British-Greek automotive designer, Alec Issigoris, who designed the mini automobile once said that a camel is a horse designed by committee. He’s not lying. Hey youth pastor Paul Turner here from thediscipleproject.net and I have been serving students for over 30 year and I want to help you build a successful youth ministry. Today, I want…
Welcome to part five of my series The Five Plans Every New Youth Pastor Should Have. You can check out the beginning of the series here. Can I tell you when I most often felt the burn of burn out? It was was when the wheels in my head started to grind together effecting the…
It’s been a year since I’ve put my coaching shingle out and said, “Hey Youth Workers, I can help you build a successful youth ministry”. It’s been quite the year but it’s been educational as well and I thought I’d pass on what I’ve learned to you. It’s more than x’s and o’s Part of…
Why don’t you just say it? “I have a problem.” “I need help.” “I’m struggling.” “I can’t figure this out.” “This is driving me crazy!” :I have something stirring inside of me.” Just say it, “I don’t have a plan” “I need help with my volunteers” “I need help planning stuff” “I need more discipline…
I was reading a blog post by Bernadette Jiwa, she starts with this question, If you had to pick one thing you need more of in order to succeed what would that be? If you are a youth worker, and I hope you are, you may be tempted to say, “more students” , but is more…
I hope you enjoyed my week long series on finding a mentor/coach. Feel free to leave me some feedback as to whether it helped you out. I did some scouting for you if you are looking for ministry mentoring/coaching. I know some of the people on this list and others I do not. You’ll have…
