Mon, November 30, 2020

Frag Fest

I started a long post about small groups last night, but I got tired before I finished it so it should be finished and up here in a couple of days. I was tired because on Friday night we linked up 4 Xboxes and played Halo until sunrise. It was wild. My little living room had a semicircle of TV’s each with a Xbox and controllers spread out in front of them. Add to that the tangle of router and wires and 10 guys worth of snacks and half filled coke cans and it was a mess. Have I mentioned lately how much I love my job?

Average Youth Guy
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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 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.

6 thoughts on “Frag Fest”

  1. michael says:
    May 16, 2005 at 8:37 AM

    yeah, we do that here too, it’s so much fun! one night we hooked the stuff up at the church to the projector and sound system, now that was sweet!

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  2. Rich Clark says:
    May 16, 2005 at 9:25 AM

    I have yet to completely convince myself that I can/should get away with that.

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  3. michael says:
    May 18, 2005 at 8:48 AM

    it’s simple, don’t broadcast it.

    Reply
  4. Rich Clark says:
    May 18, 2005 at 1:01 PM

    What do you mean by broadcast?

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  5. michael says:
    May 23, 2005 at 8:16 AM

    just talk to the guys who you want to include and keep it on the dl.

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  6. jbee says:
    February 12, 2008 at 4:09 PM

    Last lan party i went to ther were like 20 with 20 computers and we all played Call of Dut y4 all night long. It was awsome.

    Reply

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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.

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