Youth Ministry | Tom French

Flying Home

by Tom | Jan 20, 2015 | Day in the Life, Work, Youth Ministry | 0 |

I finished my last day at my old job today. I’m flying home to Melbourne now after leaving...

Melbourne

by Tom | Dec 22, 2014 | Church, Jobs, Other Stuff, Recom, Work, Youth Ministry | 1 |

I got married. I became a coeliac. Now I’m leaving Sydney. In two weeks. If you’re gonna change...

Not Fat Tom

by Tom | Jan 29, 2013 | Food, Work, Youth Ministry | 4 |

We had a Staff Connection Day with work today which means the whole of the organisations staff get...

Pride and Power

by Tom | Oct 28, 2012 | Bible, Christianess, Youth Ministry | 7 |

In preparation for church planting, I’ve stopped being the leader of my youth group at church. I led the youth group from the beginning of 2010 till the end of last term. Technically I’m still in-charge, but my...

Lip Dub FTW

by Tom | Oct 22, 2012 | Making Movies, Video, Youth Ministry | 1 |

I’ve been quiet on the blog. Partly because I’ve been making this. This is what I got to with my youth group the other week....

The Sticking

by Tom | Sep 29, 2012 | Bible, Christianess, Youth Ministry | 5 |

As I mentioned before I got home yesterday from a week long leadership camp which was super encouraging. Spending a week with 40 teenagers who are so keen to devote their lives to serving Jesus is a wonderful privilege. I got to...

Worth the Quibble

by Tom | Aug 18, 2012 | Bible, Church, Preaching, Social Justice, Youth Ministry | 1 |

I heard a preacher tonight at a youth event. He preached almost all story and no Bible. Almost all entertainment and no meat. Yet he’s done more in his ministry to the poor through the church that he leads than many of the...

Jesus > Church

by Tom | Jul 17, 2012 | Christianess, Church, Youth Ministry | 3 |

On camp last week I gave kids the opportunity to become Christians if they wanted to. They could also recommit their life if they wanted to. Usually when I do this a few kids put up their hands after the prayer to say...

Anglicans

by Tom | Jul 13, 2012 | Christianess, Church, Quotes, Youth Ministry | 0 |

Quote of the week from camp: “I grew up in an Anglican home which means we didn’t go to church much.”

Speaking of Speaking

by Tom | Jul 11, 2012 | Christianess, Preaching, Youth Ministry | 1 |

I’m on camp again. Been here since Sunday. I’m speaking to about 70 year 7 and 8s. We’re looking at people Jesus met. It’s a bunch of talks that I gave in December at another camp. Right now I’m...

Angry Blogs

by Tom | Jul 6, 2012 | Blogging about Blogging, Christianess, Work, Youth Ministry | 0 |

Sometimes I get distracted by angry blogs. Especially by bloggers talking about one form of Christianity they don’t like. Usually I feel like they should just calm down. Tonight I was reading a blog about a prominent...