What We Found Out
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
Importance of Community In Youth Ministry
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
Equipping Small Group Leaders For Upcoming XP3 Students Series
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
Leaning into the XP3 Orange Strategy
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
Why Experience
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 Value of Customizing Small Group Material
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
What’s Your Context?
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
From the XP3 Team: Annual Partnership and Scope and Cycle
As we on the XP3 team have been gearing up for this new 2011-2012 school year, we’ve been doing a little remodeling with you, our partners, in mind and are… Read More
Orange Blogger Week Recap: Highlights From Thinking Orange Youth Workers
**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
Customizing XP3 Students Curriculum
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
Speaking Spiritually in Small Groups
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
Cueing Parents
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