Youth Ministry Zone Testimonials
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Ministries Youth Ministry Zone?
http://www.teenlifeministries.com/thezone/
Read the words of a few of our members…
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"I have noticed a huge difference in our
group since joining The Zone. They talk about how they love the classes,
the handouts, and the PowerPoint. Because of the training I'm getting I
understand the teens better and have been able to reach out to them more
effectively. Thanks for the great work. Keep it up!" Member 4 Life, John
Amos, Florida Youth Minister
I love the Spiritual Growth Zone with the
stuff for Youth Pastors to check-in; especially the Dawn 2 Dusk
retreats. I love to get away with my notebook, bible and the retreat and
dig in. It's a refreshing time for me and thus for my ministry! ~AJ
The Zone is incredible. I am always
checking the Zone and using the lessons. It has been like having an
assistant!
As a bi-vocational youth minister, I don't
always have as much time to plan my lessons and series as I would like,
and the Zone gives me lessons that I know are Biblically based and
easily adapted for my youth group, when I need them.
Words cannot explain how The Zone has
helped our Youth Ministry. Each year we do a survey with the teens, this
year more than ever they voted highly of the message we have been
presenting to them. THANKS TO THE ZONE!!!
I use the Zone for many different games,
ideas, and devotions and studies. It has been a huge help to me as the
youth director.
I just signed up but we have loved the
Godly Goals lessons and our youth have really had some great discussion
about wisdom!
There are great transferable lessons for
my leaders to utilize and for me too.
I loved the 1 John lessons and now I am
using them in a young families class. Keep up the good work guys and
blessings to all of you. Love the Website.
I use the lessons in the zone as a
guideline of what to teach and I make my own lesson out of it. Right now
I am still in school, teaching school and coaching sports teams and do
not have time to come up with two brand new ideas every week. This site
has enabled me to give something fresh to the teens every week. It has
been a huge blessing and we have seen many saved and come faithfully to
church.
I found that I really needed to spend more
time developing relationships with my teens, but I am very concerned
about what I am teaching them. Because of this I was spending more of my
time developing lessons then developing relationships. When encouraged
by my pastor to spend more time developing relationships I wanted to
find material that I would feel comfortable teaching and less time on
developing. I found the Zone and it has been exactly what I needed. Now
I have time to develop relationships and still have the confidence that
I am going to be teaching a good lesson.
I haven't a lot of experience and not a
lot of time to prepare lessons, this helps me out soo much as I can
concentrate more on presenting it in an engaging way. - Emily from
Ignition Youth @ Power of God Church, Melbourne Australia.
It’s nice to have such a wide variety of
resources readily available. Chris Knipp-Student Pastor, Oak Ridge Tn.
Being new to this site. our group of young
people seem to be more involved since using the materials from the zone.
thank you from the passion youth northside family worship center
The Zone has really helped me in preparing
for Sunday Morning and youth night lesson. I stay pretty busy and can’t
seem to get the time to prepare a lesson like I'd like for myself, and I
don't know what I'd do without your site. You are a life saver
Lot's of good information to digest for
pointers, Dave
The Zone give Sunday mornings a great
start to the youth week
I have been a member for a year now & am
always finding new ideas and ministry tips that help me stay in touch
with my students and keep me refreshed as well. I have been in student
ministry since Moby Dick was a minnow, (I have got to be insane), and
have used nearly every resource on the planet & I have found that HERE
is the place to be. Tim Coats, Student/Collegiate Minister
I am just starting with the zone so
haven't had much experience with it...but I'm very excited at what it
has to offer. Great and useful resources. Ch'ng /Agape Youth
Since joining....teen life has added such
a dimension to my preparation for Sunday school as well as our formal
youth service! you guys really provide excellent material and insight
that is very easily added to, which allows me to personalize every
lesson or message........thank you and god bless. Pastor Brian
I am just getting started w/the zone but
every thing I can get my hands on helps...keep up the good work! Elisha
Barnett
I really appreciate the lessons and the
helps. It encourages me and keeps me thinking in the "present tense"
with my youth. I am praying for your ministry. Bill Moore
At this point we are just starting and The
Zone is giving us a starting point as to what to say and how to say it
in a language that teens will and can listen and understand
The Zone has been a great transitional
tool for me as a youth pastor. Previously, we were using the Word of
Life Curriculum and spending 10X as much as we do now. That is a
fantastic curriculum, but we are getting a lot more use out of the zone
for far less money. The power points and games have been a big hit with
our group and a time-saver for me. (I am a volunteer and home school 3
children.) I can plan out my lessons and spend far less time having to
prepare and put more time to actually studying the lesson. The kids have
also connected with several of your lessons...the one about Joseph,
Tough Love, Prayer. I also love the Monday Maximizer and feel blessed
that you work so hard to keep the youth workers uplifted.
I am still pretty new to the Zone, but
there seems to be a variety of different helps for ministry. I also
really like the idea of Youth Print though I haven't utilized it yet.
Still working my way around the site and getting familiar with all you
have to offer. Cliff Reynolds, Crossroad Baptist Church
I've found some great lessons. I'm really
impressed with the quality of stuff offered in The Zone! (Paul O'Rear,
College Street, Waxahachie, Texas)
The lessons are great and now that they
are in word you can easily edit them to fit your groups personality. The
best thing is that the lessons are in-depth enough for adults yet they
can be adjusted for first graders. Thanks!!!, Bro. Andy, Halltown Church
The Zone has helped me to present Bible
lessons in a way that fresh and interesting to the teen without taking
away any of the biblical context. Shirley J. Chicago, Teen Cafe
As I said I am just getting started, I
usually teach adults so this is new and exciting. I can see this site
helping me a lot. Thanks
Thank you for your help
The Zone gives me great ideas to work on
and tailor for my groups specific needs!
Since I have been coming into this program
It has help me communicate with my youth better and come up with ideas
for a week end retreat. Debbie
I am a bivocational YP who sees about
75-85 teens a week. This site has allowed me to focus on Ministering to
them and not always writing my own material. Thanks!
The Zone has helped me in preparation. It
has cut my preparation time by 75%. I work full time and go to school
part time and have 2 elementary age children at home. This leaves little
time for preparation and the zone has helped me greatly. MJS
The lessons that are developed are the
primary tools I use and they are great. Also, the video tutorials have
really helped as well.
I have downloaded several presentations,
adapted them for the teens at my church for weekly bible study. The kids
just love the visual lessons! As a youth/pastoral care minister with a
very tight schedule, the Zone has been well worth the yearly fee. Please
keep up the good work!
Your ministry is too awesome. I thank God
for you. Resources like this make me want to cry. As someone who works
a full time job and has four children, but still wants to impact his
community, church, and youth program with real, relevant, life changing
material, this is awesome. I could not have even prayed for this,
because there was no way that I even knew I needed something like this
(your ministry). To be honest, I feel like I'm stealing. I was just at
a conference this week and I paid $10 for two little books that would
not make up a chapter in some of your material. And I know you are
geared towards youth ministry but I will be using this with my Young
Adults also. Seriously, I am holding back the tears as I think of what
your ministry is doing and what God has blessed me with in the 40 days
and $20.00 I have spent with you guys. Praise God and please keep up the
tremendous work. I am not well off financially, but please keep us
abreast of any challenges you ever face in your ministry, we must always
keep you working for the Lord. Thanks again. Darryl L. Johnson
This site is awesome and a great help. thx
and god bless. Brandon Tucker youth pastor
I have just started browsing through The
Zone and I already know that God is at work. We are a new ministry (1
year old) and this is one GREAT way to get through the kids in my Youth
Group. I appreciate all the love and devotion you have put into the
youth ministry. This is a answered prayer of mine, since I work full
time and have to squeeze time to prepare my own lessons. With The Zone
on my side helps our ministry more enjoyable and rewarding. Thanks to
all who put time and love in equipping people like me the tools to equip
today's youth. Thank you very much and may the Lord continue to bless
this ministry. Commit your way to the Lord, and all your plans will
succeed. Prov. 16:3 - Your ministry is just one more testimony of God's
grace and love to his people. I truly believe that the Lord uses
anything and everything to edify His people and He is definitely using
you all. Please do advise me wherein I may send a contribution from time
to time. - At His Feet, Perla Gil de Rodriguez
In the short time that CRUNCH Youth
Ministries has been with The Zone, I have been able to pass articles to
other leaders as encouragement. Also basically planned out three
consecutive nights using tools found in The Zone that formed the entire
evening or sparked creativity for an entire evening outline.
It's just great to have a spiritually
sound resource available to us from people who have walked the line a
few times themselves. You get a sense of "Real, Practical" knowledge
instead of the feeling that you are just reading a text book.
Blessings and Thanks! Kurt Parks CRUNCH
Youth Ministries www.crunchtime.ca
Great Articles to read!!!
I first started using the free downloads &
got hooked. I've only been a member for a couple of months.
great job, keep it up!
The PDF's and the PowerPoints lessons have
been used in our group to help each of us to learn , understand, and
grow in the Lord.
Just started using it, but for a full time
high school teacher it is great to know I can rely on someone else to do
a lot of my planning lessons for me.
The zone has been an oasis of resources
for those dry times in ministry when I need help with ideas or lessons,
I turn to the zone. The material is always the highest quality. Jason
Retherford, Chisholm Trail Church of Christ
I love the downloads, the games, classes
and forums. Jason Bennett-Palo Alto
I really like the areas for personal
spiritual growth
Since I am VERY new at all this I get
great ideas on teaching, games, events, etc. Keep up the great work God
has obviously called you to do! God Bless
The Zone has been a time saver. I've
always agreed with the saying ... "There is no need to reinvent the
wheel". You have a wide range of resources that I have found highly
valuable over the past year. This has been a gold mine and one of my
best investments. Thanks Cynthia R. Young, Lion of Judah Ministries
International - Norfolk, VA
Running a ministry with 100+ teens keeps
me busy. The Zone has helped me to spend more time relational rather
than having to be in the office studying and preparing Bible Studies. J.
Scott Cornerstone
Had we know the Zone was available and so
helpful to out Youth, we would have sign up much sooner than when we
did, Thanks for the materials.
They are more into the studying with the
NEW POWER POINT SESSION i am using from you. It has bought in 6 more new
teens and we are looking for more. I am about to look into vides for
them but I am looking for topics that interest them. The power point WAS
A GREAT IDEA..........
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Blessings!
Paul & Al
