YM Shorts Magazine Issue #5 | Page 9

Y ouTube, Vimeo, etc., have been a gift to youth ministry—and a curse. Being able to find just the right video clip to re-teach a point in the lesson using different sensory has been the gift. The curse has come when the video has overpowered the message you were teaching or off-topic just enough to disconnect your message. Or what I consider the worse curse of all—YouTube has become a lazy resource we use to fluff up the message or sometimes the video becomes the central message and with God’s word being attached to support the video. The Parent Rap From Bluefish TV comes this Youtubed video that provides the best way to open your next Truly in this spot we simply want to show off the technology of our digital magazine. To do parent meeting. Watch it. You’ll laugh to and know exactly why you will use this. that we’ve chosen a few of our favorite YouTube clips that Brenda has used effectively in her teaching of the Word. If you have found a Are You Anybody's Favorite PerYouTube clip that has been effective, feel free son? to submit as a short complete with how you used it. We also accept video shorts. Sometimes sharing the how of an idea can be done better through video and YM Shorts has the technology to do that. Who You Are An honest heartfelt question posed by a teen who wants to know. There are teens in your group who want to know. Are they anybody’s favorite person? Let the discussion happen. Every girl and woman needs to watch this and hear these words spoken over her. Use with To submit a Video Short for a future issue, send wisdom so every girl can hear this truth. May to [email protected] these words sink deep into her soul. 9 WildFrontier.org