Youth Ministry Round Up #189

Greetings Awesome Person,

Never thought a Deadpool x Wolverine movie quote would come in handy, but here we are.

Wolverine: "You got the wrong guy"

X-23: "You were always the wrong guy, until you weren't"

Have you been feeling like the "wrong person" for your ministry? Me too.

You signed up to lead a youth ministry and then everything has gone sideways. Nothing is happening like you thought it would and now all seems lost.

Does this this sounds familiar?

Moses, a murderer, was called to go back to Egypt to set God's people free
Esther was thrusted into facing King Xerxes to save her people
Gideon was the least of the least challenged to lead an army
Peter was a Christ-denier who became the voice of Pentecost

All these people were flawed and thought of themselves as the "wrong people" until they weren't.

We're the wrong persons for our youth ministries, until we're not

You may only be at your church to only reach one kid. One of my youth pastors, Tom, was my youth pastor for a couple of years and was basically beaten down and run out of the church. Was he the wrong guy? Yep, until he wasn't.

You're receiving this encouraging note because of the time he invested in me.

You can't tell now, but there is a young person you are reaching that no one else can reach who will impact their community, their church and maybe the world.

Or maybe they'll make a lifetime commitment to encouraging youth pastors through a newsletter, with a podcast, with a Youtube channel and write resources to help youth pastors build successful youth ministries.

We're all the "wrong people" until God gets a hold of us.

Have a great week!

Paul

TRENDS AND CULTURE

Gen Z doesn't care about movies?