Are you a shark or a feeder fish? Which one should you be. It may surprise you. BoostBlog author and youth pastor Hayden delivers great insight combining Scripture and Seinfield on how we can best lead.
Students Serving Students
Leading Through Challenges
How Do I Handle Being Backstabbed In Youth Ministry?
The Lonely Island: How to Lead Your Female Staff
I sum up my calling like this: God opened doors and I walked through them. When I was 18, I was asked to be a small group leader for my church’s junior high ministry. I asked myself, “What the heck is a small group leader, anyway?” After a year of that, the ministry director asked me to intern for her. “Ok? What the heck does an intern do?” A year later she asked me to take over her position as one of the girls’ directors. “Hmmmm….I’m noticing a pattern.” And then, I was asked to interview for the junior high pastor position at one of our off-site campuses. Now, 13 years since my start, I’m still doing what He so purposely called me to do; being a middle school pastor.
I love it (most of the time). If I’m perfectly honest I wrestled with the question, “Are girls allowed to do this?”. Volunteering and interning is one thing, but being the head of my own ministry?
Can I Discipline Students In My Youth Ministry?
Mondays Are For Me, Or Reclaiming Ministry For Yourself
How to Disciple Students in the Everyday
How To Avoid Burnout
Have you ever felt like you wanted to give up doing student ministry? Have you ever just spent a whole car ride asking yourself what you are doing to yourself? Or maybe you just feel defeated for those few hours between your preparation and the time for service to start on Wednesday night? Have you ever found yourself getting irritated at your family for something small?
