Sara: I would like to share with you one of the funniest conversations about youth ministry that I have ever heard. At the NCCYM conference we were sitting around one evening hanging out, chatting and laughing while in the background there was a Sports Center baseball story about who has been traded to whom and for how much and how long their contracts were, etc. Now, I don't remember who exactly said what, but I do remember the gist of the story and I'm pretty sure that Mikey started it.
"What if there was a news story about youth ministers getting traded to another parish?"
"Chris Walters has just been traded to Holy Trinity with a 7 year contract for 1.4 thousand a year!"
"Oh man! He's making a fortune!"
"What minor league parish did he come from?"
"Man, Holy Trinity, he's making it big in the majors."
"What if there was a Youth Minister draft?"
"We've got a new graduate from Benedictine with a major in theology and 2 years experience working at camp AND he can play the guitar...he ought to be in the top 5 drafts picks for sure."
"Even better...we could have a fantasy league!"
And then we sent a step further and decided that we should extend this to seminarians.
"This year Sacred Heart is going to make a strong start with their rookie out of Kenrick Glennon Seminary."
"And then we could have trading cards for each of the seminarians."
"And kids could try and collect them all"
"Hey look, I just got a Jeff Lamont!"
"Yeah? I've got Archbishop Naumann! Beat that!"
"Ha! Pope card! I win!!"
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