After ever Sunday of ministry, I'm left with several questions: So what? Did that make a difference? Did anybody decide anything that will matter? Are there any problems I need to solve? What do we need to do differently next week? Should I keep … [Continue reading]
CORE VALUES FLUSHED OUT
August 26, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Yesterday I wrote about brainstorming our core values and how we processed them with our team. A while back I wrote about how I was no longer interested in asking my volunteers to sign a commitment of behaviors. I want them to sign onto values and … [Continue reading]
A VALUES BRAINSTORMING IDEA THAT WORKED
August 25, 2011 by Leave a Comment
We had a kids ministry volunteer training last night. My goal was to introduce some rallying points around some core values we wanted to introduce. But our paid staff had already come up with our "core values" so I wanted to give the volunteers a … [Continue reading]
HOW DO YOU PLAN OUT YOUR YEAR?
August 24, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Week by week?Month by month?Quarter by quarter?This question gets asked a lot in ministry and while there may be very good reasons for a variety of methods, I think that as youth pastors in particular, we have a lot of work to do in this area. As a … [Continue reading]
GETTING TO THE REAL QUESTIONS STUDENTS ARE ASKING
August 23, 2011 by 1 Comment
As a youth pastor and a Dad I have an underlying principal that guides me in both those roles. It's this: "I want to teach them how to think, not what to think."But despite my passion for it, that's going to remain a nice t-shirt motto unless I'm … [Continue reading]
Husband. Dad to 5. Student Ministry Pastor. Follower of Jesus. Yatta yatta.
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