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What is the most valuable way you can spend your time in youth ministry?

I've been thinking about this recently (even blogged about it last night). How would you answer that question?

The follow-up question then is this: How much time do you give to that task in comparison to all the other things in youth ministry?

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0 Votes Honestly ! Wow. Looks like everyone answering is fulltime youth pastors in a church. Much different in my ministry 1. Prayer. For students lives 2. Strategize. Where are we going next and How 3. Execute Get infront of the Students and build relationships with them in thier worlds. 4. Follow up Myspace, texts, facebook, out to lunch 5. Start over again by STORM 3 years ago by STORM 3 years ago
0 Votes I set the middle school ministry up and every student knows exactly what needs to happen in our ministry to survive. How I set my ministry in motion, simple we are following Jesus example of His ministry. And that is "Serving others". Majority of my time is Serving my ministry with Students and their parents outside of church. 95% of my ministry is serving others outside of my church and their families. by NickD 3 years ago by NickD 3 years ago
0 Votes I am going to give a very non spiritual answer, I say the most valuable way I can spend my time is to spend time with my youth. Because teens spell care, TIME. by PastorE... 3 years ago by PastorEugene 3 years ago
0 Votes Hands down the most valuable thing you can do in ministry is develop disciples who make disciples! There are lots of other things you do which ultimately help you do that and context become pretty important at that point. by John Byrne 3 years ago by John Byrne 3 years ago
0 Votes Praying with people. And not enough, are the answers. by caughtn... 3 years ago by caughtnottaught 3 years ago
0 Votes most valuable way I can spend my time is connecting with God and with people. Just as you most likely would assume, i wish i could say i did that more than prep work and "other duties as assigned" by pjwong 3 years ago by pjwong 3 years ago
0 Votes I don't know that I can answer that for two reasons (but I will in a minute). 1 - There are probably a bunch of equally important things for different reasons (personal spiritual life, training leaders, spending time with students) 2 - I read your list and disagree with you fairly strongly on some of those things...because my ministry context is different. If I was where you were, I'd probably feel more similar. Here, it's a little different. But, I think the thing I would want to spend the most time on, but don't (besides personal spiritual development) is training leaders and pouring as much as I can into them, doing whatever I can for them. They're going to create exponential ministry and life change. by Adam 3 years ago by Adam 3 years ago

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Honestly ! Wow. Looks like everyone answering is fulltime youth pastors in a church. Much different in my ministry

1. Prayer.
For students lives
2. Strategize.
Where are we going next and How
3. Execute
Get infront of the Students and build
relationships with them in thier worlds.
4. Follow up
Myspace, texts, facebook, out to lunch
5. Start over again

STORM

3 years ago

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I set the middle school ministry up and every student knows exactly what needs to happen in our ministry to survive.

How I set my ministry in motion, simple we are following Jesus example of His ministry. And that is "Serving others". Majority of my time is Serving my ministry with Students and their parents outside of church.

95% of my ministry is serving others outside of my church and their families.

NickD

3 years ago

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I am going to give a very non spiritual answer, I say the most valuable way I can spend my time is to spend time with my youth. Because teens spell care, TIME.

PastorE...

3 years ago

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Hands down the most valuable thing you can do in ministry is develop disciples who make disciples!

There are lots of other things you do which ultimately help you do that and context become pretty important at that point.

John Byrne

3 years ago

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Praying with people. And not enough, are the answers.

caughtn...

3 years ago

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most valuable way I can spend my time is connecting with God and with people.

Just as you most likely would assume, i wish i could say i did that more than prep work and "other duties as assigned"

pjwong

3 years ago

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I don't know that I can answer that for two reasons (but I will in a minute).

1 - There are probably a bunch of equally important things for different reasons (personal spiritual life, training leaders, spending time with students)

2 - I read your list and disagree with you fairly strongly on some of those things...because my ministry context is different. If I was where you were, I'd probably feel more similar. Here, it's a little different.

But, I think the thing I would want to spend the most time on, but don't (besides personal spiritual development) is training leaders and pouring as much as I can into them, doing whatever I can for them. They're going to create exponential ministry and life change.

Adam

3 years ago

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