TRD COVER Youth Leaders Only / Music Resource Book / Volume 88 / Summer 2012 Cover: TobyMac and Skit Guys Special Edition DVD! Hilarious Videos & Discussion Guides From Tim Hawkins, Michael Jr., Skit Guys, Team INSIDE: WordPlay page 16 Comedians Roundtable page 4 Taking Humor More Seriously page 10 Modern Worship Section: Planetshakers, Bluetree page 56 Annual Music Comparison Chart Huge Poster center pull out Heart of the Artist: Fireflight page 14 Manafest page 13 Special Section! Seven TobyMac Discussion Guides page 38 y r t s i & n i c i M s u h t M u o g Y n i n z i i a m i i x d a e M M HUMOR: ® TICKLING THE UNIVERSAL FUNNY-BONE OF YOUTH MINISTRY >> TRD TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTENTS MAIN/MILD/HOT ARE LISTED ALPHABETICALLY BY ARTIST 4 10 11 FEATURE Wisecracking Wiseguys Taking Humor The Laughing Savior ARTICLES: Comedians Roundtable More Seriously MAIN: 16 22 36 Artist: HUMOR DVD FIREFLIGHT PLANETSHAKERS Album Title: Tickling The Universal Funny-Bone Now Heal Our Land Song Title: Special DVD Section He Weeps Strength Of My Life Study Theme: Discussion Guides Compassion God’s Strength MILD: 20 28 30 JIMMY Artist: BLUETREE NEEDHAM KUTLESS Album Title: Kingdom Clear The Stage Believer Song Title: Jesus Healer Clear The Stage Come Back Home Study Theme: Healing Idolatry Forgiveness HOT: 24 26 32 Artist: FLAME FLATFOOT 56 MANAFEST Album Title: The 6th Toil Fighter Song Title: The 6th Day (feat. Chris Lee) I Believe It Never Let You Go Study Theme: Life; Purpose/Meaning Faith, Assurance God’s Faithfulness DEPARTMENTS: 2 3 65 Letter From The Editor How To Use This Resource Reviews CENTER PULLOUT: ANNUAL MUSIC COMPARISON CHART POSTER MUSIC RESOURCE BOOK: Volume 88 • Summer 2012 The Youth Leaders Only Music Direct any questions or comments to Maximizing Music & Media Resource Book is published quarterly interlínc at 1-800-725-3300 or visit in Youth Ministry by Interlínc, Franklin, TN www.interlinc-online.com >> TRD TABLE<< OF CONTENTS Page CONTENTS 1 MAIN/MILD/HOT ARE LISTED ALPHABETICALLY BY ARTIST 4 10 11 12 16 FEATURE Wisecracking Wiseguys Taking Humor The Laughing Savior Heart Of The Artist: Humor DVD Comedians Roundtable More Seriously TobyMac, Manafest, Discussion Guides ARTICLES: Fireflight MAIN: 16 22 36 38 50 WORTH Artist: HUMOR DVD FIREFLIGHT PLANETSHAKERS TOBYMAC DYING FOR Album Title: Tickling The Universal Funny-Bone Now Heal Our Land Dubbed and Freq’d: A Remix Live Riot Song Title: Special DVD Section He Weeps Strength Of My Life Discussion Guides For Seven Songs Rebuild Study Theme: Discussion Guides Compassion God’s Strength Spiritual Warfare MILD: 20 28 30 34 48 JIMMY WAYNE KERR Artist: BLUETREE NEEDHAM KUTLESS MATT BROUWER BAND Album Title: Kingdom Clear The Stage Believer Till The Sunrise Love Stands Out Song Title: Jesus Healer Clear The Stage Come Back Home Everlasting The Mirror Study Theme: Healing Idolatry Forgiveness Commitment Self-Image; Uniqueness HOT: 24 26 32 44 46 THE WASHINGTON Artist: FLAME FLATFOOT 56 MANAFEST TRIP LEE PROJECTS Album Title: The 6th Toil Fighter The Good Life Space Time Continuum Song Title: The 6th Day (feat. Chris Lee) I Believe It Never Let You Go Take Me There Light Up The Dark Study Theme: Life; Purpose/Meaning Faith, Assurance God’s Faithfulness Heaven; Longing For Zeal DEPARTMENTS: 2 3 65 52 62 56 66 Letter From The Editor How To Use This Resource Reviews Thematic Index Compilation re:Tuned Modern Worship Section Ministry Resource Section CENTER PULLOUT: ANNUAL MUSIC COMPARISON CHART POSTER MUSIC RESOURCE BOOK: STAFF: Volume 88 • Summer 2012 The Youth Leaders Only Music Direct any questions or comments to Publisher: Allen Weed • Editor: Ken McCoy • The WriteGroup: Rick Bundschuh, Cindy Engøy, Eric Gargus, Mary Wilson, Dave McGinley, Todd Pearage, Maximizing Music & Media Resource Book is published quarterly interlínc at 1-800-725-3300 or visit Doug Ranck, Rusty Van Deusen, Jeremy White • Art Direction: Ken McCoy • Cover & Article Design: Thomas Ryan Design • Magazine Layout: Ken McCoy in Youth Ministry by Interlínc, Franklin, TN www.interlinc-online.com Production Manager: Glen Allen Green • Proofing: Dale Weed, Jeannine Ugalde, Anne Conley TRD Page EDITOR’S >>LETTER 2 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR By Ken McCoy This Ain’t No Laughing Matter When I was a brand-spanking-new youth pastor, with a rookie’s Humor – God has hardwired us to laugh. We love funny people, dream of becoming world famous as a speaker, I had a mentor funny situations, funny photos – anything that makes us laugh! A who taught me about communicating effectively. He taught me wise communicator will be able to use “universal funny-bone of about organizing my thoughts, about stage presence, about tim- youth ministry” to break through to an audience and communicate ing, and a lot more. None of it helped me become world famous effectively. Jesus was a pro at using humor to get His message (you can’t teach talent, and I don’t have enough to be THAT good) across. Take a look at “The Laughing Savior” article in this maga- and yet I am grateful for the lessons he gave. zine for some examples. He told me that there are three guaranteed techniques used for Of those three techniques, my favorite is humor. It works in more effective communication. I learned to evaluate how other speakers places and with more people than the other two combined. Humor used those techniques to reach their audiences. I noticed that is a powerful tool that every youth leader should use! some speakers overused one to the detriment of the And so, you have this others and that some Special Edition of Youth abused, even faked, some of Leaders Only. With this mag- those techniques in what azine is a special DVD that seemed to be a manipulation features several clips from of the audience. But the some of the funniest techniques really do work Christians we know. We’ve great, especially when they even included Discussion are delivered with authentici- Guides in this magazine for ty. Here are those three tech- those clips to help you inte- niques: grate that laughter into your programming. You also get Controversy – If you say to hear from the comedians something outrageously con- featured on the DVD as they troversial, you’re guaranteed answer questions we posed that the audience will sit up to them about their work and and take notice. I’ve heard ministry – that “roundtable more than one speaker use discussion” is captured in the old standby, “Every day, people die to a Christ-less eternity in the “Wisecracking Wiseguys” article. Hell, and you don’t give a *!@^!/. What’s sad is that you’re more concerned that I just said ‘*!@^!/’ than you are that people are Check out the other resources too – Leadsheets, reTunes, dying to a Christ-less eternity in Hell.” Sure, it’s controversial. Yes, Thematic Listing, the giant pull-out Comparison Chart, and more! it does get the audience’s attention! There is a lot here that will make you smile – or crack you up! Intimacy – You’ve probably noticed how suddenly quiet and Godspeed, intense the audience becomes when a speaker becomes moved with emotion struggles to maintain composure. Some speakers have perfected that “sudden lump in the throat” technique when they want to make a point that is especially significant. If you want kids to really be attentive, just preface your point by whispering something like, “I’ve never really told anyone this, and I probably Ken McCoy shouldn’t be telling it to you, but…” Editor TRD << Page HOW TO USE 3 How to Use this YLO MUSIC Resource Book Sure, at first glance you notice how great it looks—very current, very stylish. Go ahead—flip through this book a bit. Notice the helpful design? Did you catch the organizational details? The more you look at this book, the more you will appreciate the functionality that has been built into it. Here is a quick tour… The Cover Bible Studies Modern Worship Section Reviews If you’re like most of us, you keep What makes Youth Leaders Only more In this section you’ll find encouraging Not every available contemporary your YLO (Youth Leaders Only) books than “cheap music” are the music- and enlightening resources to help you Christian music CD can make it into stored on a bookshelf. When you want based Bible Study resources provided develop your youth’s worship ministry. the YLO box. So, we try to give you a to search for a song or video that deals for you to use in your programming. You’ll find articles from recent SPIN taste of what else is available in your with a certain topic, slide each book Finding good Christian music isn’t hard, versions of YLO or other worship local store. Since interlínc often gets out a couple of inches and read the but coming up with ways to use it in leaders and Lead Sheets of songs “pre-release” copies of upcoming CDs, themes and featured articles for each your ministry with teenagers takes time, from some of the CDs in this YLO. we can give you a “heads up” to new issue. Cool! talent, and energy. Real-world youth Although they are not really the kind releases that might be just right for you leaders write the Bible Studies; the of Lead Sheets most bands use, these and your young friends. The Index sessions are field-tested and proven pages of “lyrics with chords over them” Take a look at the index or “table of effective with real-world teenagers.