Websites
Biblegateway.com
- A great resource to use when writing Bible studies or when you need to find a specific verse. It always is very useful for translating the bible into different languages and translations.
Bluefishtv
- A great media resource that can help you significantly in writing messages. Lots of these videos cost money, but can the ideas behind the videos can be just as helpful if you choose not to buy them.
Christian Audio (.com)
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A Christian run website that offers thousands of Christian books as audio files and as hard copies. Sometimes it’s more convenient to read a book by listening to it. They also have a great service where they offer a free book to be downloaded every month!
CraftBits
- A great place for fun, and some good DIY ideas.
Fight the New Drug
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We’ve all heard porn is bad, but what makes it so bad? This website, Fight the New Drug.org, compares porn addiction to drug addiction to better explain porn’s alarming effects.
First Encounter With Youth
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Here's 10 things to help you with your first encounter with a young person
Foothills Church’s Vimeo profile
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Most of the videos played during the weekend services’ announcements on Sundays at Foothills are posted on this page.
Foothills Media Archive
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Missed a weekend sermon at Foothills? Want to listen to more messages for fun? Curious what is actually taught at Foothills on the weekends? Here are the playable and downloadable archives of Foothills’ sermons.
The Gospel Project
- The Gospel Project is a Christ-centered curriculum that examines the grand narrative of Scripture and how the gospel transforms the lives of those it touches. Over a three-year plan of study, each session immerses participants — adults, students, and kids — in the gospel through every story, theological concept, and call to missions from Genesis to Revelation.
I Will Worship (.com)
- A website that offers sheet music of all and only Christian songs.
Juniorhighministry (.org)
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A very useful website that has lots of articles, blog entries and pre-written junior high age messages for you to view.
Leadership Coaching
- A free ongoing subscription service that pastor Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill Church is offering to leaders of any level in a church. He will be putting out a weekly video that can bless and aid you in your ministry. It’s completely free, but a sign up is required.
Lifeway
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A website full of christian books. good for anyone looking for some sort of christian literature to teach out of.
A Mobile Solution for Accountability
- Covenant Eyes offers an Internet browser for the iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, and now the android platform, which you would use in place of Safari or browser. This browser is not filtered, but simply monitors everywhere you go online, rating each Web address for mature content. This information is included in your regular Accountability Report.
- Pinterest.com is an online pinboard where users tag the ideas they like. You can either request an invitation to join & create your own pinboard, or just scroll through and look at the fun ideas for craft projects, recipes, outfits, décor, book recommendations, travel spots.
Sermons from Mars Hill
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Here is the webpage that holds all of the past messages from Mars Hill church. These messages offer a good opportunity for you to learn from and to teach from.
The Source4YM
- Great website for youth workers, with games, object lesson ideas, bible studies, and other great resources.
The Source4YM Youtube Channel
- There's a lot of great videos with important principles. These videos can be very helpful with raising up christian youth.
Teen Sunday School Lessons
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A website that offers numerous already written messages for youth. There are a good amount of free messages and there are some that you have to pay for as well.
Video Blocks (.com)
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VideoBlocks.com is giving away 7 days of complimentary access to download anything you want on the site. Just create a username and password, and you get download access to everything on VideoBlocks.com for 7 days. You can download 20 clips per day. A great deal for some free downloads.
Video Game Reviews from thesource4parents
- A very helpful page where video games are reviewed individually from a Christian standpoint.
Voice of The Martyrs Classroom
- Online workshops to fully understand Christian persecution.
Youth Ministry (.com)
- Lots of free resources regarded many of the topics, such as Dealing With Angry Parents and 3 Free Devotions For Students, that are discussed while in youth ministry. The topics are presented in an articles stream and is very useful!
YM Wiki
- YM Wiki is your one stop for all things Youth Ministry! Find the best games, restaurants, guest artists and speakers.