” This also failed. The gospel spread despite the destructive motives of the Romans chaining Paul to a different guard every six hours, twenty-four-seven. The gospel also spread despite people with mixed motives in their preaching, despite their agendas, and despite their adding to the difficulty of Paul’s chains by “adding affliction to his chains.” In other words, despite their adding a few more “links” to his “chains.”

We all have chains, do we not? Oftentimes in our lives, we face difficulties of all kinds. We face “metaphorical chains.” Our chains come in various shapes and sizes. For some of us, our chains are useful. For others of us, our chains weigh us down and sink us like a boat anchor. Some of us have chains that are thrown upon us against our wills. Others of us have self-imposed chains. We choose these chains. For some of us, our chains propel us toward God, into life, towards our goals, and into the future. We have chains that we like and we have chains that we do not like. For most of us, our chains communicate something about us. For some of us, our chains are burdensome and weigh us down? Our chains can be repulsive to some people. Sometimes our chains can propel others toward Jesus. Our chains weigh some of us down as others add to our afflictions. Some of us weigh others down by adding our chains to their afflictions. Most of us desperately need help with our chains.

What types of chains do you have? Are your chains bringing glory to God? Do you like your chains?

This is a profound thought, to “remember Paul’s chains.” Paul is saying that his chains are actually bringing God glory. There are benefits of his chains for God’s kingdom. Paul takes delight in his chains. The gospel is being spread because of Paul’s imprisonment. The manner in which Paul is bearing his chains in Christ is compelling to the on looking world.

In 2 Timothy 2:8-10, Paul says, “I suffer trouble as an evildoer, even to the point of chains; but the word of God is not chained. Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.” Paul’s purpose is to see Christ magnified, and Christ is indeed magnified in Paul’s chains. The word of God is free. While Paul is chained, God’s Word cannot be chained. It is in the Word of God that we will be free; chains or no chains.

Sometimes God uses chains. They are His idea. Other times God desires our chains to be broken. May we be free of our chains, if it is within His will. Would it be true that our chains are in Christ Jesus and in Him alone. Moreover, if we find ourselves still chained, may we wear them well to His Glory. To quote Kenna, “These Chains, These Chains won't break but they will Sl-i-i-i-i-i-de.” May we break the chains that bind us through His strength, and if our chains are not to be broken, may we let them “Sl-i-i-i-i-i-de” to the glory of God and find ourselves free as we are chained in Him.

For a full length sermon on "Chains," click below:

Bibliography

The New King James Version. Nashville : Thomas Nelson, 1982, S. Php 1:12-18

Walvoord, John F. ; Zuck, Roy B. ; Dallas Theological Seminary: The Bible Knowledge Commentary : An Exposition of the Scriptures. Wheaton, IL : Victor Books, 1983-c1985, S. 2:651

Quisqueya Christian School’s 2012 Sr. Class Trip

Photo by Robbie Pruitt, © April 2012

Quisqueya Christian School’s 2012 Sr. Class Trip Description

The 2012 Sr. Class of Quisqueya Christian School spent a week exploring the south coast of Haiti on their Sr. Trip.  The trip was nineteen students and two trip leaders for six nights and seven days from April 24th-30th 2012. 

The students began their journey at Quisqueya Christian School and traveled by bus to the Transport Chic Bus Station.  From there they took another bus to Les Cayes, Haiti, where they then went by boat to Ile-a-Vache, a small island off the south coast of Haiti, and stayed three nights at the Village Vacances.  The group enjoyed times of devotion and Bible study, team building, games, free time on the beach, swimming, service projects in the community playing soccer and games with the local children, and planting fruit trees.  The group also visited an orphanage on the island that cares for disabled and handicapped children; they took a boat tour, and swam from a small sandy beach island called “Lover's Island,” which is isolated between Ile-a-Vache and the mainland of Haiti. 

The group then traveled by van to Port-Salut, Haiti where they enjoyed three nights between two hotels, the Reposoir Du Village and L’ Auberge de Rayon Vert.  Here the group continued their enjoyment of the beach and their time with one another playing games, team building, fine dining, Bible study, prayer, devotions, and swimming.  On day two at Port-Salut, the group traveled to Port-a-Piment, Haiti where they toured the caves there. 

This trip was a wonderful time of service, rest, relaxation, growth, and fellowship with one another. 

Our travel arrangements were made through Jacqui Labrom and her travel agency Voyages Lumiere.  For pictures of the trip, please visit these two albums on Facebook, click here and click here.

Let Your Voice be Heard

Photo from Kony2012, © April 2012

This year in my eleventh grade Bible class, we have been studying the Minor Prophets and the Gospel of Matthew, among other books of the Bible. My students have taken what they have learned to heart and have sought to apply it and put it into action. One of my students, Chiara Siano, has taken the charge from Micah 6:8 concerning justice very serious. Micah 6:8 instructs us to, “do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.” Chiara loves Jesus and seeks to serve Him in obedience to scripture as she walks humbly with Him; she loves His mercy, and does justice in His name. Today Chiara came to me with the following post about the injustices done at the hands of Joseph Kony. She has challenged me, to get the word out by posting the following article “Let Your Voice be Heard.” 

I have taken Chiara’s challenge and have posted her article below. I have also taken the challenge and supported Kony 2012 at the request of another student Loic Frisch. Loic approached me back in March about getting the word out and supporting the cause, Loic is in my eleventh grade Bible class as well. Here was my response to his request: “Loic, I personally just took action to join you in this cause. This is my twitter and Facebook status right now: ‘Because I teach students who put their faith into action, I Just made a donation to Invisible Children for Kony 2012 http://t.co/2OW0r2Yh.’ Thanks for putting your faith into action! In Christ alone, Mr. Pruitt”

Chiara and Loic understand that they are learning about the scriptures and the life and teachings of Jesus, not just to know some information, but also to know Jesus, to grow in Him, and to deepen their relationships with Jesus. This relationship with Jesus has changed how they live their lives and they seek to make a difference for God’s kingdom work in this world. As Chiara and Loic serve the least of these, they serve Jesus. Just as Jesus says in Matthew 25:37-40, “Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’”

May we answer the high calling of our Lord Jesus and serve His children well in justice, in mercy, and in humility. These youth have set the example and have laid down the challenge. May we see the opportunities to serve and seize them as they have and may we follow their good lead. 

Here is “Let Your Voice be Heard,” by Chiara Siano:

Photo of Uganda’s Invisible Children , from Afaceaface, © 2012

Let Your Voice be Heard
Guest post by Chiara Siano

If someone set out to make you famous, what would you say? If someone wanted to make your story known to the world and make you an internationally known person, would you like it? Well, Joseph Kony would. In a single breath, he would deny that opportunity. So, why does Kony not want the world to know about him? 

Who is Joseph Kony? He is a warlord, a Ugandan warlord, who, in the name of god, destroys and kills. Kony is the head leader of the LRA, otherwise known as the Lord's Resistant Army. This army, who claims to be of god, acts like they are of the devil. Since 1986, it is estimated that Joseph Kony has abducted at least 104,000 young children. To make sure that they have no means to return, they kill their families as well as their neighbors. Often, when killing, Kony hacks off body parts and burns the homes of civilians. Then, he turns the children he captures into child soldiers and sex slaves. The girls turn to prostitution, and boys to murder, for the rest of their lives. 

What would you do if someone abducted your child? What would you do if you were turned into a child soldier or a prostitute? What would you do if the village or city you grew up in was destroyed and burned? What would you do if you witnessed all these acts Joseph Kony had committed every day of your life? Jason Russel, the founder of Invisible Children (www.invisiblechildren.org), has placed himself in these children's shoes, in these parent's shoes, in these people's shoes. He refuses to sit by and let these children suffer. He, minute by minute, day by day, week by week, is working towards the arrest of the infamous warlord, Joseph Kony, by making him famous. He is a person as human and capable as you and me. He has made Kony famous. If he can do this, why can't we do something? Why can't we make a difference? Why can't we make our voices be heard? 

Well, we can! Tonight, an event sponsored by Invisible Children is occurring called Cover the Night. Tonight, hundreds of thousands of people are going to create awareness by covering walls of cities in posters, promoting awareness about Kony. Go to www.kony2012.com to learn more about this movement, to buy these awareness posters and share them with your friends, to donate to this cause. You can also contact your state representatives or senators and urge them to do something about this situation. Show that you care and someone will show these children that they care. 

Who knows, maybe solving this problem will lead to the collaboration of our world to solve all our other problems. Attempting to stop Kony is not just the end of a murderer's path, it is the beginning of these children’s' lives. This will spark our inspiration, our motivation, and our hope that we can and will make a difference. Share your voice! Be part of the solution! Show that you will not stand for this, and together, we will make a difference. Together, we will make it!

Sustainable Youth Ministry Study Guide Review

Photo from ymarchitects.com, © April 2012

In 2008, Mark DeVries wrote one of the best youth ministry books available in the field, Sustainable Youth Ministry. This book influenced churches all over the country with a sound theology and understanding of the workings of youth ministry. The practical tools and insights that DeVries provided have increased the effectiveness of many local church youth ministries.

In April, 2012, Youth Ministry Architects published The Sustainable Youth Ministry Study Guide as a companion to Sustainable Youth Ministry. Created by Abram Kielsmeier-Jones and Mark DeVries, this study guide is the perfect companion to the book and is ideal for training a leadership team and developing partners and key stakeholders in youth ministry in the local church.

Abram Kielsmeier- Jones has been in ministry for over a decade and I have had several opportunities to collaborate with him and to sit in on some of his staff meetings and trainings. Abram values discipleship and leadership and takes great care in training and developing leaders, parents, and students while nurturing their relationships with Jesus. It is exciting to have a youth minister and developer of leaders of this caliber writing the study guide for Sustainable Youth Ministry. He implemented this study guide as he developed it. This work is not just a compilation of theoretical ideas; it is practical, and its value has been proven in the field.

The Sustainable Youth Ministry Study Guide is a thirteen chapter, downloadable, PDF book that follows the outline and structure of Sustainable Youth Ministry. The study guide breaks down the chapters into easy to understand chunks that convey the main ideas of the book for time conscious parents, ministry leaders, and volunteers. The questions asked in each of the chapters help leaders to determine how best to apply the book and its insights to their unique ministry context and to think critically about youth ministry. The suggested prayers at the end of each chapter help to focus the readers on the Sustainer Himself. The study guide is easy to read and to follow and is consistent in design, layout, structure and quality.

Sustainable Youth Ministry is a must read for every youth minister and pastor, and I highly recommend The Sustainable Youth Ministry Study Guide as an addition to the book to help train parents, ministry leaders, and volunteers in the local church. I am very excited for the impact that this tool will have on youth ministry when coupled with Sustainable Youth Ministry the book.

To find out more about The Sustainable Youth Ministry Study Guide, Sustainable Youth Ministry the book, or Youth Ministry Architects, please visit Youth Ministry Architects at ymarchitects.com.