Sun, September 20, 2020

Shopping Stinks

I spent 6 hours yesterday running around trying to get everything I needed for retreat. I went to a grand total of 9 different stores and stood in line with odd combinations of items (spanish moss, a cross with mirrors and some shop rags) for more minutes that I like to remember. Then straight home to change clothes and watch the middle school powder puff game (which will replace the superbowl next year for sheer football greatness) and then to the church to print the books for our retreat. As I type those are still printing because I somehow left thinking that 150 books of 16 pages each would only take one reem of paper and didn’t load the second tray. Sometimes the mind just lets you down.

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.

3 thoughts on “Shopping Stinks”

  1. trip says:
    February 12, 2006 at 6:02 AM

    Shane, man, i’m super sad that i won’t be there with you guys this year… hopefully i’ll be there next time

    Reply
  2. The Average Youth Minister says:
    February 14, 2006 at 3:55 PM

    Lunchable! Great idea!

    Reply
  3. joshua michael says:
    February 14, 2006 at 2:45 PM

    I know what you mean. I can’t stand shopping for big events. I need to do it this week. I am hoping I can delegate to to someone else. We used to buy food to may sandwiches for trips. Now we just buy a ton of lunchables.

    Have a good day!

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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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