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Catholic Youth Ministry Show, Episode 3

By | January 29, 2010

On this week’s show, President Randy Raus reveals a new vision for Life Teen Summer Camps. Plus Life Teen graduate and famed designer and architect Jeff Berghoff unveils plans for Tepeyac’s beautiful new chapel. You heard it here first. View on mobile device Subscribe via iTunes

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Catholic Youth Ministry Show, Episode 2

By | January 23, 2010

On this week’s show, Mark Hart talks about Life Teen’s 2010 Theme, Behold the Mystery, as well as our 25th Anniversary and the Life Teen Training Convention this June. Lisa Epperson talks about Life Teen and Edge’s newest resources and gives you a sneak peek into other cool new resources coming later this year. View on mobile device Subscribe via iTunes

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Catholic Youth Ministry Show, Episode 1

By | January 14, 2010

In the first episode of the Catholic Youth Ministry show, Matt Smith interviews Randy Raus, president of Life Teen, about the name CatholicYouthMinistry.com and how Life Teen is trying to serve the Church. Ryan Miller, who works with Matt Smith on Life Teen’s websites, talks about new features and functions of the website which help you find the resources you need easier than ever. Eric Porteous, Director of Direct Contact, shares his excitement for the upcoming Youth Minister’s retreat at Camp Covecrest

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A New Year, a New Website

By | January 7, 2010

Some of you might’ve read last year on ym.lifeteen.com that we’re upgrading the website to become CatholicYouthMinistry.com. Well 2010 is here and you can now see what we’ve been working on. Here are some highlights to our new CatholicYouthMinistry.com

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Video from the Life Teen Mission to Mexico

By | December 22, 2009

In December of 2009 our Life Teen Missionaries in Arizona and Georgia converged in Mexico for two weeks of service. If you want to know their story, be sure to watch this video:

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New Video: The Drag & Gary Interview Matt Maher

By | December 21, 2009

Enjoy this new Life Teen video where two puppets–The Drag and Gary–interview/heckle our beloved Matt Maher. This video elevates the word RANDOM to new levels.

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Trying to Promote Your Life Teen program? Try the Radio

By | July 28, 2009

Last week we ran into Youth Minister Katie Szarkowski at Life Teen’s Steubenville Atlanta youth conference. Katie told us about the surprising success she’s had promoting her Life Teen program on her local Catholic radio station. We asked her to write an article to share her story. Be inspired! I’m sure like every other youth minister on the planet; I always have three things on my mind How can I love God more? How can I love teens more? How do I get my teens to love God more? I realized a

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Listen to Matt Smith Interview Eric Porteous, Life Teen’s New Team Member

By | March 11, 2009

It feels a little out of place to use my own name in the title of my blog. With that disclaimer out of the way, I want you to listen to my interview with Eric Porteous, Life Teen’s newest team member. You’ll find out what brought Eric to Youth Ministry, why he loves sports, and why Jason Pastore will always be stuck at the airport.

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Photos of Demolished Miracle House at Covecrest

By | November 3, 2008

Although this camp Covecrest building had a noble name–Miracle House–it was hardly a glorious destination. So after several years of finding a purpose for the building, the staff and board of directors at Covecrest decided it was time to tear it down and find a better use for the land. My dad sent me a before and after photo of their work… Gone Baby Gone

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Life Teen’s Spring Training is Happening Right Now!

By | April 22, 2008

Check out a snapshot of yesterday at Spring Training at Covecrest in Tiger, GA. People traveled from all over the country to Covecrest to plan for an entire year’s worth of programming for their parish youth group.