The Over-Educated Youth Pastor The Over-Educated Youth Pastor The Over-Educated Youth Pastor discusses topics important to youth ministers from the perspective of an author who triples as a Youth Minister, Adjunct Professor of Geography, and Lecturer on Urban and Regional Planning. Articles
Part 2 - Picturing Unplanned Youth Ministry
2007-09-21 23:16:00 It has been fun reflecting upon past failures, and allowing seasons of my life that were painful and even embarrassing to become teachable moments. While I am far from perfect now, I have learned some significant life lessons from these misadventures, and have picked up quite a few skills that have ... More About: Youth , Ministry , Part , Youth Ministry , Turin
1) The Worst Planned and Executed Backpacking Trip in History
2007-09-14 16:15:00 I leave today for my first weekend retreat with my new youth group at First United Methodist. This is a timely moment to reflect on my most pathetic attempt at leadership. In the fall of 1995 - only a couple of months into my first youth ministry position - one of my youth staff encour... More About: History , Trip , Backpacking
1) The Worst Planned and Executed Backpacking Trip in History
2007-09-14 16:15:00 I leave today for my first weekend retreat with my new youth group at First United Methodist. This is a timely moment to reflect on my most pathetic attempt at leadership. In the fall of 1995 - only a couple of months into my first youth ministry position - one of my youth staff encour... More About: History , Trip , Backpacking
2) How not to Offend an Entire Congregation
2007-09-09 21:51:00 The second to the worst blunder I've made as a youth pastor happened just a couple weeks into my first paid youth ministry position. I was serving a Southern Baptist church in a very rural community in central Kentucky between Harrodsburg and Versailles called Salvisa. If you've been to this part of... More About: Entire , Greg , Offend , Congregation , Tire
3) How not to do wilderness-based pre-marital counseling
2007-09-07 06:00:00 Just two years ago I had the privilege of marrying a previous student to his fiancee. Both of them claimed to be lovers of the outdoors and, since I always require some degree of pre-marital counseling, we decided it would be a great idea to do the pre-stuff in the Dolly Sods wilderness.&... More About: Wilderness , Base , To Do , Derne
4) How not to begin a youth trip
2007-09-03 06:43:00 It's time for the next installment of the "How not to do youth ministry" series. My fourth to the worst true scenario happened just a few years ago. I have a real heart for tough to reach kids, and had managed to work my way into a network of local teens that were deeply troubl... More About: Youth , Trip
A Name for the Blog: The Over-Educated Youth Pastor
2007-08-31 14:29:00 I am going to interrupt my series of true worst case scenarios on youth trips (the next episode will involve police, parents, and frosties!) to claim a name for my blog. My personal name just wasn't cutting it as a title since it is relatively unknown. I have made a name for my... More About: Youth , Blog , Duca , The O , Pastor
5) How Not To Prepare a Rite of Passage Trip
2007-08-28 16:17:00 This morning I woke up around 4am, spent some time reading and reflecting, then went out for a jog. As I left the house I discovered two neighbors sitting on a porch staring up at the sky. I looked up to see a brilliant lunar eclipse - something I have not personally viewed in years.&nbs... More About: Trip , Pare , Prep
How Not to Do Youth Ministry
2007-08-27 04:37:00 Since I have been preparing my return to youth ministry, I have been reflecting upon some of the best and worst moments in my previous career. When I stepped out of the role two years ago, I had come to the conclusion that I was as much an expert in how "not"... More About: Youth , Ministry , Youth Ministry , To Do
Chapter Endings
More articles from this author:2007-08-24 13:58:00 I tend to be reading three or four books at any one time. I have one in the bedroom, one in the office, and one in each bathroom. I think this is reflective of my multi-tasking nature in general. In my life I also tend to have a few major chapters of my life being written at the sa... More About: Endings , Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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