Check this out. Thanks to Gavin.
… We talk about being “missional” and how attractional just isn’t cutting it anymore. Yet traditional youth ministry is nothing but attractional. We have events and tell kids to bring their friends to us. We feel like youth ministry has to have some sense of “attractiveness”. At the same time, [...]
I recently listened to a session from InterVarsity’s Urbana student missions conference (Dec. 2006) by Oscar Muriu. It hit me on a lot of levels as an Episcopalian and an Anglican, so I thought I’d share it with you all to see what you thought. This link (http://www.urbana.org/u2006.mediaplayer.pop.cfm?gotosession=3&clip=132) has a video, but it [...]
From the blog at Journal of Student Ministries:
Brian is about to become a new youth pastor and he asks this on his post…
The questions I have for you seasoned and experienced (or fresh out of the box) church workers are:
1. what am I getting myself into?
2. what makes ministry worth it?
3. should I EXPECT junk [...]
-by Dick Tubbs. Click here for the whole article.
Lessons from almost half a century of youth ministry
God Called You – Be Content.
If you’re leading young people because it’s an easy first call after seminary, the first step to your own Crystal Cathedral, then quit. Now.
If you need “professional standards” as a badge of respect, quit. Now.
If [...]
I’ve been thinking recently about how to listen to sermons, and I imagine that both we and our young people struggle with this, too. I grew up in a tradition that valued expositional, verse-by-verse, 45-minute long preaching. These sermons were long but pretty easy to follow. There was information being handed out, so it was [...]
When God called Jeremiah to be a prophet, Jeremiah thought he was far too young to do what God had asked him to do. God’s response to him was this: “…do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ …Now I have put my words in your mouth.’” (Jeremiah 1:9 NIV). Several hundred years later, we [...]
