Over the course of the last few months I have felt God directing me to look at becoming a Sr. Pastor of a church. However I know the Pastor Search is a difficult one. Trust me this was never in my though process and I never had any desire to ever become a Sr. Pastor. However I also can’t deny when God appears to be working in my life. After the counsel of several close friends telling me that I should at least consider the option of a Sr. Pastor I decided to jump in. I have sent my resume out to a few churches and have had some churches interested in me but they were not a good fit. If you know of a church looking for a Pastor and would like to pass along my resume you can find it here or by just clicking on Pastor Resume on the right side of this site. You may also feel free to download the resume and jut check it out to see how I have put it together. Trust me I am no expert but feel free to use my resume for a guide if you would like.
I was recently checking my stats on google and I was floored that I have had around 68 hits last month for people just searching for youth pastor resume. So I went to google and typed in youth pastor resume and was surprised to see that my site landed number 8 on the first page. Wow that is cool. Apparently there are some people looking for help with their resumes. If you ever want to talk about your resume or would like some help please feel free to send me an email. If you have any questions about ministry and would like to ask me I would love to talk with you. Well if you want to check out my youth pastor resume you can check it out here feel free to download it and check it out. Use it as a guide or whatever you want.
I admit that I rarely allow discouragement to get the better of me. I typically am the type of person that allows most things to roll off my back and then move on. God has allowed me to go through alot of challenges in my life and in ministry but I can’t think of a time where I have been more discouraged. I understand and realize that God is definitely in control of all things and I suppose sometimes that is where discouragement seems to set in. Because in the reality of everything I am in control of nothing. It seems that lately I have been continually reminded of this. God has continued to teach me humility and sometimes that daily prayer that I say “God reveal in me those things that are not of You” just gets harder and harder. There are days I don’t want to say it but I continually am confronted with those thing that are not of God that are in my life.
I am so thankful that God has given me the opportunity to intern at making and I am doing one of the things that I love most which is ministering with students. I have had the opportunity to speak on Wednesdays and Sundays and it has been awesome sometimes to see the teens response the word of God. I have had numerous teens come and counsel with me after a message and tell me what God has spoken to them. In addition I have had adults do the same thing. God has truly blessed. However I know that God has called me to full time Christian Service and I guess that is where the discouragement comes in.
I t is so hard to know that God has called you to something and yet feel like you are not doing what God has called you to do. For the first time in my life I have questioned what God has called me to do. I know God has called me but I suppose it is hard when you sit back and you wait on Gods plan to unfold. So often we want things to happen so fast.
I have given my life to christian service. In the last 14 years I have served in two churches and have seen numerous teens come to know Christ as savior. I have seen numerous teens be baptized, and have seen numerous teens live out there faith. I pray that I have effected lives in ways that I will never know and I pray that God has somehow used me to change peoples lives forever. However I continue to find myself asking God “what about now God” God amI done? God are my days of full time ministry over? Have I done all that you wanted me to accomplish in full time ministry? I feel the answer comes back no that God has more for me. Oh but it is so hard when you cannot see it. This is just how I feel.
I recently was talking with a pastor and this question was asked of me.  We had talked for quite awhile and he then stopped me and asked me so why do you still want to be a Youth Pastor.  The answer for me was actually simple.  Here was my response.  ”Because God called me to be a Youth Pastor.”Â
In my years of being a Youth Pastor I have seen many use youth ministry as a stepping stone into something bigger. Â Often times they may have what they feel is a good reason for this. Â However, does God call us to use one ministry as a mere stepping stone into another. Â Why do we seem so often to want to climb the career ladder in church? Â Always wanting to move to the bigger or “better” church. Â
I must confess youth ministry is often difficult.  It is hard to juggle everything that we must do in addition in having to deal with church life.  However I believe God allows us to go through things to only make us stronger and more moldable in his hands.