How to Rock the Parish Bulletin
I visit a lot of parishes in the course of a year and I usually will pick up a parish bulletin to see what is happening. Since my passion squarely is with parish youth ministry, I always look at how the youth leader communicates with the community via the bulletin. First of all, let me say that I have seen some great examples and some epic fails on the part of my fellow Catholic youth ministers. If you ever struggle with the concept and wonder if it makes any difference at all, here are three ways that you can make the most of the free communication you get each week in the bulletin...

Helpful Website for Youth Ministry/Culture: YouTube Trends
I’ve ben watching the YouTube Trends website for a little while now – I think it might be helpful to you in youth ministry. I watched this terrible music video called “Friday” this past week, and the every next day I bumped into a whole group of students laughing around the very same video. Might be a helpful heads up for you as a youth worker, too...

Clowning for God
While I was in Boston, I met a woman who was a circus performer in Brazil, and did a lot of ministry with people in the circus. She shared with me a prayer she gave to people who were clowns. I know it’s a fashionable thing to say that clowns are odd, or that they are scary (thank you, Stephen King.) But I’ve always loved clowns. In Chicago, I grew up watching Bozo the Clown on WGN channel 9. And when I worked at the improv club in Orlando, I knew a lot of guys who graduated from clown college. Yes, there’s a clown college. It’s actually pretty cool...

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