Subscribe to the NetworkGUEST POST: 5 Things Senior Pastors Don’t Say Enough to Their Youth Pastor
Charles Hill writes in with a guest post this week about senior pastors and their youth workers. Good stuff here, send in your article submission as well!
1. I want to protect you. Help me out there by letting me in on what is going on before a pissed off parent does. Talk to me. HELP me HELP you.
2. I see you as more than just the “youth pastor down the hall.” I really desire to develop community with you too, even though you do odd things at odd hours and odd places and are generally … odd.
3. I want to see the YOUTH group as a part of the CHURCH as a whole, and not a separate ministry arm. And I want to see the CHURCH become a part of the YOUTH MINISTRY as well. We should compliment, not compete. Like 2 sparrows in a hurricane (that will make sense to your rural youth worker audience, I promise).
4. I care deeply about the students as well. I have watched them be born (well, not really, that would be awkward), visited them in the hospital when they were sick, helped their parents through the teen pregnancy, and by the way, my kids are on their way down the hall soon so get ready.
5. I love and appreciate you more than I will ever say. I appreciate your love and support for me as well. Let’s do this thing. Ball up. Charge the gates of Hell. Kick some… umm… and whatever other Braveheart image flashes before your eyes.
Special shout-out to my Youth Pastor and great friend (who is 16 years older than me) and his sidekick (who was in MY youth group years ago). Love you both, even when I don’t.
JG
have you seen this. pretty sweet
http://www.unifyer.com