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Confessions of an Average Youth Minister

Squishy Circuits: An electric lesson for younger youth and children

The Idea: Use a simple circuit to light up some LEDs using “squishy circuits” to talk about sharing God’s love with others. What are “squishy circuits” you ask? Squishy circuits are two specific ty...

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Lego Demolition Derby

I have been in a handyman type mood lately, don’t really know why, but I think that after years of making things on the computer I have this need to actually create something real and tangible. On top of that I have a job...

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Bombardment: A Youth Object Lesson on the Armor of God

Spiritual Idea: In Ephesians 6:10-13 Paul tells the Christians in Ephesus to put on spiritual armor because the day of evil is coming. He warns them that their struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against a spiritual fo...

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Mini Weapons of Mass Destruction and the Armor of God

We are wrapping up a 10 week study on Ephesians this week with a look at the armor of God. As I was preparing for this lesson a web article that I had clipped to Evernote came back to mind and that led me to purchase Mini Weapo...

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Risky Behavior Signatures Game

Games where you must go around and get signatures have been staples of youth ministry from back in the days when church were debating whether listening to Stryper made you a Satan worshiper. We opened our Dangerous Prayers retr...

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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.

Squishy Circuits: An electric lesson for younger youth and children

Lego Demolition Derby

Bombardment: A Youth Object Lesson on the Armor of God

Mini Weapons of Mass Destruction and the Armor of God

Risky Behavior Signatures Game

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