Believe me, I know I don’t have it all together when it comes to student ministry…or anything else.  But I do like to talk to other youth pastors a lot and ask them not only WHAT they are teaching their students, but I’m also wanting to hear HOW they are teaching their students.  Content is not the only key when it comes to preaching and teaching, but delivery is very important as well. 

I had a very close friend of mine contact me the other day who is a new youth pastor at his church.  He emailed me the lesson that he was preparing for his teenagers, and he warned me that it wouldn’t be as deep as what we do in our student ministry because his students weren’t yet ready for the depth.  After reading over what he had prepared for his students, I could tell that his preparation time took hours of study, hours of planning, and it would have taken me hours to teach everything he had down on his sermon notes!  Continue reading →