Mon, September 28, 2020

Announcement

I resigned from my job as a youth pastor last Wednesday. My future is still up in the air, but I am very excited about seeing what challenges God has planned for me and my family in the future. I know that I would like to continue serving God in a church type setting, but other than that Meredith and I are trying to keep an open mind for what God has in store for us next. So if you are part of a Southern Baptist Church (or at least lean Southern Baptist) and have a job that you think I might be able to do let me know.

In the mean time I am going to use this time off to finally fix Nailscars.com and get it to a more usable state as well as take time to update on a more regular basis and share some thoughts about the ministry and such. Part of that update will be a move from Squarespace (my current host) to a WordPress site. During that transition the Nailscars.com site may be down for a short time. If you come and check on us and we are not to be found, just know that we will be coming back soon and check back in a couple of days.

Thanks for all of your prayers and concerns and keep checking back for some much needed changes and fixes.

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.

1 thought on “Announcement”

  1. David Wilson says:
    April 18, 2011 at 1:59 PM

    Did not see that coming. But God be with you on this journey.

    Gotta go pray now for God to do something for me. :)

    FYI – it involves you. :)

    David

    Reply

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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 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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Thank you for coming to check out Nailscars.com. Everything here is free to use in any non-commercial way. Feel free to use the resources without giving me credit. If you are want to republish an idea let me know and I will probably give you permission.

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