AllStar Bloopers from AllStar Youth Leaders,New

From the Back CoverLearn from youth ministry's finest that there is life after ministry foibles, flops, frustrations, and failures!Here's your chance to learn that failure need not be fatal to your ministry. Some of the most successful youth misery...oops, youth ministry leaders of our time share some of their biggest faux pas and what they learned from them, so you can learn from them too (and have a laugh)! You'll come away feeling better about your own 'mistakes'and uniquely inspired, energized and confident in your ministry!This book includes 50 reallife, amazingbuttruebutaren'tyougladthiswasn'tyou accounts that will help you grapple with important areas of ministry like:*discipline*delegation*not tying your ego with results*making your group a safe and welcoming place for kids*staying above even the appearance of evil*balancing spiritual depth with big numbers ministry*...and many more!Be encouraged and build yourself up today with AllStar Bloopers From AllStar Youth Leaders!Product DescriptionAnyone who works in youth ministry will be entertained, energized and inspired as they read accounts of the most respected youth ministry leaders of our time sharing their biggest youth ministry faux pas and what they learned from them. They'll learn priceless ministry insights from Ron Luce, Monty Hipp, Duffy Robbins, Tony Campolo, Thom Schultz, Steve Munds and many others!About the AuthorLarry Acosta is president of Hispanic Ministry Center and KIDWORKS. When he was about ten, Larry went to a county fair with friends who each stole grab bags from a booth. 'I went last because I knew it was wrong, and I'm the one who got caught,' says Larry, who says that experience scared him.25, 92).Jeff Baxter is a speaker for Kingdom Building Ministries, and is a youth worker in Greenwood, Indiana. Entering high school, Jeff was a strapping 4 feet, 10 inches. While that doesn't qualify as a mistake, it apparently felt like one (p. 59).Bryan Belknap, a former campus minister, is the Mind Over Media editor at youthministry.com. His biggest mistake as a child? 'Having my hair feathered and longin junior high.' Say no more. Bryan also wrote Group's BlockBuster Movie Illustrations (p. 67).Anthony 'Tony' Campolo is an author, speaker, and founder of the Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education. We caught up with him long enough to find out about a youth ministry gaffe; we didn't push it for a story about something he did as a child (p. 16).Les Christie is chair of the youth ministry department at San Jose Christian College and a prolific author. He's been in youth ministry for thirtyfour years. Les and his younger sister are now best friends, but, when they were children, Les convinced his sister she could float off the garage roof by holding umbrellas (pp. 11, 20, 52, 77, 101).Lyman Coleman has been painting outside the lines in youth ministry for forty years as a youth leader, trainer, teller of stories, dreamer of dreams, and teller of truth. Yet this man who found ways to connect the youth culture with the church was straightlaced as a child. 'I sort of wish I'd acted up more when I was young so I wouldn't have had to get it out of my system in my twenties,' he says (p. 64).John Cutshall is an author, former Bible college dean, and longterm youth worker who's currently serving a church in Illinois. He remembers that, while receiving a spanking as a child, the yardstick his mother was using broke. 'And I laughed,' he says regretfully (pp. 44, 62, 95).Ken Davis is president of Dynamic Communications International, a bestselling author, featured speaker for Promise Keepers, and a frequent Focus on the Family guest. While in high school English class studying Shakespeare's Macbeth, Ken and his classmates came upon the line, 'Out, damned spot! Out, I say! 'I raised my hand and suggested several other adjectives that could be dropped in there,' he remembers. 'I got in a lot of trouble over that