Jeremy Smith recently blogged on Five Keys to Being Professional in Youth Ministry for youthmin.org. Check it out. In it he discusses:
> Dress/Attire
> Time Management
> Understanding Levels of Leadership
> Learn To Delegate
> Long Term Planning
Check it out. Is there anything you would add? h/t Jack Regan
D. Scott Miller
D. Scott Miller is the dean of Catholic Youth Ministry bloggers which is a polite way of either saying that he is just plain old or has been blogging for a long time (since 2004.)
Scott recently married the lovely Anne and together they have five adult young people and also grandparent three delightful kids (so, maybe he is just plain old!) Scott presently serves at Saint John the Evangelist in Columbia, MD as the director of youth and young adult ministry.
He has previously served on the parish, regional, diocesan, and national levels as well as having taught within a catholic high school. He is one of the founders of RebuildMyChurch and has returned to posting regularly (keeping regular is important to old guys) at ProjectYM.
D. Scott Miller
D. Scott Miller is the dean of Catholic Youth Ministry bloggers which is a polite way of either saying that he is just plain old or has been blogging for a long time (since 2004.)
Scott recently married the lovely Anne and together they have five adult young people and also grandparent three delightful kids (so, maybe he is just plain old!) Scott presently serves at Saint John the Evangelist in Columbia, MD as the director of youth and young adult ministry.
He has previously served on the parish, regional, diocesan, and national levels as well as having taught within a catholic high school. He is one of the founders of RebuildMyChurch and has returned to posting regularly (keeping regular is important to old guys) at ProjectYM.
Jeremy Smith recently blogged on Five Keys to Being Professional in Youth Ministry for youthmin.org. Check it out. In it he discusses:
Maintain Healthy Boundaries–professional youth workers are able to build excellent rapport with young people, be influential in their lives and remain a healthy, holy adult.
Understand when Less is More–not all activity is good activity, being busy isn’t always being productive and that it is critical to plan down time for ones self, staff, volunteers AND young people for reflection, processing and integration of lessons learned, changes being considered, clarification of values, beliefs, “a call”, how to negotiate the many levels of relationships they have.
Understand the distinction between being a “Professional Minister” and “A Minister who acts professionally.” They understand that “Christian ministry” (service), while it has evolved in to a profession, originated from a “Ragamuffin” band of unlikely characters whose lives were a free response to Jesus’ love for them. They, like us, had to learn how to pray, how to encounter the Risen Christ in sacrament, solitude, and silence. I believe their “professionalism” was recognized then as “an authority unlike that of the Scribes and Pharisees.” Their presence, their comportment, and their words demanded attention because of WHO they knew, and HOW they were.