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Confessions of an Average Youth Minister

Block Party Report

Our Block Party was very fun. I am sore today, but that isn’t a bad thing. In the end our praise band played about 20 songs and most of those had me jumping up and down, and my body isn’t as young as the rest of the...

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Block Party Fun

Sorry that I haven’t been around these days, but I have been trying to get ready for our big block party tomorrow. It should be a fun party, but it seems like there were a hundred little things that I needed to do yesterd...

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Fable 2

I have fallen back into the world of Fable and it won’t let me out. I played the first fable for quite some time (long enough to be good go bad enough to get horns and then go back to being good again) and this game seems...

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Popsicle Evangelist

Today Nathan was eating a popsicle with his mother while I took a shower. When I got out he started yelling, “Daddy, I eating popsicle!” Then he said, “Daddy, come see!” He was elated about his fruit pop...

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At the Beach

I am having fun playing with my family in Panama City this weekend so all updates have come to a halt for a while. I have been having trouble finding wifi so I may not report back for a few more days. In the mean time why don&#...

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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.

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Popsicle Evangelist

At the Beach

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