![]() ![]() The offer itself may help parents feel safer entrusting you with their kids. (Just because they don’t ask doesn’t mean they don’t want to help.)Ĭreate a list of ways parents can get involved-without annoying their kids-and when you meet parents, let them know they can help if they want to. ![]() Parents may not know what you’re doing or what it takes to pull it off, which makes it easy for them to assume they have nothing to offer. If you don’t ask parents for help, you’re missing out on a valuable opportunity to develop relationships with them-not to mention free labor. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith if it is serving, then serve if it is teaching, then teach if it is to encourage, then give encouragement if it is giving, then give generously if it is to lead, do it diligently if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully.”-Romans 12:6–8 (NIV) “We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. Even parents who aren’t particularly involved in the lives of their kids will notice if you make a point of keeping them in the loop.ĭon’t let kids tell you they can go to an event or spend time with you until you know they’ve asked their parents. Who, what, where, when, how, and why are all details a teenager may forget to pass along to their parents-they can even forget when they need their parents to drive them to your event.ĭespite kids’ constant battle for independence, parents are ultimately the decision makers. One of the biggest ways you can earn a parent’s trust is to keep them informed about everything that’s going on. Bad relationships with parents cripple your ministry by cutting off your access to the youth you’re discipling. When you work with kids, your relationships with their parents can make or break your ministry. “Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.” -Luke 16:10 (NIV) Building relationships with parents Win trust in small ways Here are 28 Bible verses on some of the responsibilities of a youth pastor: 1. You won’t find the title mentioned in the Bible, but Scripture still has a lot to say to youth pastors. The challenges of pastoral ministry take new shapes in relationships with kids, and as a result, being a youth pastor requires some unique qualities. Youth pastors are called to share the gospel on that road, walking with kids through some of life’s biggest hurdles. For many teenagers, the road from adolescence to adulthood is paved with depression, abuse, inadequacy, uncertainty, peer pressure, sex, and a world of temptation that parents often struggle to understand. ![]()
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