05.23.08
What are we DOING?
I don’t know about you, but often I find myself doing the things that I know that I should not be doing. I am not talking about sin (I find myself doing that to) but the daily activities that others could be doing for the ministry. See I think we have a high calling to train and develop others. As Youth Pastors we should make sure that we are spending our time wisely. I often don’t.
Tim Schmoyer is a young youth pastor who is making a difference in the lives of students and youth pastors. (Visit his blog and check out some of the neat things that he is doing. Actually if you have skype you can join him in a group conversation every Friday at 2:00pm. ) Tim wrote a post the other day that I think will encourage you regarding the things that we should be doing.
This post was a great reminder to me that I need to be falling more in love with God personally. I need to be developing leaders, spending time with students, and be out in the community setting an example for my students and others to follow. The fun summer activities will not happen unless someone else steps up and helps plan them. Check out the post from Tim.
Here is how Tim begins his post.
If we’re not careful, a youth pastor’s job description becomes very bloated very quickly, not just with all the stated expectations, but with all the unstated ones, too. Before we know it, we’re juggling so many balls we’re doing nothing but stressing out and ignoring what it is that God actually put us in youth ministry to do in the first place. Most of us seriously need to step back, take a deep breath, and figure out what it is we’re spending all our time on that is truly important and necessary for the ministry that no one else can do but us. Read the rest here
05.20.08
Chambersburg Project meeting
I would like to invite anyone interested in being part of the Chambersburg Project discipleship/program team to attend a meeting Thursday May 29th from 9-11AM here at King Street?
We’ll meet in the Student Ministry area, in the basement of the Baker Center. If anyone has questions, they can contact me at Brian Kramer.
It’ll be a working and planning meeting, so folks should come prepared.
05.09.08
Youth pastor share’s on office hours
Yesterday, at our monthly meeting we talked briefly about time management and how many of us dont feel like we make the “best” use of our time. I would be interested to know how everyone spends their day. Check out this article from a fellow youth pastor who talks about a “youth pastor’s office hours”.
05.08.08
Todays Meeting
The Next meeting will be Thursday June 12th at 8:30 @ Norlo Park under the Pavilion. RAIN OR SHINE. Anyone willing to lead this time?
We had another great turn out today. We covered the following announcements up front.
- Vertical Festival is September 20th. The guys at Vertical would love for us to be involved.
- This Saturday Manito is hosting the Youth Night at the YMCA. Ryan Payne Band will be there. 7:00-10:00. Everything is free.
- Penn National Golf Center came and shared with us their desire to partner with youth groups. They want to organize a Church mini-golf league and also have our groups sign-up for mini golf nights. The prices are great and worth us discussing. What are your thoughts?
- The YMCA will be hosting a Family Version of the Amazing Race on May 18th. View the poster here.
Today we had a great time talking about our biggest failures. We also share some of our personal struggles. Many of us talked about time management and allowing ourselves to become to busy and therefore really tired. The following type of thought was discussed.
Eugene Peterson observes in Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places that we are called to live in the rhythm of the text. God set the rhythm as work, work, work—work, work, work—rest. As Peterson points out, we too often abuse the rhythm of time by procrastination or hurry. We are faced with the temptation to waste time or rush past time.
God calls us to work (x6) and rest. This was the rhythm he set in the beginning. We are called to walk to this rhythm, live to the rhythm, raise families within this rhythm. Wesley wrote in his commentary on Genesis 1, “And let our make and place, as men, mind us of our duty, as Christians, which is always to keep heaven in our eye, and the earth under our feet.
05.06.08
A must listen to podcast
I was forwarded this article and found a link to the following podcast. Let me encourage you to take the time to listen to this podcast from Lifeway. Its about Evangelism and a new book by Tim Keller called the Reason for God. Enjoy the podcast. CLICK HERE.
