Charles (Poker) Boyd is both an academician and practitioner in Student Ministry.  As an adjunct professor for The Baptist College of Florida, he has excelled in both facets of the work.  I recommend him to you for biblical, Godly, and practical leadership of students and student leaders.

Robin Jumper Ph.D.
Chairman of Theology Division
Dean of Faculty
The Baptist College of Florida

At a critical time of transition in our Student Ministry, we found help that was truly a “God thing!”  Poker Boyd came and brought ALL of his resources with him: a servant’s heart, love for our students, encouragement for our parents, personal integrity, unbridled enthusiasm, and a contagious love for Jesus!

Poker’s phenomenal talents, gifts, and abilities were evident in ways too numerous to count!  We were able to entrust our Student Ministry into his capable hands, knowing that not only would the program be excellent in content and quality, but the relational aspect of his ministry would be exemplary! 

Poker brought love and healing to our students!  He inspired renewed commitment and excitement about our future for our students, youth leaders, and parents!   He was even instrumental in helping us find our new Student Minister - and the transition there has been seamless!

I commend Poker Boyd and Student Ministry Essentials to you and your church without hesitation!   He is a great Student Ministry leader and now a valued and trusted new friend!

Dr. Phillip E. Hanes

Senior Associate Pastor

First Baptist Church

Ocala, Florida

D-Now was awesome!  It took so much pressure off of me to let Student Ministry Essentials organize my D-Now.  It was much more cost effective.  My t-shirts were 10 times cooler that the previous years and the speaker Rocked!  He did a phenomenal job speaking to my students as well as the whole church.  My students and I really enjoyed the Praise band.  I really saved a great deal of time and money using SME to program my D-Now.  I recommend SME to every Youth Ministry. 

William King
Associate Pastor of Students and Education

After spending many dollars and hours on booking speakers, worship leaders, t-shirt companies, material, and such for youth events; I have found the best one-stop resource for all my youth ministry needs is Student Ministry Essentials. The staff of SME is not only qualified in youth ministry but they also tailor there messages, music, and material for my specific theme and  event. I know when I book an event with SME, I am going to get a professional product/leader but without the high price.  SME makes my job as a youth pastor easy, and I highly recommend them for any youth event or youth leadership training event.

O’Brien Satcher
High School Youth Pastor
Thomasville Road Baptist Church

Poker Boyd’s love for teens came through loud and clear with our students.  His life and ministry reflect his passion for youth ministry and we were the beneficiaries of his experience and expertise while he was with us. Poker is a man of deep conviction and focus; yet his message was clear and also easy for our students to grasp. Poker is the kind of youth ministry leader we want our students to meet.”   

Roger Glidewell
Founder, Executive Director
Global Youth Ministry

We had the pleasure of using SME for our Disciple Now Weekend.  It was wonderful to let SME do much of the work us, which freed up our volunteers to focus on building relationships with the children during the weekend.  We had Poker speaking to our students and what an excellent job he did with the theme based powerful messages. He has a great way of using humor and personal examples to help teens discover spiritual truths.  I definitely recommend using SME for your student events!

Cindy Wilson
Emmanuel Baptist Churc

SME rocks!!!  For our last student ministry retreat, I neglected to order the t-shirts until it was too late (or so I thought).  Panic set in and SME came to my rescue!   They went above and beyond to process my order.  I received exceptionally-printed, high-quality shirts and BEFORE the retreat!  The order was perfectly filled and shipped to my door.  The students were thrilled with the shirts and so was I.  I highly recommend SME for all your t-shirt needs.  I will certainly be using their services in the future.  I just won't be waiting until the last minute!

Kim Davis, The Rock Community Church

We were looking for a speaker and a Praise and Worship leader for a DiscipleNow weekend three months away. All out personal resources dried up and we decided to give Student Ministry Essentials a try. When we contacted SME not only did they provide what we said we needed but they went above and beyond our expectations. We were able to have a top-notch, experienced speaker a very energetic and talented Praise and Worship band as well as some great T-shirts for about half of what we figured to pay separately. We even used the same band the very next week. SME was a great asset to our ministry and will continue to be in the Future.

Jon Egan, Minister to Students, Westwood Baptist Church