GUEST POST: 3 Things Youth Pastors Don’t Do

on January 30th, 2010

#1 – We DON’T talk about sex all the time
But when we do, it’s because someone in their lives need to. Would you rather have your kids hear it from us…or figure it out?

#2 – We DON’T play games all the time
But when we do, it’s because teenagers need an outlet of fun just as much as an inlet of Scripture. And we like to give them the fun they can wake up and still feel good about in the morning.

#3 – We DON’T do everything last minute
But when we do, it’s because youth ministers have an adaptability that is necessary when working with the ebb and flow of teenage emotion. Doing things last minute does not disprove #2. We do plan ahead. We sign up for mission trips a year in advance. We create teaching calendars based on semesters or themes. We do everything we can to get the who, what, where, when, why, and how much into the hands of parents for as many things as possible. But sometimes things change. And making those decisions is a mark of a true leader.

Sean Kahlich is the Mid-High Youth Minister in Tulsa, OK and blogs over on Awaiting Epiteleo.


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ED... (who blogs at Sincere Ignorance and Conscientious Stupidity) at 5:14pm January 30

#4 – We don’t think of going off to camp as our holiday time.
#5 – We don’t do all the church’s youth ministry.
#6 – We don’t sacrifice our family life on the altar of youthwork.