Youth Work Philosophy Statement

No matter what my background and the struggles I have in life, I can use all experience as motivation and relevant opportunities to assist in teaching others. In the midst of preaching and teaching, I learned that I must always seek to make learning relevant by using real-life scenarios and illustrations. Not only that, but I must go the extra mile to ensure that I create lessons and sermons connecting with learning modalities. Moreover, I should strive to always include reluctant learnings in every learning opportunity and not single-out students because of their

While the women in the church have an organized discipleship effort happening, there is not a concerted effort to grow men into faithful followers of Jesus Christ. The men of the church need a program where discipleship happens intentionally. The scripture that First Baptist Church uses for it’s vision is Matthew 5:13. The City on a Hill theme comes for this verse. The idea is that we should be salt and light to the world so that others will know Him through us.

In OMG: A Youth Ministry Handbook, Kendra Creasy Dean goes over several different ways on how to do youth ministry in today’s world. Through reading this book and evaluating Grace United Methodist Church, I have noticed several things that need to be fixed. One of the main things is the youth group lesson focus and the way the youth relate to one another.

The thought simply occurred to him while driving home from church one morning: Why not pursue youth ministry? The question came with the understanding that he simply enjoyed working with those who were younger than him, helping them grasp topics concerning Christian spirituality. Returning to college the very next morning, Sean met with his academic advisor and decided to weave ministry classes into his schedule in order to double major in Intercultural Studies and Youth Ministry. Eventually this gave way to a full-fledged Christian Ministries major with a focus in youth ministry.

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Even if I am just one individual and one leader, I want to be partake in the privilege that God has given me to enter into his ministry. If being a Young Life leader is His calling for my life, then I want to respond and help other kids find what their souls have been searching for. God has showered with so many blessings on me, both in and outside of YoungLife, and I want to give my time, energy, and heart to YoungLife’s ministry and most importantly, God. Although I know that leading will be difficult and I will have to sacrifice much, I know that it is nothing compared to the sacrifice of Jesus. Although I cannot physically lay down my life for these kids, I want to offer a picture of how God laid down His life for me and the world. I do not want my time as a YoungLife leader to be about myself. Even though it will be difficulty to maintain this mentality, I want my time being a Young Life leader to be about those whom we are ministering to and most importantly, Christ. Even if I can offer just a glimpse of His sacrifice and love, I know that my time and service at Young Life will be significant and

As each stage builds life and careers most often a series of important moves take place. While these stages build you go from wondering if the goals you chosen where the right ones, stop at times to contemplate life as you move from level to level. Novice adults in ministry take several positive steps to meet their challenges head on. Taken in and studying the life of God as a model, especially His vision of the kingdom of God. Ministries need to allow their senses to grow and mature (Powers, Bruce P. Church Administration Hand-book. Nashville, TN.: Broadman & Holman, 1996.

The Pastor is currently very busy with many different works, so she is trying to build up a leader for the teen ministry. She recently evangelized a 22 year old young man by the name of Christopher. "He has shown great desire for God and is now a registered member." Said the minister. "He has two younger teen sibling and a teenage friend as well. Issues have risen in his family that have lead him to be very concerned about his siblings."God is guiding him to be a leader. I'm training him by taking him with me to evangelize on campus with me. When his faith

My philosophy of youth ministry was formed by what I have seen that has worked, but also what I wish I had seen more of while I was growing up. The one thing that really impacted my memory of my middle school and high school years was the intentionality of my pastors and leaders. I have pasted joked that if it weren’t for the leaders in my life, I probably would have gone off the deep end. My youth pastors both made sure to have small groups that were not too large. I remember one of my youth pastor, Rick Young, saying “make sure every student is known.” This has stuck with me since middle

Family Ministry is essential to family’s spiritual growth because it is more than activities or programs it is a lifestyle. I am excited to implement the lessons from this class in my church and throughout my personal ministry to individuals. Being that my church worships as one congregation, everyone is in the sanctuary and we try to practice Family Equipping Ministry, we have to begin to explore how we can engage members to connect beyond age groups. Conversations with parents are a starting point. Hopefully these conversations with parents will identify the comfort level that the parents have in the role of being their children’s spiritual counselor. My church’s role will continue to be the counsel parents need and the reminder that perfection in their spiritual life is not needed to assist their children in spiritual growth. Implementing the term intergenerational into our worship and events will also be a task that I will bring to my pastor. I will explain that we need to unify the congregation and connect our members. An ongoing focus that must not be lost is our church growing God’s kingdom and we will use our community resources to implement programs at our church in the future. I look forward to making the elders aware of the community programs that can be implemented in our church that will assist us in Family Ministry. The Family Ministry

Throughout this book, we will range over the four mission fields we are commanded by God to work in. Each of these fields needs need reintegrating into both our individual and church lives.

I spent more than the first two decades of my ministry career as a full-time youth pastor. I loved every second of it, and I still speak at youth conferences, camps, and retreats. I am convinced I will always be part of youth ministry. In those twenty plus years with teenagers, I cannot tell you how many messages I delivered with the keys to a successful Christian walk being “Read your Bible and pray!” This has been a staple for all youth pastors everywhere for decades. “Read your Bible and pray. Read your Bible and pray. Read your Bible and pray.” There have been worship songs that have lyrics that read, “I will read my Bible and pray. I will follow you all day.” This is a testament and a snapshot of the message of youth ministry. But to be a successful Christian in any age of life, you have to read your Bible and pray. Sadly, it hasn’t been said enough, to enough people, because our churches and even Bible colleges are full of people with no basic knowledge of the Bible. There have been times when I have been teaching and I have said, “You know when Daniel stood in front of the lions in the lion’s den,” and I’ve had people look at me like they had no idea what I was talking about. The Bible is the foundation of our Christian life and needs to be the first thing we put in our life. Input of the Word will fill us with God’s goodness and put us on the path to achieving the full Christian life.

During our time studying in the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu critical decisions regarding youth work practice were made. One of these decisions was staying to wait for our boat to the island of Savo. Many of the group woke up early to be at the port in time to catch our boat to be told that we would be waiting at least another hour. During the wait the group found a comfortable spot and relaxed. After the hour ended the group went back to the port in time to catch the boat however, we ended up waiting another 45 minutes there as the boat needed fuel. Although waiting in humid 30-degree heat is difficult, patience and resilience were shown by all group members and it provided an important learning opportunity for me which I will take into my youth work practice. This wait was not our first nor last in the Pacific Islands and by the end of the trip I understood what ‘island time’ was.

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I will demonstrate that the knowledge I have obtained through life experience, formal training and internship has equipped me to meet the course objectives listed for MBTS class U-CE405: Making Disciples CCC. In my early twenties, after a yearlong process of reading my Bible, I became a born again Christian. What followed was a tremendous journey filled with unbelief, discouragement and culminating finally with true faith. A year later the Lord called me into full time ministry, so in the fall of I995 I enrolled at Baptist Bible College in Springfield, MO. During my time at BBC, I not only learned of the deficiencies of most people’s view of discipleship, but I began a long journey in realizing my own.