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7 Ways to Take Care of Your Soul (So You Don’t Burn Out and Start a Llama Farm Instead)
Thursday, 27 February 2025
Youth workers, let’s be real for a second. Ministry is amazing, but it’s also exhausting. Between late-night texts from students, last-minute sermon rewrites, and somehow always being in charge of stacking chairs, it’s easy to run on empty. But here’s the truth: you can’t pour into others if your own soul is running on fumes.
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The Youth Worker Exodus
Thursday, 30 March 2023
According to a recent study, the average stay at a church in America is about four years for the senior pastor but only 2.5 years for the youth pastor. Including unpaid volunteer youth workers is down to 16-18 months. Think about high school students. They are there for 4 years and could possibly have 3
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