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Confessions of an Average Youth Minister



Random Thoughts

April 18, 2009

Let’s Talk Tools

What tools do you use in your ministry? While of course only God is indispensable which ones would you hate to loose?

Some of the things that I use every week would be:

MediaShout – To run our worship slides and talk notes

Photoshop – I normally do some sort of picture for each lesson

Publisher – While I am learning InDesign I still do a whole lot of stuff in Microsoft Publisher. If push came to shove I would have to say that this is the one computer program that I would need the most.

Text Messages – I hate everything about cell phones, but texting is an essential resource for keeping up with students

Spin 360 – This is where we get all of our band music. I don’t buy music from it every week, but most of the songs the music that we have comes from them.

UPDATE: I now use InDesign exclusively. 



About the Author

nailscars
nailscars
I don't have all of the answers and some weeks it feels like I don't have any of the answers. I often find a good word picture or object lesson and build the lesson off of that instead of the other way around. I don't always pray as much as I should and I never study as much as I should. 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. I am an average youth minister.




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