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So I am working on a few new curriculum projects. My brother Tim is again working hard on the best graphics in youth ministry curriculum and has created the following for me...lessons to come:

All images are copyright 2009 Tim Lewis designs. Used with permission.

Rebel With A Cause

The next series I am working on is "Rebel With A Cause". It is going to focus on the nature of Jesus to go against the culture and everything that was expected of him when the Messiah was to come to earth. This will shatter people's perceptions and cause all sorts of controversy. The truth hurts.

All images are copyright 2008 Tim Lewis designs. Used with permission.

Transformed

So, I am doing a good job of making at least one lesson a week for my curriculum. I finished Band Of Brothers last Sunday in teaching it. I still have a couple of PowerPoint to create for the last 2 lessons and update the worship songs in the last 2. Then I need to edit the introduction pages so they make more sense and then work on sending it to be "created" in CD/DVD form.

My new series begins today (Sunday) and my brother Tim has already helped me out by making another cool graphic for the series to be used in the cover and PowerPoint. My new series is Transformed and I am using the Transformers movie as illustrations for the series. I know that a lot of people have been using this theme this year. But I am doing something a bit different.

All images are copyright 2008 Tim Lewis designs. Used with permission.

Band Of Brothers

Okay, so in June I said I was "feverishly" writing my new curriculum to get it going to be sold here "soon". Stuff happened and I didn't get working on it feverishly enough. I just started about 2 months ago to really get stuff written.

Good news is that I am writing my first series for youth ministry. Band of Brothers is being written and used by me in the classroom so you know it has been tried and tested with real teens in youth ministry. So far it has gone extremely well. Only a few tweaks and it will be ready to go when I finish the live series. Band of Brothers is a series on discipleship. What it means to be chosen as a disciple; what it means to be a disciple and follow Jesus; what it means for us to disciple other people; what it means to continue to make disciples.

My cool brother created a graphic for the cover and for use throughout the series on PowerPoint and other areas of a graphical nature where needed. I will let you know more about Band of Brothers when I actually have finished it. For now, know that it will be available in CD-ROM format.

All images are copyright 2008 Tim Lewis designs. Used with permission.

Starting A House Church

There's a new way of doing church and it is taking North America by storm! Here, a recognized authority on the house church movement and a popular speaker and pastor share their expertise in starting and maintaining a healthy house church. Together they look at current and future trends in the house church movement and provide best practice models for planting and leading house churches. Also, they explore how house churches are not always the same as simple cell-groups or small groups, especially in the areas of leadership and money. Readers will discover all the information they need to begin a house church in their community.

I got this book for Christmas and hope it will be an inspiration and a driving force toward my dream of planting a new church starting with the home.

Preaching and the Missional Church

Preaching needs to be rethought for the future of the church.

New Ministry Resources

Cornerstone Ministries has begun...I am producing and publishing my own youth ministry resources, curriculum, materials, downloads, and media for youth workers to use in their churches and other ministries. It will eventually lead into more ministry resources for more than just youth, but you gotta start with what you know first.

I have been feverishly writing and getting it ready to go. You will be able to purchase bound lesson books, CD's, or get downloads of materials sent to your inbox.

This is going to be a different kind of material that I have never seen before. When it's ready, I will unveil it here first. I will be working toward starting a website for this ministry, but until I get some written, I will put my money toward the materials first.