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Confessions of an Average Youth Minister

Praying for Numbers

Before you read this post please understand that I know that more church happens outside of the walls than inside of it. I know that people coming to church is the result of a life change and very rarely the beginning of one. B...

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Pre-Meeting Worries

I am hoping I am not the only person who does this. If so just forget you ever read this. But I have a tendency to make sure that I am early for any meeting that I am in charge of. This makes good sense as it lets me finish up ...

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Organizing the Clutter

I am a man who loves technology, but I have yet to find a good way to organize my thoughts, notes, to do lists, and other things electronically. I will pick a new service, use it for a while and then ultimately abandon it for a...

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First Days

I have officially started my new job. I am a youth and children’s minister and it is so nice to get back to being a minister. I didn’t really know how much I had missed it. I am more than a little overwhelmed feelin...

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Moving Day

Today was moving day for us. Our new church sent down a couple of guys and then people from our town and old church came to help us finish packing and load up. That makes for this slightly weird blend of people, but it all work...

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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.

Praying for Numbers

Pre-Meeting Worries

Organizing the Clutter

First Days

Moving Day

About Me

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