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Confessions of an Average Youth Minister

Dating 101

This week we are kicking off a study on dating. I worked up this little card as a letter and as a student handout. Very rarely does the picture in my head actually come out on the screen, but this one is very close. (The little...

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Youth Meeting Promo

This is the promo for our new youth series. It was done quickly, but I think the little boy in it is adorable.

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Hours upon Hours

I was trying to figure out just how many hours I put into the 2 videos I made for our choir concert tonight. I know that I watched the first 34 episodes of The Office and the first season of 30 Rock with my Netflix Xbox thing, ...

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Christmas Promo Movie

I made this video last year, and it still makes me laugh. We used it to promote our Candlelight Christmas gathering, but the download version you can find here is an MPEG without just blank space to add your own info.

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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.

Dating 101

Youth Meeting Promo

Hours upon Hours

Christmas Promo Movie

About Me

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