Today I am planning for Element! There is so much that goes into youth pastoring, the stuff that no one ever see's, besides those closest to you.
Today I am trying to figure out how to disciple students. It is not always easy. I am going to give you a glimpse into what is on my mind today. If you have any tips or advice, I welcome it!
1. I want to start managing my time better.
• Get better Rest/Exercise
• Put my relationship with Christ #1
• Make time for the LOST
• Make prayer an absolute must
• Take time out for Relaxing/friends/social life/thinking/Doing what I love
2. I want to start walking in faith!
• Actively believing for flat out miracles in students lives. (Freedom from drugs, addiction, redemption in broken families)
• Begin to think risky. Be willing to do “Untraditional Things” with my life personally and as a Pastor.
• Wait/Trust in God. (For a move of God in myself, in Element, with my future/ bringing along my husband, etc.)
3. I want to begin to DREAM Big Again.
• I want to do what has never been done before.
• See God do the impossible and laugh in Satan’s face!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Coffee shop????
• Radical new discipleship???
• What to do with all the time I put into Liberty? Can I find a better job to lead me to a better avenue to reach Willard? Start a coffee shop?????
• Or do I need to keep my Liberty job and just believe God to open doors despite 40 hrs being given to my job?
4. Be creative!
• How can we make Element different?
• A place where God is free to move?
• Not stiff in a schedule service and structure. Yes we will be structured, but not so structured that God can’t mess up our service.
• How do we begin to truly disciple these not so “unchurched” students anymore?
• How do we disciple students who are still very much living “IN SIN” outside of Element? How do we help them get free from sin?
• How do we engage the guys in Willard?
• How do we grow? By sending out students out to be our greatest promoters!
• How do we manage what we have and help students grow deeply in love with God?
Service:
• Pre-Service Prayer
• Creativity in Presentation. (Video/skits/energy/serious/drama???????)
• Worship—how do we make it not routine???
• Sermon—How I present it??? (Change/random/entertaining, but in purpose not to entertain….but teach students how to love God.
• Altar Time—How do we keep if fresh—keep students connecting with God?
Outside of Service:
• Develop discipleship. (One-on-One/Group? Small groups, but where?)
• Mentoring Program—Teach leaders how to mentor students
• Develop relationships—Focus more on beings strategic about “LIVING LIFE” with students!
Thoughts:
• Do more sermon series focus, with discipleship follow up????
• Be Ahead of schedule/with videos/service ideas.
• Hang out with at least one student a week outside of Element Service
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