Introducing Generation to Generation
I’m happy to announce a new series of blog posts by Matt Reynolds and Steven Orel. For each of the next 10 weeks they will be writing from the volunteer perspective about a variety of topics. I look forward to their insights!
Steven Orel and Matt Reynolds are both on the staff of the Security Ministry at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California and also are Student Ministry volunteer leaders at Saddleback, as well as being great friends.
Steven leads a Junior High group and Matt leads a high school group. The two of them have discovered that by combining their ideas on their roles in the Student Ministry, the results can be amazing. Both of them have a unique way of turning the talents that God has given them into ways of growing students in their walk with God. By combining the thoughts and actions of the two generations that each of them is a part of, they have found that the old ways, when mixed with new ideas, can lead to amazing change in students.
Here’s the heart behind their 10-week series:
If you want to be an effective, and I mean a really effective, student group leader you need to be an example for your students; not just some of the time, all of the time. Students look to you for leadership and will emulate your traits, words, deeds and actions. We all slip up sometimes (after all, we’re not perfect), but there are ways to correct a slip-up in front of your students. The Bible tells us in Romans 2:20-21, “You think you can instruct the ignorant and teach children the ways of God. For you are certain that God’s law gives you complete knowledge and truth. Well then, if you teach others, why don’t you teach yourself?” So first off, it’s biblical; God tells us that we can’t lead students if we ourselves are not living a life that is a good example to them.
For the next 10 weeks, we’ll be talking about different ways that we, as leaders, can effectively be examples to our students. These topics range from relationships to being active in a small group. All of these topics are nuggets every leader can apply to his or her life. It’s our hope that you’ll check back to see what next week’s topic is, and that you can apply what we’ve learned in your own life as a fellow volunteer youth worker.
 matt@volunteeryouthministry.com |
 steven@volunteeryouthministry.com |
Two ways for youth workers to get published on VolunteerYouthMinistry.com: Paid youth workers can submit piece to the monthly column called My3. Volunteer youth workers can always submit tips, illustrations and learnings from your experiences as a youth worker. Please submit materials by clicking here. The concept behind this blog is for volunteer youth workers to share ideas with each other. I hope you’ll consider adding your insights to the community!
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