Tell Me But I Won’t Listen: How to deal with criticism
I’m only 29 which I consider young (if I’m in denial let me know) and because of my youth I still feel like I have a few things to prove….
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What I Learned From A Whole Week Of Middle School Work Camp
I’m both sad and happy that our Middle School Work Camp S*MILE has come to an end. I’m going to miss the teens from the other churches and I’ll miss…
Christopher Wesley
Aug 15, 2010
What I Learned From Day 4 of a Middle School Work Camp
Today is Hershey Park and I’m running late to get to the buses so this post will be short but I promise all of you I will sum up the…
Christopher Wesley
Aug 13, 2010
What I Learned From Day 3 of a Middle School Work Camp
I’m exhausted, the students are exhausted, we are a bunch of wimps because really there is no reason for us to be tired. No, it’s really okay but you...
Christopher Wesley
Aug 12, 2010
What I Learned From Day 2 of a Middle School Work Camp
We picked potatoes today and all I could really think about is how I want to make french fries and gnocchi. We drove up north to Freeland, MD to...
Christopher Wesley
Aug 11, 2010
What I Learned From Day 1 of a Middle School Work Camp
It was a hot steamy day, which meant a hot steamy bus ride home. Girls, boys, doesn’t matter deodorant is something yet to be discovered by some of...
Christopher Wesley
Aug 10, 2010
SMILE: You’re Doing a Work Camp With Middle School Students.
Today is Day 1 of Camp S*MILE our Work Camp for middle school students. It’s going to be in the low 90’s feel like it’ll be in the high 90’s….
Christopher Wesley
Aug 9, 2010
I Thought I Knew It All
It’s a nice cool morning here in Baltimore, something we don’t get too often in the summer, and as I prepare to speak all day and then run a work…
Christopher Wesley
Aug 8, 2010
Youth Ministry Identity Crisis
I never thought I would have to answer the questions “What do you want to be?” and “What purpose do you serve?” when it came to student ministry. I...
Christopher Wesley
Aug 5, 2010
Teaching the Teachers
One challenge I see for all of us that work in a church is figuring out how to get fed on a regular basis. I know I tend to get…
Christopher Wesley
Aug 4, 2010
When A Teenager’s Life Doesn’t Go According To Plan
I never planned on being a youth pastor, my plan was to be a documentary film maker. Looking back it’s clear that God was guiding me to where I am…
Christopher Wesley
Aug 3, 2010
Limitless Gifts
As my 30th birthday approaches (in about 4 months), I’m coming to the reality that my body doesn’t do what it did in my mid 20’s and I know this…
Christopher Wesley
Aug 2, 2010