Johnny Brower

This morning, the First Mansfield Students staff will be heading to Glen Rose, TX for our annual planning retreat. We’ll be staying at the Still Water Lodge to carefully and prayerfully look at the 2010-2011 school year.
Our students and their families are the reason we are in ministry. My prayer is that God is with [...]

Thank you Brian for the recommendation! This reference is dedicated to Steve Billingsley.
Check out Jon Acuff’s blog Stuff Christians Like for a post entitled “Treating Youth Ministers Like Silver Medal Ministers“. It’s funny and inspiring.

On July 11th, 2010, a terrorist bomb took the life of a member of Invisible Children’s staff Nate “Oteka” Henn. Here’s the IC blog post.
Check out his website NateHenn.com to find out how to support his family and his cause.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family.

Last night, at Breakaway, my good friend Krystal Rodgers came and spoke about her love and involvement with Invisible Children. She also told us about her long awaited trip to Uganda with IC this September.
If you are interested in partnering with Krystal in this life changing AND world changing event, then visit this link and [...]

Wednesdays can go one of two ways:
…either your team is firing on all cylinders, or it’s about to implode.
Today is the day that fatigue sets in. The excitement of being somewhere new has worn off (as well as your patience). The enormity of your job is finally realized. And, did I mention you’re tired?
Today is [...]

Day 2 of work is in the books and HALLELUJAH, the sun finally showed up to Muskogee!
Today, members of the leadership team and I had the opportunity to go out and visit some of the work teams. There is a variety of jobs being done: roofing, decking, ramps, steps, painting and yard work. These students [...]

This picture describes it best. It’s wet.
But amazingly, our spirits are on fire. There is definitely a presence felt in this city. God is here. He is ready to do big things in Muskogee and in our hearts.
I’ve enjoyed here stories from the first day on the worksite — funny stuff and touching stuff. I [...]

Paying attention to our spiritual and physical health is super important. For Student Ministry workers, this is especially vital heading into the hurricane that is the Summer.
For the next couple weeks, I will be leading my staff through an examination of our physical and spiritual habits. Each week will focus on one spiritual/physical practice that [...]

Last Sunday we finished up a series called Do Something. In this series we defined our role in the healing of a broken world. We came to understand that the hurt and struggles of the world can be much bigger than us, but not bigger than God. And, when we live with God in us, [...]

Last night, several tornadoes touched down in the state of Oklahoma.
Oklahoma also happens to be the place where hundreds of high school students (including 75 of our own) will be going in June to participate in mission (via CTCYM).
We are uncertain now how many of our host churches (or ‘living centers’) have been affected. All [...]