Some Random "Bits & Pieces"
The Next Baby Boom
There was an article written on July 17th for USA Today on the next "baby boom." I thought it was interesting and funny that the next baby boom is here. I'm just getting use to Millennials and now I have to start researching on the next group coming in. According to the federal data, a record number of births were recorded for 2007. The National Center for Health recorded that 4,315,000 births had taken place in the US of that year. I don't know about you but that's a lot of kids who will soon be crawling around in our nurseries across America. Here's the interesting part, at least for me, the last time these numbers were this high was back in 1957. That was right in the middle of the Boomers' birth explosion. Some experts believe that this increase in births is a glimpse of what will be coming for the future. The good news is that most of these experts believe that this will be a gradual increase and not as rapid as with the Baby Boomers of the post war era.
Some Good Books to Read Or Use For College-Age Curriculum
The A Book You'll Actually Read series has added its fourth to its collection focusing on Church Leadership. The author of this book is Mark Driscoll, pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, one of the fastest growing churches in America. He is also the president of the Acts 29 Church Planting Network. What is so good about this book is that it is short (94 pages total), biblically true, and easy to use as a Sunday morning series or a home study. You should be able to get it in your local book store.
A couple of other books you should check out are Can You Keep Your Faith In College? and 33 Week Small Group Guide which helps students walk through its concepts. Abbie Smith is the author of both of these books as well as a speaker on college-age ministries. She will be speaking at the DRINK Conference being held in Southern California this coming September. Ask your local Christian bookstore for these two books.
There was an article written on July 17th for USA Today on the next "baby boom." I thought it was interesting and funny that the next baby boom is here. I'm just getting use to Millennials and now I have to start researching on the next group coming in. According to the federal data, a record number of births were recorded for 2007. The National Center for Health recorded that 4,315,000 births had taken place in the US of that year. I don't know about you but that's a lot of kids who will soon be crawling around in our nurseries across America. Here's the interesting part, at least for me, the last time these numbers were this high was back in 1957. That was right in the middle of the Boomers' birth explosion. Some experts believe that this increase in births is a glimpse of what will be coming for the future. The good news is that most of these experts believe that this will be a gradual increase and not as rapid as with the Baby Boomers of the post war era.
Some Good Books to Read Or Use For College-Age Curriculum
The A Book You'll Actually Read series has added its fourth to its collection focusing on Church Leadership. The author of this book is Mark Driscoll, pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, one of the fastest growing churches in America. He is also the president of the Acts 29 Church Planting Network. What is so good about this book is that it is short (94 pages total), biblically true, and easy to use as a Sunday morning series or a home study. You should be able to get it in your local book store.
A couple of other books you should check out are Can You Keep Your Faith In College? and 33 Week Small Group Guide which helps students walk through its concepts. Abbie Smith is the author of both of these books as well as a speaker on college-age ministries. She will be speaking at the DRINK Conference being held in Southern California this coming September. Ask your local Christian bookstore for these two books.
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