We had a great night at youth last night. We have amazing students. One of these amazing students asked if she could talk to me. This young lady wanted to tell me she was leaving our group. She described her situation, her parents attend a church plant and God was leading her to help with…
What did Jesus believe about his disciples? Look at the tasks He gave them. Look at what He trusted them with. Look at how He spoke to them. Look at the authority He gave them. Jesus did what he believed, even when it led to betrayal, hurt, and frustration. What do you believe about teenagers?…
Some of us started out the year with high hopes and have had a few meetings under our belt; things are going great and WHAM! something messes with our Mojo. Here are a few things that mess with our momentum Key leaders jump ship Personal Sabotage (you did something that altars your momentum, a comment…
I learn so much when I listen to Seth Godin. I recently heard him on Rise to the Top. I believe in his phrase “Do work that matters.”. I would like to think that is what I do with my blog. Every post is a teaching or thoughts about youth ministry in general. I am…
I am not from a small town. I grew up in New York City (Brooklyn) until I was 12 Population 2.5 million people I also grew up and served as youth pastor in Vero Beach, Fl Population 15,000 + I served in Panama City Fl. Population 36,686 I served in Port St. Lucie, Florida Population 166,149 I…
I have a few Wednesday’s off and I am thrilled. Our team, probably like yours, puts a lot of energy into our meetings, so resting our brains is priority one during this time. I don’t know how you will spend your time this holiday season, but here are my plans. Catch up on my reading…
I have lead roughly over 1,000 youth meetings in 20 years and they all had mistakes and last night was no different. Here are the 3 things I saw wrong last night: 1. We started later than we wanted to. 2. The font size was too small (needed to be 64). 3. The microphone batteries…
2013 is right around the corner and some you may be changing key leaders or even changing jobs. This fact makes it really important that we remember who our new leaders are not; they are not the old leaders They won’t sing like the old leader. They won’t play games like the old leader. They…
What if you lose a key leader? Do you have a back up plan? We recently lost a student leader who played a key role in our group from a skill level and a social level. It was due to some relational and family things beyond my control. We did everything to keep them and…
To get the context of what I am going to say, you should watch both videos. I appreciate Angus’s heart, I am afraid he did two things wring 1) He did not think through how he should go about making his faith public and 2) He did not entrust himself to people who had his…
