In a recent conversation with another youth pastor, we were talking about what the things are that really get measurable results on growing into a better youth pastor. If I’m honest, there are a lot of things that will help you become better at what you’re doing, but there are two things that are especially…
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I was on a collision course with burnout that was inevitable. Those close to me would have seen it coming. I didn’t. I knew I was skirting dangerously close to an unhealthily load and pace, but I just kept telling myself I could handle it all. I kept saying that is was only for a little while…
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We all want to know the secrets to getting more students to sign up for your youth events right? You know the feeling. You’ve spent hours and hours planning an event. You’ve invested time, energy, money into it. All of this and then no one really shows up. Or at least not as many as you’d…
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As youth pastors and youth workers we wear a lot of hats. We often end up taking on a ton of random tasks and responsibilities and filling a lot of different roles. There are some roles however that we should not fill. Some of these are rather obvious, some of these are roles we’d rather…
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“How do you get it all done?” For the last several years anyway, I’ve been running the Longer Haul website, creating courses for the website, managing an email list (join the others already on it here), creating, recording, editing the Longer Haul Youth Ministry Podcast, being husband to my wife, dad to my four kiddos,…
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Having trouble finding time to do all of the things in your youth ministry you feel you should be doing? Not able to really find time to invest in the students you have? Today I have what may be one of the best kept secrets in youth ministry, and if you’ve never stopped to consider…
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