Youth Ministry vs Student Ministry

• If you could change one thing about youth ministry, what would it be?

If I could Change one thing about youth ministers is I would have YM stop calling teens “students”, because that relates teens to what they know about school. In Youth Group they should be seen as whole people who have a life outside of academic success. To call them students narrows them down to their scholastic identity. Church should be an institution that sees them as all that they are. There are a lot of kids that have dropped out of school and therefore lost there identity in Church as well! Our Public language should be Teens or Youth. If someone’s job is to legitimately work with youth in school then they are student ministers, outside of that, why would they be titled that? I don’t care what they want to be called, they shouldn’t be called students, it is collaborating with the motto of don’t fail, and they don’t need that from the church.

WooHoos

Katie is glad the TAKs is over, she got her 90s project done and her dissection of Cedric the frog was amazing
Morgan had a great birthday and got new books and makeup
John is glad the TAKs are done and he won his lacrosse game
Hayley is glad TAKs are over
Esther is glad the TAKs are over and went to the folk festival and a movie
Ellen made the yearbook staff and made a 94 in math
Grayson got a new phone, his permit to drive, the TAKs are over and there are 21 days of school left
Logan is glad the TAKs are over
Mason is just happy to be alive at this point
Ms. Tamara enjoyed her day off
Paul is glad the TAKs are over
Lexie is on a good basketball team and is looking forward to band banquet
Liz the elder is looking forward to prom, got a new job and is looking forward to band banquet
Greg is glad the SATs are over
Baker is glad some tests are over with, and is looking forward to prom, and the band banquet
Courtney enjoyed Kanye West
Ms. Donna is glad Mr. Stoney will be coming home for a visit
Audrey went to the folk festival and is glad that her step dad is here for a visit
Molly is happy she got to see her favorite nephew!

Prayers

Triathlon families
Morgan's grandmother
HS drama
Ellen's friend who got bitten by a dog
Hayley's friend
John's grandmother
seniors
Logan's grandmother's friend
Paul's grandmother
AP tests
friends
house
biology
prom
Oak Ridge family whose teen died
Baker's friend's dad
safe travel
exams

Prayers

school
guidance
Spanish club
moms
parents
Morgan's grandmother
Katy's dog
Jardin's friend
travel
Kaitlin
AP tests
TAKS
patience
stress

WooHoos - The Catch Up Edition

Morgan went to a lock in at Main Event and got straight As on her progress report
Jardin made an A on her art history test
Claire had a less stressful week and sewed a dress
Audrey is going to see Sweeney Todd
Greg's classes are going well and Katie made brownies
Hayley went to a birthday party
Gavin made a 100 in math
Emily got to pet a new foal
Esther made a 87 in algebra, her pre UIL went well and she went to Genghis Grill
Katie made straight A's on her progress report, taught a song to the choir and made 100 in German
Ms. Tracey went camping
Elizabeth went to her grandmothers and had a birthday and the braces should be off soon
Ms. Donna made her Cursillo
Meredith got some sleep
Adam had a good weekend
Will had no homework over the weekend and composed some new music
Baker is done with the physics project and his sister's surgery went well
Ellen made 102 in history and making all As in the trimester

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Prayers

stupid teenagers
patience
Audrey's knee
Baker's sister
prom drama
Esther's aunt
Good Shepherd, Tomball
Ms. Donna's husband who is travelling