Average Youth Ministry

What youth workers and Algebra 1 teachers have in common:

benjaminkerns — Thu, 23 May 2013 11:00:30 +0000

This post was originally featured at youthministry360.com As a youth pastor, one of my favorite times of the year is graduation. I love the pomp and circumstance as friends, family, and fellow youth pastors gather in the stands at the local high school celebrating this amazing milestone of our students. Over the past few years I’ve [...]

The importance of appropriately differentiating your faith from your student’s

benjaminkerns — Mon, 20 May 2013 11:00:03 +0000

Most youth workers, including me, have been doing student ministry since they were students themselves. Because of this reality, there is often an unchecked issue brewing just below the surface. This is that we often fail to differentiate our spiritual development and needs from those of our students. Remember being a high school student? There [...]

Providing an easy onramp back to the church

benjaminkerns — Mon, 13 May 2013 11:00:43 +0000

Oh, How Nice It Would Feel To Drop the Hammer of Truth! I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve had high schoolers lay into me about how youth group doesn’t do it for them anymore, or about how they need something with more depth. Sometimes I lie awake at night, imagining all the ways [...]

Volunteers: God´s strange plan for increased ministry:

benjaminkerns — Thu, 09 May 2013 11:00:27 +0000

Being The Hub of Ministry For most of my ministry career I have worked in smaller contexts where it was totally possible to connect with all the students in my ministry. I was the logistical and relational hub for my ministry. I don´t even think this was necessarily a bad thing. I was my job, my [...]

5 ways to thrive in a church bureaucracy:

benjaminkerns — Mon, 06 May 2013 11:00:27 +0000