I have a confession to make…
I am really tired of youth ministry. Ok, so maybe I am not tired OF youth ministry. Maybe I am just tired of how youth ministry is being done. I’m not gonna get on top my soap box and judge youth ministries across the nation, but I will take a macroscopic look at the ministry that I have been at the captain of.
I am tired of it. I am tired of the same churched up kids. I am tired of apathetic Christianity. I want to make a difference. I want our students to make a difference. I have always envisioned schools turned upside down with the transforming power of Jesus Christ.
WHY ISN’T THIS HAPPENING?!?!?!?
The words of the old song go “if you can use anything Lord, you can use me.” Well… I throw down the gauntlet. I take this challenge to God. Isaiah 6:8. USE ME.
I don’t know where I am going much of the time. 11 years into youth ministry and many times I still feel like a baby taking their first step. I’ve been told I can speak well. But that doesn’t offset the MANY other things I DON’T do well. But THANK GOD this whole thing isn’t supposed to be about me anyway! But I digress…
I am TIRED of youth ministry. I am FED UP with youth groups. I want to reinvent what youth ministry looks like. I want to do something that has never been done in Denver, CO. I want to see teens getting saved EVERY WEEK.
I am sick of maintaining. I am sick of just “doing church.” I am weary from maintaining the “fish tank.” Lord!!!!! You have called me to be a Fisher of Men. So……. HOW DO WE DO A BETTER JOB CATCHING THEM????
I don’t know how youth ministry needs to be changed, but I am willing to see it through. It’s risky. It’s the unknown. But I’ve always been more comfortable there anyway 
With God, I want to reinvent the way youth ministry is being done at my church. I don’t know how to even start. God knows how this will roll. I just need to trust Him.
This I know… Red (theredexperience.com) has always stood for an unknown factor. The desire to brand something fresh and new and never-before-seen in this culture. I believe a piece of what Red will be known for is innovating youth ministry.
The message NEVER changes, but the methods must evolve. The only constant in life is change. We must embrace that as a youth ministry. Either evolve or become extinct.
