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Your best tip for your first 90 days in a ministry...
Compiled a pretty good list, but interested to see what people will throw out here.
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Study Scripture and pray. Don't make yourself unnecessarily busy. Be yourself. Lay out a vision for where you believe God wants your youth to be when they leave your ministry. Build on discipleship (choose a group of youth and adults that you can pour into, with the intent of them doing the same with others.) Set personal rules that you will live by to keep yourself beyond reproach (never alone with a girl that is not your wife, drinking or not drinking alcohol, etc.). Overly communicate so things are clear. |
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hopefully this was done in the interview process and it's a little trite but really....be yourself.....don't try to impress people by creating a new identity (because you're around people who don't know your history) that will set them up to expect from you later what you aren't going to be able/won't want to deliver.... just be who God made you to be |
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Pray & study scripture daily Link Details: 5 months ago
Absolutely agree with all the above. I would also add to create a schedule for yourself. You'll find your time can go many places - more than you can. Arrange to have X many hrs/wk for meetings, X many hrs/wk for students events, etc. Also, pick up "Purpose Driven Youth Ministry" by Doug Fields, "Youth Ministry 3.0" by Mark Oestreicher and "The Youth worker's guide to helping teenagers in crisis" Von Pelt and Hancock |
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Build your support team first. It doesn't matter how awesome your structure is, or your programs, or your teachings, or any of those other elements. Without a team in place they won't work. Identify the core of who you want working with you, share your vision with them, and take it from there. |
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