Orange Students

By Abbie Smith and Tim Walker An encouraging word is a big deal. It can change the whole course of your day. It can shift the way you see something… Read More

By Ben Read  Odds are you have heard it said that it takes a village to raise a child. My wife and I have not entered the phase of life where… Read More

by Steve Cullum Equipping and empowering adult small group leaders is the only way to significantly grow a sustainable youth ministry beyond yourself. This is a common thread I have encountered… Read More

By Todd Newsom I was first exposed to XP3 in the summer of 2008 at BigStuf Daytona. It was our first time to attend, and I had just drank from… Read More

Experience. Seems like a simple word. One with which we are intuitively familiar. But when was the last time you actually looked at the definition? Experience is “practical contact; it’s… Read More

The Orange team met Heath Krueger at Chick-Fil-A during the Charlotte Orange Tour.  Heath has  been in student ministry for over 15 years. Heath wrote on his blog (http://heathkrueger.com/) what he learned… Read More

By Kurt Halvorsen The dream of every student pastor/point person is to purchase small group material in a box, add a small group leader, and then sit back and watch… Read More

One of the many great values XP3 Students adds to a student ministry is that it provides practical, biblical and theological content. However, one thing it doesn’t provide is context.… Read More

**Updated post as of 02/06/2012 As  The Orange Conference 2012 approaches us we  thought it would be cool to highlight some Orange Youth Workers from the Orange bloggers week.  Each Orange thinker… Read More

by Ryan Millard  At Relevant Student Ministry we use XP3 curriculum to drive our programming and small groups for our mid week gathering. A lot of factors played into that… Read More

As we crank up our high school program every Sunday afternoon, it is obvious to me how important small group leaders are to our ministry. I can recover from a… Read More

In today's church, ministering to the whole family and partnering with parents are hot topics—in staff meetings, on book covers and in blog posts. Everyone seems to agree that both… Read More