Authentically leading and empowering others to flourishing life in Christ
All in Students
I was recently made aware of a streamer who has made some new waves through the youth culture space. Let me tell you about a new kid on the social media block, The Sketch Real. You might be thinking that because he is a streamer that your kids don’t know who this guy is, but the reality is that his videos and clips of his videos are beginning to go viral and move from the Twitch and TikTok spaces over to YouTube and Instagram.
If we want to see generation gaps bridged we have to start moving through the awkward and the uncomfortable to the place of collective collaboration. The place where we share our stories and we welcome the work of finding understanding and growth.
If God has gifted you, appointed you, and called you, then be faithful to do that. No doubt it will look different in different seasons. For sure it will get altered by a pandemic, but that doesn’t mean that it has changed because of a pandemic.
As they roll out vaccines and the light at the end of the tunnel comes more and more into view, there are some things are becoming increasingly clear that were realities in the middle of the pandemic. But one group that has taken a toll is parents. Here are three observations for parents as we exit a global pandemic.
If there was anything that the events and happenings of 2020 proved it is that volunteers and leaders are the lifeblood of any ministry that is going to effectively and efficiently engage students with hope, care, and discipleship. If 2020 confirmed anything for me it was this: Leaders need to be empowered, equipped, and encouraged to be the lifeblood of ministry to students; not just the youth pastor.
2021 marks 13 years in student ministry and, in so many ways, the last year has made me feel like I’m in year one all over again! Regardless of what 2020 altered or forced into your student ministry, I hope that you learned from it. I hope that you gained perspective from it. For me, there was one main theme of learning for me. There was one strand that kept permeating the surface and it’s quite simple: Normal isn’t worth going back to if New is better going forward.
After years of trying to figure out what was going to work for raising up leaders, we dedicated to three shared things that would aim to help form and forge our student leadership team. These three elements, contoured for your context will help you start a Student Leadership Team of your own.
This week was completely different from other wednesday gatherings. We didn’t do any “fun” in particular. Instead, we dove right into worship and then straight into the stations.
