A 35 Year Old’s Reflection On Leading In Youth Ministry

It was my 35th birthday last week and I was doing some reflecting and I wrote down a few thoughts I would like to share.
Early on in ministry I feel like I was driven and goal oriented but was

It was my 35th birthday last week and I was doing some reflecting and I wrote down a few thoughts I would like to share.
Early on in ministry I feel like I was driven and goal oriented but was

It really is interesting how many parents drop off their students and never meet the people they are dropping off their student to be with for two hours a week. It’s also really interesting for how many leaders have not …

How good are you at slowing down?
I’ll let you know right now…. I suck at it.
I know that I have always had a high work drive and I love getting stuff done and doing it well and efficiently, …
I have sat down for the last week trying to write something on this dang blog and nothing has come out. I am sure there is not one youth worker reading this who did not think the last year and …

Think about your Wednesday night or weekend service for a second. Think about all the prep. Think about all the emails. Think about all of the set up. Think about all the running around you tend to do on those …
In all my years of ministry I have experienced the same difficulty most youth workers face when it comes to student ministry. It seems we are always faced with this task each and every year. This difficult task is recruiting …

This is not a quick fix thing or something you do tomorrow and everything will change type thing. This is something we started in the fall fo 2019 and has taken a year to catch and we have seen it …
We live in a society and culture that elevates immorality. We have some ministry giants we once knew compromise their integrity and lifestyle. If we want to last in ministry we have to always put ourselves in a position of …

I wanted to share a huge win for our ministry and something we have been working on for over a year.
We are starting to write and produce our own worship music. Worship songs written by our youth for their …

What happens when a leader is not a right fit to serve in the ministry? You know you need to but you don’t know how. My hope is that the following will help point you in the right direction.
The …