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16 03, 2024

CE-DR 2024: Day 9

By |2024-03-16T13:11:34-04:00March 16th, 2024|DR 2024|0 Comments

Our team safely returned to Toronto late morning (March 16). We are grateful for their participation and look forward to more stories to come.

9 03, 2024

CE-DR 2024: Day 2

By |2024-03-10T03:12:25-04:00March 9th, 2024|DR 2024|2 Comments

The team left Toronto this morning with little issues and have touched down in Santo Domingo (as of 4:00 pm EST) with the Lighthouse Team ready to greet them. They are all settled in at the Lighthouse compound, ready for their first full day tomorrow.

8 03, 2024

CE-DR 2024: Day 1

By |2024-03-09T00:10:45-05:00March 8th, 2024|DR 2024|0 Comments

This team of 9 from Harmony Baptist (Hamilton) are preparing for their flight to the Dominican Republic tomorrow morning. There, they'll serve alongside the Lighthouse Project in Los Alcarizzos.

4 03, 2024

Spring Tour 2024- Associations

By |2024-03-04T00:47:19-05:00March 4th, 2024|announcement|0 Comments

We are excited to visit a number of our associations to share about the latest Create and Cultivate resource. To date, Tanya or Alvin will be visiting: Norfolk (March 19) Amherstburg (March 23) Trent-Valley (April 13) Ottawa (April 27) Toronto (April 27) Midwestern (April 28) Niagara-Hamilton (May 4) Contact your association executive or Alvin for more details. If you'd like one of our Next Gen staff to visit your association

1 03, 2024

Highlight: Luz Y Verdad

By |2024-03-01T15:23:50-05:00March 1st, 2024|ym highlight|0 Comments

Luz Y Verdad (led by Laura Elena and Jose Campos) has a youth ministry with teens ages 13-19 years old. While they have been the youth leaders for about one year, there is a growing affinity within the group.   In the fall of 2023, they hosted a special party regarding their Hispanic heritage. They celebrated the independence of their countries and talked about being proud of being Latinos; this is

1 03, 2024

Highlight: Stanley Park Baptist Church

By |2024-03-01T15:20:11-05:00March 1st, 2024|ym highlight|0 Comments

In the fall of 2023, Stanley Park Baptist Church youth ministry is utilizing a resource called “SOUL”, a video and discussion based series, which is part of Christianity Explored (the version the rest of the church is using) as part of its outreach initiatives. While the majority of the youth group are from the church, the content of the videos, and the discussions, are helping them to more fully understand

11 02, 2024

Celebrating the 25th of Avalanche and Blizzard … and a new chapter in 2026

By |2024-02-29T10:17:22-05:00February 11th, 2024|announcement|0 Comments

Hello CBOQ Youth Leaders, “Inspiring – Memorable – Life-Changing – in moving youth one-step closer to Jesus.” These are just some of the words that have described what tens of thousands of Youth have experienced at Avalanche and Blizzard as we have gathered at Muskoka Woods over these last 24 years. 25th Anniversary First, we are preparing for what will be a historic experience for Avalanche

30 10, 2023

Communication Strategy Changes

By |2023-10-30T00:19:35-04:00October 30th, 2023|announcement|0 Comments

WHAT'S CHANGING Sending a more comprehensive monthly eUpdate enewsletter. Creating a weekly video highlighting important content (via YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels and TikTok) WHAT WE'LL KEEP DOING Sending a personalized email with customized updates Messaging youth leaders from our weekly staff church prayer list Sharing articles via Facebook and X Sharing in our Facebook group (for CBOQ youth leaders)

17 10, 2023

Highlight: Port Colborne Baptist Church

By |2023-10-23T13:06:32-04:00October 17th, 2023|ym highlight|0 Comments

After receiving the confirmation of the grant, we had opportunities to grow together as a youth group.  On July 14-15, 2023, we hosted a mini retreat at the church with 16 youth and 3 leaders. We played games and sports, hiked, and had a wonderful time of intentional worship.   Then on July 26-27, we had a second youth retreat at Selkirk Provincial Park with 14 participants. During the retreat,

17 10, 2023

We Have What it Takes

By |2023-10-17T21:35:04-04:00October 17th, 2023|best practices, youth ministry thoughts|0 Comments

“We will not hide them from their descendants; We will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, his power, and the wonders he has done.” – Psalm 78:4 What does it take to run a youth ministry? The simple answer is whatever is available at your church. Perhaps you might feel that your church doesn’t have the resources or personnel to run an effective youth ministry. Let’s

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