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In our 6th installment of the #womenInYM series a new friend Emily Acton stops by. You may recognize her name from the Stuff You Can Use Youth Ministry Facebook Community where she serves as a moderator, but she is also middle school minister (and one that just started in a new church!).


Key Takeaway: Ask questions humbly. Listen closely.  Collaborate without an agenda

• Adults handed me ministry before I thought I was ready. Literally, Keys were being handed to me.  
• I learned by trying and failing, this is how I learned to use my gifts 
• The moment of being invited to a student’s story as they are invited to God’s grander story is so special to me. 
• When people show confidence in you it is easy to feel you like you are special 
• Reading one youth ministry book does not make you an expert 
• Ask questions humbly. Listen closely.  Collaborate without an agenda 

The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.- Frederick Buechner

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