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Confessions of an Average Youth Minister

Good Friday Ideas

I’m not really sure why more people seem to come looking for creative ideas for Good Friday more than any other day. Maybe it is because it is outside of the usual Sunday service times so people are willing to try somethi...

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Family Prayer Ideas (Prayer Chain)

Our church is getting ready to have a series of meeting that Baptist normally call a “revival.” I’m not a huge fan of that term, and we actually aren’t calling our meetings that either, but that is the...

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Back to School Prayer Stations

One of my yearly traditions is to have a special prayer service before the youth start back to school. This service has taken many forms, but the focus is always on praying for your school and for commissioning them to reach...

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Seeds: A Worship Outline for Back to School

I have just finished editing an old worship outline that I had on Nailscars.com called SEED Worship. All of the ideas have been up here before, but honestly once I looked at it the format was almost unusable. I think it is a l...

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Love Worship Stations

Each of these stations were designed to be used by individual worshipers in a self-guided worship activity. These stations were written to accompany the LOVE worship outline, but they can be used on their own as well. How it ...

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Good Friday Ideas

Social Media Help for Parents

Dual Pastor Dilemmas

We’re All Born This Way

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.

Good Friday Ideas

Family Prayer Ideas (Prayer Chain)

Back to School Prayer Stations

Seeds: A Worship Outline for Back to School

Love Worship Stations

About Me

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