As time elapses sometimes you’ve got to change the win. By that, I mean redefine your goals in order to match the changing landscape of your ministry. When I started Central Student Ministries over 2 years ago, I had ideas of what I’d define as a win. Today, I can more accurately assess what’s important, [...]
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Changing the Win
November 23rd, 2010 
joshherndon 
Posted in Direction 
Tags: Central Student Ministries, dreaming, focus, Goals, Josh Herndon, organizational goals, vision casting 
No Comments »3 Conferences in 3 Weeks
October 27th, 2010 joshherndon Am I a teacher/youth pastor or what?! I am attending 3 conferences in 3 weeks: October 28: ACSI Teacher’s Convention November 5-6: NCNSM’s Youth Convention November 10-12: ACSI Student Leadership Convention Truth be told, I’m not a big conference guy (I can’t get over how much these keynote speakers make only to regurgitate their book). [...]
Posted in Leadership Tags: ACSI, conferences, Teachers convention Youth Convention, youth convention 1 Comment »Evaluating What I Spend My Time Doing [cutting out the fat]
October 11th, 2010 joshherndon Since becoming bivocational, my ministry responsibilities as a youth pastor have altered and the aspects of ministry I’m choosing to focus on has shifted greatly. I don’t have the luxury of putting together an immaculate youth service with lots of in-house videos, games, bells and whistles. I have (realistically) 5 hours a week of prep [...]
Top Posts: September 2010
October 1st, 2010 joshherndon Here’s the most viewed posts of September 2010. My Landlords are Better than Your Landlords My Treble Maker How Far Is Too Far? Heart of a Dreamer High School Dance = Spiritual Growth? Reaction from the Couch: 49ers 6, Seahawks 31 10 (Quick) Lessons Learned CSM 9/24/10 Review Saints 25, 49ers 22 I’m Proud to [...]
How Would You Rate Your Ministry’s Effectiveness?
September 30th, 2010 joshherndon A friend asked me a series of questions today on behalf of her Spiritual Life Committee’s questionnaire. The first of which was, “how would you rate your ministry’s effectiveness since it began?”. It’s a loaded question, obviously. So I thought to myself some measurements and benchmarks that would help me figure out where we stand [...]
Posted in Ministry Leadership Tags: Josh Herndon, ministry effectiveness, rating yourself No Comments »Heart of a Dreamer
September 29th, 2010 joshherndon A friend challenged me to make a list of people who have taught me to dream. I thought it was appropriate because, unless you surround yourself with dreamers you will find yourself dreamless. Futurists need other futurists or they’ll starve their natural gift to see what’s not there. So here’s three men that have taught [...]
My Sunday Morning Script
September 26th, 2010 joshherndon Every time there’s a new teenager that comes to Sunday service at church I have a little process I’ve found myself going through: Before service: Go up and introduce myself in a easy, non-threatening manner. If they respond in an engaging manner, I ask them some generic questions in order to make a connection. If [...]
Is Your Youth Ministry Helping Students Get Into College?
September 15th, 2010 joshherndon Is getting your students into college a part of your youth ministry outcomes? If not, it should be. Here’s why: Students can be shortsighted sometimes and it takes a person of influence (you) to help students see beyond today. They may not have someone in their lives pushing them towards college. Students with great aspirations [...]
Are Your Graphics Sending Mixed Messages?
September 11th, 2010 joshherndon My good friend, Brian drew up our graphic for our new discipleship training program, Central Seminary: It’s in the same style as our theme, “We Are The Movement”: When doing graphics for various departments or programs for any church or organization, it’s important to have coordinating colors, fonts, and feels. You build a consistent message [...]
When to Put a Personal Goal on Hold
September 8th, 2010 joshherndon I enrolled at Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary for my Masters of Divinity last fall. But being a full-time youth pastor I knew I couldn’t be a full-time student, so I made a goal for myself: to be enrolled in at least one seminary class every semester. I did so last year, taking Foundations of [...]