This is going to sound too aggressive and perhaps even unreasonable, but here it goes: Don't strive to be your best, strive to be the best. This goes for all things.
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
We are all going to have to look Jesus someday and I for one want to be told, "Well done" and that means working my best to do all important things well. This means striving to be the best at things that are important to you. Be the best husband, be the best father, be the best son, and be the best youth worker. If you fail at being the best, you still will find yourself being better than you ever thought you could be and would be if you ever settled.
Monday, August 29, 2011
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
The Importance of Good Volunteers
The most valuable earthly asset to any youth pastor are great adult leaders. If you are a youth pastor with only 5 kids within your totally isolated area, you do not need any one else to give you a hand. But in any other situation, you need to surround yourself with the most talented people you can.
What I hear most is complaints about how youth pastors cannot find good leaders. I hate hearing this. That just means you have not done a good job looking for leaders and turning over every rock until you have great ones all around. My best advice is to first listen to the Holy Spirit. I have found that great leaders are being led to help out by the Holy Spirit and all you have to do is prompt them and find a place where they will be used. Just remember to be slow to pull people in. It is infinitely easier to never ask a bad leader in than to get rid of a bad leader once they are there.
Good volunteers are a ministry multiplier. One person cannot do enough to really lead a group of students by themselves. However, if you have a team of awesome adult leaders, you can really get a lot of personal work done in the lives of your students. We recently had a retreat where we spend time after each service in personal prayer. We sent the leaders out to pray with the students and thanks to the quality leaders, every student had the opportunity to pray with an adult. That is true ministry at its finest.
In Him
-Schutte
What I hear most is complaints about how youth pastors cannot find good leaders. I hate hearing this. That just means you have not done a good job looking for leaders and turning over every rock until you have great ones all around. My best advice is to first listen to the Holy Spirit. I have found that great leaders are being led to help out by the Holy Spirit and all you have to do is prompt them and find a place where they will be used. Just remember to be slow to pull people in. It is infinitely easier to never ask a bad leader in than to get rid of a bad leader once they are there.
Good volunteers are a ministry multiplier. One person cannot do enough to really lead a group of students by themselves. However, if you have a team of awesome adult leaders, you can really get a lot of personal work done in the lives of your students. We recently had a retreat where we spend time after each service in personal prayer. We sent the leaders out to pray with the students and thanks to the quality leaders, every student had the opportunity to pray with an adult. That is true ministry at its finest.
In Him
-Schutte
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
A Secular Song? At Church?
Try this, lead off worship with a secular song that everyone knows. Obviously Baby Got Back isn't a good choice, but a song that's safe and clean for the whole family. You will quickly see all your kids dropping their guard and getting into the music. So often, I find kids who have no real experience with worship who are looking for a way in. This is a way in.
-Schutte
-Schutte
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