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	Ryan's E-Update from Pastor2Youth.com

• YOUTHBLAST '05 - Complete Weekend Retreat Curriculum
  
  
• CPYU Resource - Public School Edition of Youthculture@today
  
  
• Snapshot Version 4 from Simplyyouthministry.com
  
  
• A Continued PLEA for YM EXCHANGE Submissions
  
  
• Support Pastor2Youth.com
  
  
• Lost Password? ID? Need Help?
  
  

     Greetings Pastor2Youth.com Member/Subscriber,

     There is always new information to share about what is happening at Pastor2Youth.com. It is a joy to be able to share with all of you the exciting things happening and the new resources available to all users. I pray that you will find this information useful and will be blessed by the features and resources at Pastor2Youth.com that are intended to help you in your ministry to youth. Please allow me to share with you some news and announcements about the highlights, help, and resources at your disposal.

   YOUTHBLAST '05
Tired of the same old youth retreats? One more game of "capture the flag" and you'll have a mutiny on your hands? It's time for a YouthBlast!

YouthBlast05 is a high-energy youth weekend designed to recharge your youth group through games, activities, worship, and Bible study.

This guide is designed to cover everything you need to run your very own YouthBlast weekend.

Click HERE to Download for FREE the complete YouthBlast '05 Package.

This public school edition of the newsletter youthculture@today is a great tool for getting solid information on youth culture into the hands of those in a public school setting.

We have taken some of our best articles and rewritten them for use in public schools and other non-church related settings. Youth pastors and parents can distribute copies to teachers, administrators, PTA parents, and guidance counselors. Also good for distribution in medical offices, youth centers, community organizations, and even government offices.

Anyone who works with kids, or who has teens of their own will appreciate the articles that touch a wide range of topics :

• Peer pressure
• Over-the-counter and prescription drug abuse
• Suicide
• Bullying
• Teen gambling
• School violence
• Oral Sex
• Pro-anorexia web sites
• Cell-phones
• Cutting
• Athletic pressure
• Teens and cheating
• Transitioning from HS to college

These articles will help parents, educators, grandparents, and others gain a deeper understanding of the turmoil our kids face both at home and school during adolesence, with the goal of opening up lines of communication and building stronger families.
 
The newsletter is available in single issues or in bulk quantities. Visit the Center for Parent and Youth Understanding (CPYU) site HERE for more information or to order this valuable resource.

Introducing SnapShot V. 4

A CUSTOM INTERACTIVE WEBSITE AND PROMOTIONAL CD-ROM BUILDER FOR YOUR YOUTH MINISTRY

What is SnapShot?

This is possibly the easiest tool you can have to promote your ministry online and via CD. Use the templates to input your ministry's information, add photos, videos, music, and presto! In just minutes you’ve created an interactive overview of your entire ministry—your specific information presented in a professionally-designed template.

Why should your ministry use SnapShot?

SnapShot was created to help you effectively communicate all of the different aspects of your ministry to all of your different audiences and to do so in a format that is fun and interactive. As a youth worker, you’re not only responsible for direct communication with students, you have to inform parents, answer questions, promote events, and attract volunteers.

For more information and a free trial go to:
http://www.simplyyouthministry.com/snapshot

 

A Continued PLEA for YM EXCHANGE Submissions

A CONTINUED PLEA TO ALL PASTOR2YOUTH.COM USERS: PLEASE FIND EVEN JUST ONE RESOURCE THAT YOU HAVE CREATED AND WOULD SUBMIT TO PASTOR2YOUTH.COM'S YM EXCHANGE.

Exciting things are happening at Pastor2youth.com now has OVER 17,600 registered members. There are a lot of members who regularly stop by to download fonts, lessons, Powerpoint Games, Powerpoint and MediaShout Backgrounds, Powerpoint lessons, and to pick up games for their youth group programs, just to mention a few. It is exciting to see so many people making use of, downloading, and utilizing the resources from pastor2youth.com. That is what the site is here for.

So, now is where I send out my CONTINUED PLEA to all of you to PLEASE take two-minutes to stop by Pastor2youth.com and submit some resources for inclusion on the site: whether it be a lesson, a Powerpoint File, and game you play, or some other miscellaneous file that you utilize in your ministry. If we could get just HALF of all registered members to submit ONE resource this month, we could add an additional 8,800 resources to this constantly growing site. How awesome would that be? Think about the return-rate. You give 1 and get in return 8,800!!! That is quite the return. All resources are able to be submitted directly on the site by clicking on the "add game" or "add resource" link within the proper section of the site.

There are a few who have continued over the past month to submit resources to the site to help with the continued growth and I would like to express a special thanks to them. I appreciate how you help pastor2youth.com to continue to grow, and provide fantastic resources for all to use. So to those who have contributed, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!

So, please help add to this list of contributors and continue to make Pastor2youth.com a growing and vital resource for youth workers around the world.

In case you have any problems submitting your files, or if you would simply prefer not to do it yourself, you can e-mail the files to me at uthpastor@pastor2youth.com and I will upload them for you making sure all ownership, permissions, and credit is given to YOU!!

I, and thousands of other youth workers around the world, thank you in advance for taking a minute to add a new resource.

 

Support Pastor2Youth.com

Have you found Pastor2Youth.com a blessing? Have you utilized it in your ministry? Would you like to see Pastor2Youth.com continue to grow? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, then we need YOU!!! There are a few different ways in which you can support Pastor2Youth.com.

First of all, one of the most significant ways in which you can support Pastor2Youth.com is by submitting YOUR resources to the site for inclusion for others. The most important part of Pastor2Youth.com is you!!! We continue to grow because of you!!! The site is more valuable because it contains the ideas, creativity, input, and resources of many individuals, not just one. So, the number ONE way that you could support Pastor2Youth.com would be to take some time to upload to the site any games, lessons, fonts, powerpoint files, newsletters, miscellaneous resources, etc. that you have that you would be willing to share.

A second way to support Pastor2Youth.com is to visit our sponsors. This is significant to Pastor2Youth and helps me maintain the site at the quality it is at and helps me to continue to develop new things as I am able. Please take some time when you visit Pastor2Youth.com to also visit our sponsors.

If you are interested in finding out more specific ways in which you can directly support the ministry of Pastor2Youth.com, please e-mail me at support@pastor2youth.com to inquire about how you can help keep this ministry growing.

I cannot express how much I appreciate your support in any and all of the above three ways. You have been a blessing to me, and to many, many others. Thank you so very much and may God Bless you in your giving and generosity of sharing what God has given you with others.

Has it been a long time since you have been to Pastor2Youth.com? Have you forgotten or Lost your Username? Are you having troubles with your password? Don't let that keep you away. If you have forgotten or are having any problems logging in to your account at Pastor2Youth.com, just send an e-mail to Help@Pastor2Youth.com with your need and I would be more than happy to help you out.

Another reminder as well: You can personalize your password to make it easy to remember for the future. Once you log in, click on the "My Account" link in the left-hand column. Inside there, you will find a link titled "Change Your Info". If you click there, you can personalize as much of your account information as you would like, including the option at the bottom to change your password. Enter the new password twice and push save - then you don't have to worry about trying to keep track of, or remembering, that crazy automated password you received when you first registered at Pastor2Youth.com.

If I can help you out with any of this information, please don't hesitate to let me know.

     Keep an eye out for more E-Updates to come helping you make the most out of your onlline experience as you search for Youth Ministry material to help you. We are excited about some of the things in store in the near future!!!