What voices are you listening to?
* We have many voices that we listen to… complainers, angry parents, disgruntled pastors…who are you listening to?
* We need to hear the voice of Jesus
* There is something powerful about having a rare voice speak into your life.
* It is difficult to find the “helpful” voice in the midst of the “common” voice.
* I believe that youth workers are becoming puppets orchestrated by common voices instead of being led by the rare voice of Jesus.
* I believe there are 4 things teenagers are looking for…
* Teenagers are looking for relationships
* Teenagers are looking to be amazed
* We cannot compete with culture.
* We try to make Jesus amazing. He doesn’t need our help. Jesus IS amazing!
* People were amazed when they got around Jesus. Let students stumble on to this amazing Jesus.
* Teenagers are looking to do something radical
* Teenagers are looking for healing for their hurts
* Youth Ministry is about calling students to commit to a body
* Jesus is not a long distance savior. He is the Jesus who said “let the children come unto me.”
* Jesus is R.A.R.E: relationships, amazing, radical, empathy
* Jesus has a transformational voice. I don’t want you to miss it.
This post contains my notes from the general session at the Simply Youth Ministry Conference.