This happened quite a while ago, but it is possibly one of the funniest things that has ever happened to me with the teens, and I want to remember it. I also thought you'd enjoy hearing about it.
I'd been talking to the teens about sharing Jesus with their friends, and about taking every opportunity you can. I asked if anyone had done that this week.
One of my teens, Thomas, raised his hand and proceeded to tell me that he'd tried to share Jesus with a boy but the boy had run away from him.
I paused for a second and tried not to laugh at the image in my head, and said "well did you chase him?"
To this, Thomas said "No."
One of my other teens, Kris, looked at him and said "Thomas?" In that voice that every mom uses when she catches her kid in a lie...
Thomas lowered his head and said, "Yes... I chased him."
I don't know how Kris knew that... or even if he did... he might have just been messing around... but that is hands down one of the funniest moments of my ministry!
Welcome to my Blog!
I'm a youth pastor in Southern California at a Nazarene church. I've been serving here for about 4 years. We have a large youth group of around 100 teens from all different cultures and backgrounds.
We merged with a Spanish church in January of 07 and our youth groups are now ONE! As of a little more than a year ago, I am working with a co-youth pastor named Javier. If you want to know more about me, you can read my very first blog post here.
I started this blog as a way to remember the amazing things that happen in my everyday life in ministry... the hilarious things that my teens say and do, the joys and victories, and the life stories of the amazing teenagers that are the future of our church, and our world. But I am also glad when it brings encouragement and joy to others. Feel free to leave your comments and let me know you're reading!
I am so blessed to be here, I love my teens... they are my heart!
And by the way...
at our church...
we speak 5 languages!!!
English, Spanish, Korean, Chinese and Gypsy! :)
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