by Andrew Edwards | Jun 13, 2018 | YP Fails
My worst fail was not youth-ministry-related, but it did happen in church. It involved an advent candle I forgot to blow out that led to a fire that burned part of the stage and caused the church to smell like smoke for a month. Let’s just say I haven’t lived that one...
by Ryan Brown | Apr 11, 2018 | YP Fails
Many youth workers speak sarcasm as a second language. I know because I’m one of them, as are most of the youth workers I have met. If you find yourself in that group, you know it can get you into some trouble in a ministry setting. The line, “Sorry, that was...
by Melissa Lee | Oct 2, 2017 | YP Fails
Hi there, Melissa Lee here to share with you a time I have failed in youth ministry. I am all for vulnerability but I have to admit it took me awhile to come up with something for this post. Most of my youth leader failures are times that I truly, truly failed and it...
by Tim Levert | May 16, 2017 | YP Fails
In honor of everyone else’s brilliance, we thought it might be fun to share the most un-brilliant things we’ve done in youth ministry. We’re limiting the list to 10, but we could easily turn this into a multi-part series. Heck, we might even be able to categorize by...
by Adam Greenwell | Apr 17, 2017 | YP Fails
My Fail… You know, at the time I blamed the adults in the “big church.” Back then, I would never have imagined calling this a failure but it was and the implications were something that in my immaturity I could not fathom. I loved wearing the persona and meeting the...
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