tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19694691.post8687108695176557170..comments2023-10-29T08:54:54.033-04:00Comments on The Rookie Youth Worker: It's one of the things I've always fearedIsaac, The Rookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04904593533899279754noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19694691.post-57397846489669650192007-10-03T21:45:00.000-04:002007-10-03T21:45:00.000-04:00I'm not sure I approve of my acting skills getting...I'm not sure I approve of my acting skills getting knocked on, ;-) but thanks for the boost! It is one of the things we'll be working through in a small group series in the next little while. <BR/><BR/>Ironically, the student who said this to me doesn't stick around long enough at our Bible studies to hear the stories I tell about real life during my teaching time at the end to hear how much I Isaac, The Rookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04904593533899279754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19694691.post-68827584137338530812007-10-03T21:23:00.000-04:002007-10-03T21:23:00.000-04:00Isaac, unless your skills have improved by several...Isaac, unless your skills have improved by several orders of magnitude over the past few years, you're just not a good enough actor to sustain that level of enthusiasm over such a long time unless it was fundamentally real. <BR/><BR/>Quite possibly no one is that<BR/>good an actor. <BR/><BR/>If a person were that good an actor, would he or she be working as a youth worker for a youth worker's payAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19694691.post-7986752600612401082007-09-28T17:37:00.000-04:002007-09-28T17:37:00.000-04:00that was a venting... man... I am starting to feel...that was a venting... man... I am starting to feel really guilty about my rants...<BR/><BR/>If you can... visit my blog and answer my question about cliques...<BR/><BR/>ty... youthministryblog brother.Lancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18278075437824387557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19694691.post-22224183051188390342007-09-26T18:28:00.000-04:002007-09-26T18:28:00.000-04:00Thanks for hearing me vent on this one; I spent th...Thanks for hearing me vent on this one; I spent this afternoon sorting out sports schedules my kids sent me this week, so I'm much more aware of how kids see me outside the church, but hearing someone say flat out what that student said to me was really tough. Thanks for hearing me out!Isaac, The Rookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04904593533899279754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19694691.post-55431403848797837612007-09-26T17:16:00.000-04:002007-09-26T17:16:00.000-04:00Biblically there is definetly support for being pa...Biblically there is definetly support for being paid for ministry, 1 Corinthians 8 or 9. As far as working with youth and credibility are concerned spending down time with them during youth functions, spending time with them outside of church like attending non-church functions, and talking to them about your life all help give them impresions of what you are like outside of church and will help Eric Soardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03709132164970836806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19694691.post-91333550833729981152007-09-24T10:54:00.000-04:002007-09-24T10:54:00.000-04:00It's okay to get paid to do what you love. Sure, ...It's okay to get paid to do what you love. Sure, volunteering is the ultimate nobility, but we all have bills. Since I just started a job that I really enjoy I guess I have spent some time thinking about this. It's not really work in the classic sense to me anymore. I like what I'm doing it. I probably would volunteer a little in this type of work if I was not getting paid, but only if I Estherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04892778181543416624noreply@blogger.com