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We Are Going to Have to Start Over

In MinistryTags COVID, kidmin, Kids Ministry, Leadership, Youth Ministry, Youth PastorPublish DateAugust 11, 20200 Views11 Comments samluce

Over the past few months, we have learned that there really is only one thing that remains constant…that is that nothing is constant. COVID has come in and seems to change everything we have held dear for years overnight. Just when we adjust there are new challenge and changes we face daily. COVID has come and has done damage to the health of our country but also it has shaken the foundations of our confidence and the normality of our …

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Pastor PreachersNSneakers Should Concern You.

Pastor PreachersNSneakers Should Concern You.

In LeadershipTags Gospel, Preacher, Youth, Youth PastorPublish DateApril 8, 20193 ViewsLeave a comment samluce

We must also be aware of who we are portraying ourselves to be online. Are we as leaders pointing people to Christ or drawing them to ourselves? Are we unintentionally stirring up in those who follow …

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Should I Let My Teenager Date?

Should I Let My Teenager Date?

In Gospel, Ministry, PersonalTags Dating, Gospel, Relationship, Youth Ministry, Youth PastorPublish DateJanuary 22, 20191 Views2 Comments samluce

Growing up in the ’80s and ’90s, I was right in the middle of the Evangelical whiplash cultural course correction following the social revolution of the ’60s and ’70s. This produced youth ministries at the time …

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Are you a Preacher Who Pastors or a Pastor who Preaches.

Are you a Preacher Who Pastors or a Pastor who Preaches.

In Gospel, Leadership, MinistryTags Gospel, Pastor, preaching, Youth Ministry, Youth PastorPublish DateNovember 15, 20185 ViewsLeave a comment samluce

One of the temptations in ministry but particularly in youth ministry is to be a preacher who pastors. Pastoral ministry is tough there is no way around it, it just is. Preaching is generally immediately rewarding with people …

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Happy Reformation Day – Semper Reformanda

Happy Reformation Day – Semper Reformanda

In Gospel, PersonalTags Gospel, Martin Luther, Reformation, Youth Ministry, Youth PastorPublish DateOctober 31, 20180 ViewsLeave a comment samluce

One of the mottos of the Reformation was Semper Reformanda which means “the church reformed, always reforming” With the strength of the Evangelical Protestant Church this seems like an antiquated motto for the Protestant church in its infancy. However, …

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Youth Pastor: Pick Reverence Over Cool

Youth Pastor: Pick Reverence Over Cool

In Gospel, LeadershipTags Gospel, Leadership, Youth Ministry, Youth PastorPublish DateApril 2, 20181 ViewsLeave a comment samluce

“Cool is not your compass.” “What do we do when trendy conflicts with the truth?” Such important truth by Trip Lee. In the United States, we are famously anti-monarchy yet we substitute celebrity for royalty. With the advent …

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My name is Sam Luce and I have been a pastor at Redeemer Church in Utica NY for the past 24 years. 18 of those years serving as children’s pastor. Currently, I am serving as the Global Pastor to Families. This is my personal blog it is focused on Discipleship, Family Ministry, and Theology.

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