Looking for a summer experience that invests in you while you invest in the lives of others? Check out GYFM’s 2012 mentored internship in Progreso, Mexico, June 16 – August 10. You’ll receive hands-on training in youth and mercy ministry while receiving active mentoring from an experienced pastor and youth ministry veteran as well as GYFM [...]
Please don’t let the word ‘theory’ scare you. So often, we default to what GFYM missionary Eric Larsen calls “pragmatics” (what works), “polemics” (our own agendas and ideas as to what is important), and “panic” (combating what we’re afraid of) when it comes to thinking about youth ministry. Yet, if we’re serious about working with [...]
Grace for the Arrogant My dad made me think about something this week that I have never thought about before. He said, “Jesus loves to frustrate us in the workplace in order to show us how much we need him.” I mean, think about the call of Peter. Jesus showed up on the beach early [...]
Where’d January go? I had every intention of sending this update out in January but January got away from me! February is turning into quite the busy month as well. Hope you can take a minute to read about my trip to Mexico and what the next month will hold. Abide with Me Abide with [...]
Politics as Usual…And Not Even Close To Pretty If you’ve been tracking with us so far, we’ve introduced the idea that students relate to each other not only individually, but through complex systems. This means that, like a pebble thrown into a still pond, actions that we evaluate as only having minor repercussions between individuals [...]
Our desire is to ”equip men and women to lead the global church in engaging the emerging generation”. GYFM Associate, Stephen Yates, has agreed to write a series of articles on related to marginalization and power dynamics in ministry to adolescents. This is the first of a 10 part series. Be on the lookout for [...]
Baby Lupton has arrived! We are happy to introduce the latest member of the Lupton family, William Fox (going by Fox)! He arrived on January 10 at 7:27 am, weighing 7 lbs 12 oz and measuring 20.5 inches. Thank you for your prayers for us throughout the pregnancy and birth – we praise the Lord [...]
The Lord tremendously blessed our time in Progreso Mexico! We are so thankful for all He is doing with our partnership there and excited to see what the future will hold. We thought we’d share with you a short slideshow of pictures from our time there. If you can’t see the video you can watch [...]
We are very excited to announce our newest (and smallest) GYFM team member! William Fox Lupton (will be called Fox) was born on January 10th at 7:30am to Andrew & Laura Kate. He was 7lbs and 12 ounces and 20.5 inches long. Both Fox & Laura Kate are home now and doing well. Please keep [...]
Mindy Belz from World Magazine interviewed our own Eric Larsen & Jonathan Taylor about what we call the “10/30 window”. What’s the 10/30 window you ask? It’s the largest unreached people group in the world. This group is not bound by nationality or geography, but made-up those from age 10 to 30 years: tweens, teens [...]
