Category Archives: Youth Ministry

Well, we got back from camp last Friday and I still feel like I haven’t yet recovered. It was an amazing week. God moved in our students lives, we had some students express a call to ministry, others recommiting their lives to Christ. I got to have a marijuana flushing party with one of ourContinue reading “Recovering from Camp”

I really feel good about last night’s youth service. We don’t have the hugest youth ministry in the world. But last night we had our summer high in attendance so far. And everything seemed to gel really well. Despite the fact that we were in a bit of a frantic hustle before we got startedContinue reading “Last Night”

Camp is coming. I am really excited I think this week is going to be a life changing time. I am praying that students will really be challenged to follow God intentionally and passionately.

Man, there seems to be two things that youth ministry revolves around Summer Camp and Winter Camp. These two events which take so much planning and execution are great, but just when you have one all figured out and planned you are making the plans for the next one. Then when you throw in MissionsContinue reading “Camp and Camp”

What is it about people, that we don’t like being told how we are messing up. I am under the same curse. I hate being corrected, but yet I need it, at times I crave it. Sometimes I need a good butt kicking to get me going in the right direction. At our youth ministryContinue reading “Confrontation”

Today our church staff met after service. It was probably the first staff meeting in a long time that I didn’t leave feeling like I wasted my time. I feel like I voiced my thoughts clearly and accurately. My youth ministry is struggling in the traditional sense, we have low numbers and there are kidsContinue reading “What is Success?”

Well I’m back. two posts in one day, that’s quite an accomplishment for me. It does feel good to write these things down. I have been dealing with two students lately who have been doing some pretty stupid and wreckless things. It’s beginning to feel like they don’t care about it, and all the timeContinue reading “Arggh”