Friday, January 29, 2010

youth ministries congres notes... day 1

"Leaders must model what they want to see in their ministry"

Matthew 10: 24-25- a students is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. It is enough for the student to be like his teacher, and the servant to be like his master, if the head of the house has been called beelzebub, how much more the members of his household.

a leader must go duck hunting...

not in the original sense of hunting with a rifle, boat and a dog... but we need to aim small miss small at students, we cannot worry about the ducks(students) we miss, we need to be thankful for the ones we get!

what direction is your ministry going?

is your ministry moving like a river? In one direction all going towards a single cause.

OR...

is your ministry like a flood? going all over the place, destroying everything in its path?

this generation doesnt want to grow up...

7 reasons for this phenomenon
- video games make them lazy
- damaging parental styles
- too many prescription drugs
- the media... tv, movies, music
- endocrine distruptors, testosterone in teens is half of that of men 2 generations ago.
- teaching methods- we arent culturally relevant
- affluence and social liberation

the paradox?
- biological teens are advanced
- cognitive teens are advanced
- socially teens are advanced
- emotionally teens are behind

the greatest needs for this generation?
- emotional intelligence
- Character development
- leadership perspective

Day one was awesome... Ill post day 2 tomorrow and day 3 on sunday or monday... cant wait for our worship set tonight!

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