Archive for 'Mental Toughness'

Youth Pastorate 201:  Protecting Yourself From the Doctrine Dogs

Youth Pastorate 201: Protecting Yourself From the Doctrine Dogs

Posted on05. Jan, 2010 by Jeremy Zach.

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Theologically trash talking among other trained youth pastors can be fun, but one needs to be careful and mindful. It doesn’t matter if a youth pastor is a fundamentalist, hippie, Pentecostal, legalistic, compromisers, sinner, left wing liberal, tattoo artist, and/or religious; you are going to get doctrinally attacked at some point in your youth ministry career.

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Students Making Fun of Their Youth Pastor

Posted on15. Oct, 2009 by Jeremy Zach.

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Generally, a Youth Pastor works with a lot of different students. A Youth Pastor may work with a student who is: shy, creative, vocal, cynical, smart, naive, sarcastic, bold, confronting, depressed, lonely, dumb, hilarious, emo, skater, surfer, conservative, liberal, high personality, band nerd, athlete, low personality, etc… The beauty about working with many students is [...]

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The Longevity of Youth Pastors

The Longevity of Youth Pastors

Posted on27. Sep, 2009 by Jeremy Zach.

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It is my goal to be a youth ministry lifer. This Fall I am entering my 7th year of youth ministry and I hope I have many more successful years of youth ministry. I attended this open space because I wanted to learn and listen to veteran youth pastors about how to best endure youth ministry vocational hardships.

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Pre- Youth Group Funk

Pre- Youth Group Funk

Posted on04. Sep, 2009 by Jeremy Zach.

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1 hour before youth group, I go into this weird doubting funk.

Do any of you other youth pastors experience this funk-depression like symptoms right before youth group?

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How To Be A Superhero Youth Pastor/Youth Worker

How To Be A Superhero Youth Pastor/Youth Worker

Posted on30. Jun, 2009 by Jeremy Zach.

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Don’t you wish you could use your superhero (aka supernatural) powers to get the youth ministry job done with high efficiency and productivity?

Kicking butt in youth ministry is difficult.

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