Chris Bishop

I am a fixer… Though I know my limits (cars and things that cause expositions that could take off an arm), I really like making things better.  I don’t think that this is an uncommon desire.  If you see something broken or someone hurting many times there is a desire to fix it. I am [...]

Email a Workcamper : lifeforceyouth.com Do you know some one who is at workcamp right now????Well then send them a note and let them know they are doing a great job. We have a group of 20 who have gone off to New Castle, PA to work on houses for a week. They will be [...]

SO we have the first day of camp “under our belts”.  It got kicked off with me trying to be just as cool as my wife with a matching camera bag. Today we had a group going rafting and another group who went hiking to Harpers Ferry and MD heights. We had some really great [...]

On the heals of the farmers market and yard sale sermon, we talked about watermelon at Fuel. We wrapped up our teaching series about the Fruit of the spirit with patience.  With the end of the school year and a bunch more time to spend with family, we thought it would be good to talk [...]

Here is a story from the guys over at Group publishing about the things youth report needing in their lives.  I thought that it was in interesting result.  Also I think that it shows the importance of faith relationships, and puts the pressure of Christian educators to have some clear and drawn out plan of [...]

 I saw this post the other week and I thought that it was really interesting.  It has been rolling around in my mind along with a quote from Kenda Creasy Dean that says that, “youth ministry is the R&D of the church.”  Makes me think about how youth are a great barometer for the health [...]

Over the Christmas break I was able to watch as some kids at Katie’s winter break camp played games.  On of the games was a favorite of mine back in the day.  It was “Guess Who”.  This is the game where you try to guess through a process of questions and elimination which person your [...]