September was filled with a lot of great connections with youth pastors! I met up with several around the state at our Colorado Winter Camp meeting. This is one of my favorite networks, as it includes around 50 churches partnering together for several weekends of camp. While I've been a part of Colorado Winter Camps … Continue reading Networking Update – September 2024
Looking for More Partners
I love dreaming! And even if it doesn’t come natural to you, I hope you get opportunities to dream on a regular basis. When I dream about the future of National Network of Youth Ministries, I see youth leaders all over the country in healthy networks, collaborating and supporting one another to reach even more … Continue reading Looking for More Partners
Footprints and Prayers
I know many of you have joined us to prayer-walk your local school campuses. We are continuing to collect data from all of our staff and network coordinators around the country, but I thought it’d be good for you to hear a few words from our executive director, Randy Davis: “My heart is filled with … Continue reading Footprints and Prayers
Speaking for Global Leadership Network
At the beginning of August, several of the NNYM staff were invited to attend GLN’s “Global Leadership Summit” in South Barrington, IL. Not only did I get to connect with several youth ministry leaders we already partner with, but I got to meet many from around the world and hear what God is doing in … Continue reading Speaking for Global Leadership Network
Let’s Cover Our Schools in Prayer
The school year may have just ended, but a new one is just around the corner! Mark your calendars for August 12-16 and join us for FOOTPRINTS ON CAMPUS. Our objective? To pray for 67,000 schools and 1,200 juvenile detention facilities across America. Together, we aim to cover every student at every school in every … Continue reading Let’s Cover Our Schools in Prayer
Attend GLS NextGen 2024 for Only $99
At NNYM, we believe there is an urgent need for leaders who passionately follow Jesus and will disciple the next generation as Jesus-followers. That is why we are partnering with the Global Leadership Summit NextGen track. On August 8-9, we will provide youth pastors, parachurch ministry workers, and other adults who care about teens with … Continue reading Attend GLS NextGen 2024 for Only $99
New Network in South Denver
One of my coworkers at NNYM says it well: “We don’t own networks; we champion them!” And sometimes that means my job is to find healthy networks that already exist and support them to keep them healthy. That’s exactly what happened this month down in the southeastern part of Denver. I received an email from … Continue reading New Network in South Denver
A Successful NNYM Staff Retreat
At the beginning of May, I headed out to Cincinnati for the National Network of Youth Ministries’ staff retreat. (Above photo is our staff and board of directors who were in attendance.) Because we are all spread out around the country, this was the first time I met many of them in person, rather than … Continue reading A Successful NNYM Staff Retreat
Orange Conference 2024 – Podcast Recaps
While there was a bit of a cloud over Orange Conference 2024, it was still a great event, and I was so glad to be there to minister to some of their staff and others in attendance. National Network of Youth Ministries also hosted our 3rd annual BBQ for youth leaders, which was so much … Continue reading Orange Conference 2024 – Podcast Recaps
Colorado Networking Update for April 2024
There are so many great things happening in Colorado right now. Here are a few other updates from this last month: Colorado Winter Camps: On April 4, we had our winter camp network debrief meeting where we celebrated our 5 weekends of camp this past January and February. Please pray for us, as we’re expanding … Continue reading Colorado Networking Update for April 2024
Steve Cullum 