Tue, September 22, 2020

A Dragon Killing Afternoon

I spent the afternoon doing my favorite form of outreach–bringing students to the church to hang out and play D&D. This afternoon we had an encounter with a blue dragon. It was the first dragon encounter for everyone in the group so the lightning breath weapon (and the massive amount of damage it makes) shocked them all. (I guess I subconsciously intended that pun). After some creative use of action points and our monk gouging out the dragon’s eye they were able to finally subdue it. In my opinion that’s not a bad way to spend an afternoon.

(I guess I have fully embraced what type of minister I really am)

Average Youth Guy
https://www.nailscars.com
I don't have all of the answers and some weeks it feels like I don't have any of the answers. I often find a good word picture or object lesson and build the lesson off of that instead of the other way around. I don't always pray as much as I should and I never study as much as I should. 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. I am an average youth minister.

2 thoughts on “A Dragon Killing Afternoon”

  1. Andy Crouch says:
    July 18, 2006 at 1:42 AM

    This is all with a pair of dice and some paper, right? I don’t think I’ll ever understand role-playing games.

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  2. The Average Youth Minister says:
    July 18, 2006 at 2:35 AM

    It isn’t played with a pair of dice. It is played with a cool set of polyhedral dice that includes dice with 20, 12, 10 (2 of these for percentage), 8, 6, and 4 sides.

    I promise it is the dice that makes the game fun for me. http://paizo.com/store/gameAids/dice/byManufacturer/chessex/setsOf7/v5748btpy74dw

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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.

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For almost 20 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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