I was having a meander around the blogosphere last night and discovered this great series on the Myths of the perfect Youth Pastor.
There's good and useful stuff therein but what really amused me was what Brian (aka "Random man") wrote about Churches thinking that youth workers should be in their twenties. He made a tongue-in-cheek call for Churches (who believe this) to be consistent and if they do want a youth worker to be close to the age of the young people then the Childrens worker should be a young teenager! genius!
ht and thanks to Brian
I also enjoyed his observation that the Youth Pastor is the first port of call if things need moving or lifting (this happens to me at Church House too)
Good post, literally just walked back into my office after disposing of 2 large broken tv's from the church
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Thanks for the Hat Tip. I'll be adding more as inspiration hits me...as soon as I get done setting up for the woman's ministry luncheon tomorrow:)
Good to hear from you Brian, I'm looking forward to myths #9 and #10
Shalom
#9 is up.
#10 is up. I'd bet it contains many things a lot of you can relate to.
...not if you are an older female youth worker. I find appealing to the young 'gentlemen' in our groups works every time. Yay sexism in this context, but NOT ageism!
#11 is up and is one of my favorites.
I became enthusiastic once again after almost giving up on serving as a Youth Pastor. Thanks for this write-up
Up to #14 now and if anyone is interested, you can download them in PDF form for later reading.