After 20 years..
These are a fantastic group of young people and they have my heart. I have been involved in leading youth ministry for the last 22 years. I pretty much went from being a student in the youth program to helping to lead the youth program and while I always thought I had other plans in life - God ushered me into the world of youth. He led me from one church to other churches where teenagers were my focus. I thought I would fit better in any other role.... I simply wasn't cool enough, or loud enough or funny enough or heck - even tall enough! (My youth pastor growing up was over 6 feet tall.. ) I had lots of reasons why I shouldn't have been leading youth. Yet, God. Yet, God saw it fit for me to build relationships with students and to give me a heart for wanting young people to know how much God loved them. And although I was never a big crowd, number growing kind of youth pastor, I know that God used me in the lives of teenage...