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Confessions of an Average Youth Minister

To me Jesus is…

This is pretty simple, but I will throw it out here for you. Pass out index cards and pens to each person in your group. Instruct students to complete the following sentence on their card “to me Jesus is…” You may want to...

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Old Comedy New Lesson

I don’t know if this is a really good idea, or if it sounds good because I watched Fat Albert the other day and I have been thinking about Bill Cosby ever since then, but either way I am going to stick it up here and let you ...

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The Incredibles

So I hope everyone has seen The Incredibles already. It is a really great movie with some interesting themes. I have tried to decipher if there is some sort of other motive to the recurring idea: “if everyone is super then no...

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Love Worship Stations

Here is the complete text for the stations from the Love Worship FNC. Love Letter to God 1 John 4:16a (NIV) And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. There is nothing quite as amazing as a love letter fro...

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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.

To me Jesus is…

Old Comedy New Lesson

The Incredibles

Love Worship Stations

About Me

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