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  • Published: The Public Progress of a (Youth) Pastor

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    While listening to a podcast of one of Alistair Begg’s conference messages I was struck by his exposition of 1 Timothy 4:12-16. In it he refers to the public nature of the ministry, and the progress seen of that ministry by the congregation. This sparked an idea about what that might look like for those…

  • Inspire – A Reflection for SYG 2018

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    This coming weekend 3000 people from nearly 70 youth groups come together to play sport, connect with one another, and worship God. It’s also the weekend where we find out whether we have everything we need at our campsite, go to bed and wake up cold, and possibly get flooded. Yes, that’s right, it’s State…

  • 3 Ways The Beach Helps Youth Ministry

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    The beach is great. If it was a choice between a warm beach location or say a cold snowy type location, the beach wins every time. And so with summer holidays and hot days comes the annual visit to the beach. A few days spent relaxing, reading, and having a rollicking time with the family.…

  • On Youth Pastor Position Descriptions

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    About a week ago I wrote a short Facebook post out of frustration: “Another day, another horrible position description for a youth and young adults pastor. Sorry churches, Superman/woman can’t even run a youth ministry, facilitate the young adult ministry and lead an evening congregation on 12 hours a week. #wecandobetter #rantover.” I don’t like…

  • Brave – A Reflection For SYG 2017

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    It’s arrived. Tonight we head down to State Youth Games. A long weekend of camping, cold weather, and cramp…for an old guy like me at least. With over 3000 young people descending upon the camping grounds it promises to be a fairly fun, exciting, and significant weekend. Sports morning and afternoon, dinner around the fire…

  • Published: Ecclesiastes For The Student Minister

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    I’ve had a piece published at Rooted Ministry today. “Oh how comforting the Teacher of Ecclesiastes is when he reminds us that in a few years, no one will remember us! All that work and toil we’ve undertaken in our ministries will be long forgotten. The weeks and months and years of investing in people,…

  • Growing Young – Growing Young In Your Context

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    This is post eight in a series of reflections on the book Growing Young: Six Essential Strategies To Help Young People Discover And Love Your Church. For an introduction to the series please read part one and continue reading the reflections in part two, three , four, five, six and seven. The final chapter! To conclude Growing Young the authors provide…

  • Growing Young – Empathise With Today’s Young People

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    This is post three in a series of reflections on the book Growing Young: Six Essential Strategies To Help Young People Discover And Love Your Church. For an introduction to the series please read part one and continue reading part two about Keychain Leadership.  “Young people these days…” It’s the classic derogatory quote used to describe the actions or…