Just A Guy Named Dave

Mending Misconceptions in the Menno Mecca of Manitoba

Friday, March 24, 2006

I guess I don’t really have anything profound to say about the trip. It was simply encouraging to see old friends again, chat about the ups and downs of ministry, offer few pieces encouragement and mostly just be encouraged myself.

I was given a renewed hope for how Youth Pastors are being treated. I guess I had some presupposition and misgivings as I was heading into good ol’ southern Manitoba Menno towns. I thought I was going to run into all kinds of political garbage and was going to be used to encourage a couple of weary youth pastors. What I found was that these guys really didn’t need a whole lot of encouragement. The truth is they are being treated really well.

This got me thinking - If all of these YP’s are planning to stick around for a while and are being treated so well, is it actually true that Youth Pastors only stick in a church for 6-18 months? (I’ve heard and repeated the whole range stats myself.) So, I did what any curious person would do - I punched it in a google search and I found a very interesting article on the subject found on the Youth Specialties website entitled "Staying Power When the Door Looks Soooo Good"

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