Archive for December, 2008

Youth Ministry Mistakes/ Confession #4

Youth Ministry Mistakes/ Confession #4    ”Not taking my teenagers problems seriously” This isn’t fun anymore. I planned on writing 10 of these. The first couple were easy and I confessed things we all do. Now I am having to be transparent. I have not always taken my teenagers problems seriously. By not taking their [...]

Youth Ministry Mistake/ Confession #3

Youth Ministry Mistake/ Confession #3  I have ignored the good “kids” Everyone loves to hear the testimony of the guy who grew up in the ghetto on drugs then a youth worker came into their life and shared Christ. Also, we have also seen the ridiculous embarrassment of a teen giving their testimony and almost [...]

Youth Ministry Mistake/ Confession #2

Youth Ministry Mistake/ Confession #2  ”I do not want to be thought of as just as the youth pastor” Stink. This one is hard for me to confess. The root of this goes back to what we spoke about in the last entry. I am concerned about becoming something great instead of just wanting God [...]

Youth Ministry Mistakes/ Confession #1

Confession #1  ”If we have a few more young people then we will really have a youth group” One of the hardest things on any relationship is unmet expectations. Marriages, friendships, businesses, and ministries suffer from it.  Over the least few years I have been guilty of saying and thinking something that is very damaging to the [...]