Pinterest Perfect Ministry

I resisted Pinterest in the interest of keeping my MAN CARD for a long time.  In the past 12 months Pinterest has grown up a bit and stretched beyond a girly social site to a marketing social media that has way more potential than Google+ (although, that's still not saying much).
Pinterest has a few strong points: it's graphic driven, it embeds links to products with pricing and alerts you when the retailer drops the price, and it's collaboration friendly.  This last point is a strong spot for your youth ministry.  Start a board, make it public, and share it with teens to start gathering ideas.  Here are some practical ways to use it...

• You can create a youth room renovation board allow teens to post ideas, comments, and costs. 
• Start a mission trip board and allow students to pin restaurants, activities, and articles for the trip.
• Start a quote board and open a dialogue about the theology of pop and historical quotes.  Again, being graphic driven will engage teens in a way that Facebook posts won't.
• Leave a comment with your own idea!