• Youth Pastoring

I need an intern

Back when I was youth pastor 10 or 12 people (and we had a 15 passenger van), back before we had kids and Meredith could be my chaperone for everything I loved planning the youth calendar. It was fun to think of exciting places that we could go to strengthen our bond and to help students grow closer to Christ.

Now I see my calendar sitting beside me and I want to groan. I still love going places with students. I still love the ways that trips help us to grow, but it is a whole new process now. Our group has grown (and now shrunk a little) to the point where we will take over 20 people to most events. Not quite enough to make renting something feasible, but still enough that I need 3 or 4 drivers. We also need more chaperones so all planning requires chaperone coordination too.

I have tried many different ways to use parents to do more of that sort of planning, but honestly I rarely follow through.

Maybe instead of whining about an intern I just need to use parents the way that they supposed to be used.

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.