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Confessions of an Average Youth Minister

Being a Tank

Do you play WoW? If you don’t even know what those letters mean then this post may not work for you. I sort of pride myself in being able to explain things to people who aren’t interested in them, but honestly this ...

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Geekstravaganza Scenarios

Instructions for Group Leaders: You are going to be a part of something a little different. Think of it sort of like a “choose your own adventure” book from your younger days. Follow the directions below. After each scenari...

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Geekstravaganza

My volunteer technical director (and co-host of God Geeks) is heading off to college. This past week was his last Wednesday night so in honor of him we did an all Geek youth lesson that I lovingly called a Geekstravaganz...

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I Dinged 30 Last Night

If you don’t know what that title means then the rest of this message won’t make any sense to you either, but last night I made it to level 30 in World of Warcraft. In laymen’s terms that is sort of like turni...

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World of Warcraft

I haven’t posted in a couple of days. I think the title of this post says it all.

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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.

Being a Tank

Geekstravaganza Scenarios

Geekstravaganza

I Dinged 30 Last Night

World of Warcraft

About Me

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