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Youth Group Lesson Plan: Gross, Weird, True

Download Gross, Weird, True Complete (ZIP) Download Gross, Weird, True Non-Editable (ZIP) (Does not include Photoshop, Illustrator, or InDesign files) Download Gross, Weird, True Lessons (PDF) Gross, Weird, True is a 4-week youth group Bible study that looks at some of the strange stories and commands in the Bible. It includes instructions on how to incorporate […]

The Song Movie Review

As a pastor from time to time I get emails inviting me to some new faith based (or faith near or want a church audience based) movie preview event. Most of the time they are in other cities, but The Song was playing in my town...

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The Song

Our Review 4 / 5 - Very Good

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I Am Mining Coal

Part of what I wanted to do for our Faithcraft Bible study was to come up with a song (I had a vision of 3 songs, but only got around to writing one) that would use Minecraft elements while also having a Christian message. My s...

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Minecraft Bible Study: Searching for Treasure

I have been working on expanding the Faithcraft Bible Study into a 6 week study. Honestly it is a bit of a stretch at 6 weeks. The overall idea that we are having fun playing Minecraft and talking about it at church gets a litt...

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Searching for Treasure Activity

This is the activity we did during the second week of Faithcraft (our new Minecraft Bible Study). You can find out more information about that here. Searching for Treasure Archeology Dig The Main Idea: You will be creating a pl...

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About Me

I don’t have all of the answers and some weeks it feels like I don’t have any of the answers. I forget students names sometimes and say stupid things that hurt their feelings. I often find a good word picture or object lesson and build the lesson off of that instead of the other way around. I have put the finishing touches on a Wednesday night Bible study on Wednesday more times than I can count. I don’t always pray as much as I should and I never study as much as I should. I try every new youth ministry model that comes from the “experts” and I have had at least 3 mission statements over the past 5 years.

But I love students ministry. I love watching teenagers as they serve God. I love to see them worship and forget about themselves for a while. I love seeing someone wake up to the love of God if only for a little while. I love to see them out serving their community and sharing the love of Christ with others. I love to be a part of their lives and I love seeing the world through their eyes. Like I said, I’m an average youth pastor.

About Nailscars.com

For over 10 years now I have been trying to add creative ideas for use in the local church. In the early days Nailscars.com was just a place to publish some scripts, but it has become a collection of creative ministry resources for youth ministry and worship.

I began writing a blog more to process my own thoughts more than anything else. As I started writing the comments that I got back from people amazed me. As I was honest with my struggles most of them would write and say “Thank you.” “It is just nice to know someone else struggles with these same things,” was a common response.

So this has become a place where I share the struggles and successes of being in youth ministry. I hope that you find something that God can use in your life and ministry.

Minecraft Bible Study Update

Make Your Own Foam Party

Youth Group Lesson Plan: Gross, Weird, True

The Song Movie Review

The Song

I Am Mining Coal

Minecraft Bible Study: Searching for Treasure

Searching for Treasure Activity

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