About Us
Founded 9.9.99, freeyouthministry.com
is a resource website designed for youth pastors by youth pastors. All
of the individuals involved in freeyouthministry have a sincere passion for reaching
youth. Our purpose is to provide a format where youth pastors can share
ideas. Should you have any specific questions, please e-mail Len or Dave
About Len
Len is a graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary.
He's the youth pastor of Trinity Baptist Church (BGC)
in Fairfield, CT. He's a regular contributor for
Interlinc's Leaders Guide, he's written tool reviews and three sidebar's
for YouthWorker Journal, and even sneaked
into Group once. He loves his wife, Tonja, his two daughters, Taylor and
Sarabeth and the Red Sox. About
Ed: Ed
is a clown who does this for fun, and loves to sit around watching God move.
(Besides working his wife, Michelle, through medical school residency,
Ed has his MBA, is the lead worshipper at Oakwood
Community Church, and hangs out at the Scripture
Stall Christian bookstore. Ed has 3 varmints, Tiffany, Peyton, and
Hunter.) He despises sports of any kind. Five
Iron Frenzy Rules! Ed is also a cofounder of AllFallDown,
an interdenominational worship service geared towards junior and senior high
students.
About Barry
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Barry began doing Youth Ministry before you were born. Barry has all the characteristics
of a good youth minister, being bald, having a belly, and growing a beard. He
has done everything in church except be the Senior Pastor and decided
to try that too by starting Common Ground:
A church for emerging generations in San Antonio. Barry's
first wife Londa has raised 3 kids, Brooke, Brent, and Brianna while Barry was
away on a retreat. Barry and Londa have served in both a megachurch and a normal
church setting. Barry has written for Interlinc, World Changers, and several
church newsletters. He is currently the oldest living Sophomore at the Univeristy
of Texas at San Antonio and the proud great-grandfather of 10 black Lab puppies.
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About Steve Watson
Steve is a twelve year youth ministry vet who is the part time (yeah, right!)
youth minister at Princeton Park Baptist Church in Rowlett, TX. He's been there
three years and he also works as the Radio Production Assistant with Josh McDowell
Ministry.
About Mike Nygren
Mike's thirty years of working with youth began in 1969 in a small church in
Chestertown, Maryland. He was the full-time director of youth ministry at Ginghamsburg
Church in Tipp City, Ohio. As the director of Student
Leadership Ministries. his passion today is working with leaders comes from
his personal experience and under-standing of youth ministry potential.
About Dave Ambrose
Dave has been working with students for the past nine years, first with Campus
Life in Wisconsin and then as youth pastor of Parma Heights Baptist Church in
Ohio. He's also a member of the YS Resource Seminar Team.
About Dave Johnson
Dave is a bi-vocational
Youth Pastor at Grafton Baptist Church in Yorktown, Virginia (near Williamsburg)
and in his other life, he's a CPA with his own practice in Newport News.
About Laurie Polich
Laurie is a popular
youth speaker, an adjunct youth ministry professor, and a member of the YS Resource
Seminar team. Her books include Creative Bible Lessons From the Old Testament
and Help! I'm a Small-Group Leader.
About Matt McGill
Matt is married and has
been on the high school youth ministry staff of Saddleback
Valley Community Church since 1994. Besides providing Doug
Fields with all of his funny lines Matt began the Purpose Driven Youth Ministry
Forum (join by sending an e-mail to pdym-list-subscribe@egroups.com) and he
provides free Power Point backgrounds on his personal
web site. Mark
Tittley Mark is a
lecturer in youth ministry at BTC Southern Africa in Johannesburg, South
Africa and he maintains the Commitment
Level Model of Youth Ministry website.
About Danny Seago
Danny is perhaps one of the best looking fat people you'll ever meet. He loves
reading, teaching and playing bingo alone. He has the average number of body
parts for his area of the country and can balance cars on his tongue. His degree
in Christian Theatre from Hannibal-LaGrange College in Hannibal, Missouri has
left him hopelessly weird and unemployable. He has however secured a position
as the Youth Pastor at First Baptist Church, Vandalia, Ohio where is just far
away from everything to be annoyed about it. Danny's passions include his kids
(Tiff, Chris and Micah), his wife (Gerri) and a Man of no reputation who has
led Danny into the most wonderful of careers (Jesus).
About Todd Boudreau
Todd is the youth
pastor of Neighborhood Assemblies of
God Church in Okinawa, Japan. He's a graduate of Berean
University and has a heart for the need for teenagers today to find a living
relationship with God through Jesus Christ. He is also a Chief Warrant Officer
in the U.S. Army and is stationed at Fort Buckner, Okinawa with his wife, Soonja,
and their two boys - Jesse and Patrick. You may find more information about
their ministry and family at http://userhp.konnect.net/chiefb/
About Michael Coradetti
Mike is a graduate of Florida State University, where he conned his way through
a degree in Religious Studies. He's crewed with a North Atlantic
swordfishing outfit, trained dolphins to recover lost earrings and traveled
the Far East as a sword-for-hire, and currently serves as Youth Pastor at the
Village Church in Western Springs, IL. His wife thinks he spends too much
time in their tiger pit behind the house - she'd rather him change the lightbulb
in ther kitchen and maybe clean out the storage room. In his spare time,
he watches football and plays his guitar and basically just stumbles through
life by the sheer grace of God. Oh yeah...and he loves teenagers,
too.
About "Big" Mike McVey is called
"Big Mike" because he weighs two hundred and eighty-five pounds and is six feet
and nine inches tall. Think he has any rowdy jr. high boy troubles? He lives
in Mississippi where he likes to sleep, read, and eat pizza.
About Tony Myles
Tony Myles received Christ
while in high schoool through the student ministry of Willow Creek Community
Church. Soon he realized that his call to youth ministry, included integrating
the vision of contemporary ministry into local communities needing a new perspective
on Christian leadership. He has a decade of experience in both small-town
and mega-churches, and is Assistant Pastor of Young Life ministries at Greenville
Community Church in Michigan. In his free time, he enjoys writing and
taking long walks with his wife, Katie, and their very spoiled dog, C.K.