I believe every healthy ministry goes through two cyclical phases: growth and reinforcement. Growth is a ministry’s development (this can be measured in size, maturity, works, leadership, etc.) Reinforcement is when a ministry fortifies itself to handle its growth (programs, new procedures and systems, etc.) These cyclical phases can be over the span of weeks, [...]
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My Chainging Expectations
December 15th, 2010 
joshherndon My life looks vastly different than it did 6 months ago. The big changes are: I’m bivocational– working both as a teacher (4 classes a day) and a youth pastor (20 hours a week). I’m also a dad-t0-be, giving me some more responsibilities. I was thinking of these life changes and have witnessed my expectations [...]
Rethinking Student Leadership
June 1st, 2010 joshherndon After confessing that our youth ministry doesn’t have an “official” student leadership team, my friend Tom commented an interesting thought: At the 19 month mark, I think you’ve pretty much proven the student leadership team is unnecessary. Maybe it’s important for some ministers, but your ministry style goes deeper. You look for personal strengths in [...]
Top Posts of May 2010
June 1st, 2010 joshherndon If you haven’t heard from my tweets, I’ve been at a family wedding for the past week in Cape Cod, Massachusetts! Hence, a week-long hiatus of blog posts. I try to blog daily, so being away for this long has been hard, honestly. I’ll be back in California tomorrow, but for now here’s my top 10 [...]
When the Youth Pastor Can't Be at Youth Group (God, help us all)
March 23rd, 2010 joshherndon One of the bigger challenges of leading a smaller youth ministry is the significance of my attendance. The first time I was absent from our youth service I asked my senior pastor to speak: •Six kids showed up •The adult leaders couldn’t setup the sound system •One of our student leaders went to the hospital [...]