Each month, we will present a conversation with a Youth Ministry Legend. Our conversations center around their story. How did they get into youth ministry, what has kept them in it, and what were some of their favorite adventures along the way? We hope you will tune in each month for the next SHERPA LEGEND!
Our second legend: GREG SPECK
A post-college job at a home for emotionally-disturbed teenagers led Greg Speck into a nearly 40-year career in youth ministry. For the past 30 years, Greg has been speaking full-time to students around the world. From camps and weekend retreats to mission trips and international conferences, Greg's special blend of humor, storytelling, sincerity, and love for students have provided him with opportunities to share the Word of God with hundreds of thousands of middle- and high-school kids.
Sherpa host Steve Anderson first encountered Greg at an outreach in Pennsylvania many years ago when he was a new youth volunteer. Since then, Steve has heard him speak many times at various student conferences and retreats, and just last year saw middle-school students impacted by Greg's "Dad Hugs" after another powerful retreat. God's incredible favor on Greg for these years of speaking and traveling is a testimony to Greg's integrity and reliance on the Bible as his authority.
Greg is the author of several books for students, including Living for Jesus Beyond the Spiritual High. His latest book, Mustard Seeds on Youth Ministry, is a fountain of direct, clear, spiritual and practical counsel for young youth workers who want to build a ministry that will last.
You can interact with Greg on Facebook and Twitter, or by emailing him at gregospeck@gmail.com. For books and bookings, you can find him at:
http://www.gregspeck.com/
Greg and his wife Bonnie have been married for over 40 years and are the proud parents of four grown children. They live in Rockford, IL.
YMS Episode 34 -- Being Grateful
YMS Episode 33 -- Our Mantras
YMS Episode 32 -- Hitting the 4th Decade (holy cow; we're old)!
YMS Episode 31 -- Our Spookiest Episode Yet
YMS Episode 30 -- Your Own Kids
YMS Episode 29 -- Lost and Overwhelmed
YMS Episode 28 -- What We Learned from DYM
YMS Episode 27 -- When students do dumb things
YMS Episode 26 -- Now What?
YMS Episode 25 -- Kicking Off Well
YMS Episode 24 -- What We've Learned So Far
YMS Episode 23 -- Self Care
YMS Episode 22 -- Student Leadership
YMS Episode 21 -- Blind Squirrels
YMS Episode 20 -- Hindsight is 20/20
YMS Episode 19 -- The Newbies
YMS Episode 18 -- Ambition
YMS Episode 17 -- Transitions
YMS Episode 16 -- Summer Flow
YMS Episode 15 -- When You (Almost) Lose It
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