Ok people, I'm going to go out on a limb here. I am willing to go down this path alone if necessary. However, most of you will likely not be able to attest because your mailbox does not get filled with "youth ministry specific" items. (You other youth ministers should understand).
Every week I get bombarded with ads (by mail) for conferences, retreats, camps, events, concerts, and you name it. Most of the time I simply give it a glance over and trash it. However one group stands heads and shoulders above the rest. I not only mean in 'quality' (because their mail outs are great) but I mean in 'quantity' (I literally get 15 professionally designed mail outs by them per week).
Student Life.
I know they have a lot to offer ok, but (unless they have their own printing press... and even then) they are spending millions on their publicity. Promotion is a good thing I know but I just don't see how they gain more in income from camps than they lose from all those super-cool, trendy, bleeding edge, graphically-pleasing brochures. Especially if every youth minister is getting as much of them as I am. I'm talking a lot folks...
To Student Life: Go spend some of that advertising money on something else!
Note: What is a bleeding edge anyway? That does not even make sense. Edges do not bleed. The term cutting edge I understand... bleeding edge is just plain silly.
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