Sat, January 23, 2021

Outrigger Island

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Yes this is VBS week. Check out Nathan and Daddy in matching shirts. I can’t believe how sappy I am becoming. Nathan loved today. He is officially just in the nursery, but as my son he is sort of ruling the place. I will have to get some video of him saying, "Wiki, Wiki, Wiki" and doing a little hula dance.

 

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.

5 thoughts on “Outrigger Island”

  1. Andy Crouch says:
    June 17, 2008 at 4:36 PM

    A-ya-wiki, B-ya-wiki, C-ya-wiki….quickly, quickly!!!! Good times, that song runs through my head just about all day long here lately. We’re doing a mission trip to a suburb of St. Louis in a few weeks where we’ll be teaching the Outrigger Island curriculum. Any helpful hints?

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  2. Rachel says:
    June 18, 2008 at 12:51 PM

    Outrigger Island must be the most popular VBS curriculum this summer for the SBC’s. There are 3 local churches using it that I know it. Chloe and Cooper loved the songs!

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  3. The Average Youth Minister says:
    June 18, 2008 at 8:08 PM

    Yeah, Outrigger Island is the official LifeWay (read Southern Baptist) VBS curriculum this year. So you will see it in many Baptist churches.

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  4. -B says:
    June 23, 2008 at 4:20 AM

    Just noticed 2 things. a.) Is the right side (your right) of your goatee a little longer than the left, or is it just a shadow? and b.) Where’s the flop?!?

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  5. The Average Youth Minister says:
    June 23, 2008 at 4:26 AM

    The flop is long gone, and one side of my gotee grows back down my chin and one side straight down. I normally keep it arranged better, but Nathan was pulling on it.

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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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