Sat, June 23, 2018
 

Make a Difference Bingo

We are in the middle of a series about looking for the moments that God puts in front of you and then actually having the ...

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The Stories We Become

I read a tweet the other day talking about how teenagers were staging walk-ins and such in part because the stories that they were raised ...

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Porn Doesn’t Hurt Pirate T-Shirt

So back in my younger days I came up with the idea of creating a shirt that had a pirate with an eye patch talking ...

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Senior Adults are vital to Youth Ministry

I wrote this article a long time ago and just recently found it again. So this isn’t about my current church, but I thought the ...

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Vlog complete with Wildlife Footage!

Here is another day in my life. This one is about Wildlife our middle school worship event. It was another crazy messy game night!

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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.