This Is The Thread Where We Have An Announcement To Make... - ZEFRANK.COM

beckstra · 10-30-2007, 01:21 AM

I understand this is about three months overdue, in fact, I may have already put this out there, but it excites me to no end. I got my dream job. I'm the director of youth ministries for a Presbyterian church. I get to lead teenagers in the way they should go.

Pray for them. Ha!

Jack Flanders · 10-30-2007, 02:14 AM

Ha!! Good for you!! Have fun and keep on dancing!

craig johnston · 10-30-2007, 05:36 AM

which way should they go?

Coffee · 10-30-2007, 06:47 AM

The "right" way...dumbass.

brightpearl · 10-30-2007, 06:56 AM

I would like to announce that I am happy for beckstra.

trisherina · 10-30-2007, 09:57 AM

Let's say I'm a gay teenager. I hold hands with my same-sex peer when we go off to do outreach work at the soup kitchen. Sometimes we stand with an arm looped around one another's waists. We can't get enough of one another!

Elder Belcher observes this and advises the senior minister to tell you to "get these kids under control." He duly does. What do you do?

madasacutsnake · 10-30-2007, 05:28 PM

There used to be this bird at work who would get pregnant "because the guy will love you more when the baby arrives". She also used to pass out prescription drugs in the staffroom. We would joke that she missed her calling as a high school counsellor. Beckstra will do a better job, I'm sure.

Brynn · 10-30-2007, 07:02 PM

Congratulations, Beckstra! How has it been going for you? Have you been doing this for three months now?

beckstra · 10-30-2007, 09:55 PM

Well, first question: I have my first gay teenager. He either doesn't know it yet, or if he does, he hasn't come forward with anything. If he does, I'll love him and squeeze him and keep him for my very own (just as I did with my best guy friend in high school). If the elders felt the need to complain (I think the Presbyterians are beginning to lean the same way as the Episcopalians these days), I would assure them that I have everything under control, and that I was put to the duty of leading the kids for a reason.

Second question: The kids I'm watching over go to the school with the highest teen pregnancy rate in the state(!). Half of my kids are having sex (before me even, boo). We'll be having the sex talk in the next month and a half. There's a stash of condoms in the bottom of my file cabinet. They don't know that yet, but there is. I called around to the school. They have a parenting class and a daycare and still aren't passing out or making prophylactics available. I've talked to the senior pastor. We agree that the right needs aren't being met. *sigh*

Last question: I love it. It's my dream job. I'm not just blowing smoke out my ass either.

trisherina · 10-31-2007, 01:24 AM

Clearly not.

lukkucairi · 10-31-2007, 04:03 AM

I'd like to announce that I second beryl's announcement.

Congrats, Beckstra

Anna · 10-31-2007, 06:00 AM

live to work, congrats!

madasacutsnake · 10-31-2007, 06:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by beckstra

Half of my kids are having sex (before me even, boo).

That must truly suck, lol.

Hyakujo's Fox · 10-31-2007, 08:18 AM

just remember teenagers are insane and you'll do okay.

brightpearl · 10-31-2007, 10:29 AM

^we'd all do well to remember that everyone is insane.

10-30-2007, 01:21 AM	#1
beckstra one classy broad Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The Cornhusker State Posts: 1,229	This Is The Thread Where We Have An Announcement To Make... I understand this is about three months overdue, in fact, I may have already put this out there, but it excites me to no end. I got my dream job. I'm the director of youth ministries for a Presbyterian church. I get to lead teenagers in the way they should go. Pray for them. Ha! __________________ I'd rather be making out.

10-30-2007, 05:36 AM	#3
craig johnston dalai clique Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: tea leaf towers - home of fine musical entertainment Posts: 5,609	which way should they go? __________________ the tea leaf family

10-30-2007, 09:57 AM	#6
trisherina meretricious dilettante Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 11,068	Let's say I'm a gay teenager. I hold hands with my same-sex peer when we go off to do outreach work at the soup kitchen. Sometimes we stand with an arm looped around one another's waists. We can't get enough of one another! Elder Belcher observes this and advises the senior minister to tell you to "get these kids under control." He duly does. What do you do? __________________ Because how we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. -- Annie Dillard

10-30-2007, 05:28 PM	#7
madasacutsnake no more nice girl Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 5,054	There used to be this bird at work who would get pregnant "because the guy will love you more when the baby arrives". She also used to pass out prescription drugs in the staffroom. We would joke that she missed her calling as a high school counsellor. Beckstra will do a better job, I'm sure. __________________ He really shatters the myth of white supremacy once and for all.

10-30-2007, 07:02 PM	#8
Brynn constantly amazed Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: in the labyrinth of shared happiness Posts: 6,206	Congratulations, Beckstra! How has it been going for you? Have you been doing this for three months now? __________________ 1. While sitting at your desk, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles. 2. Now, while doing this, draw the number "6" in the air with your right hand. 3. Your foot will change direction.

10-30-2007, 02:14 AM	#2
Jack Flanders landscaping is fun Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: up river and down river Posts: 4,815	Ha!! Good for you!! Have fun and keep on dancing!

10-30-2007, 06:47 AM	#4
Coffee Cheeses Save Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Floating Posts: 9,204	The "right" way...dumbass.

10-30-2007, 06:56 AM	#5
brightpearl Rhinoceros fan Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 8,749	I would like to announce that I am happy for beckstra.

10-30-2007, 09:55 PM	#9
beckstra one classy broad Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The Cornhusker State Posts: 1,229	Well, first question: I have my first gay teenager. He either doesn't know it yet, or if he does, he hasn't come forward with anything. If he does, I'll love him and squeeze him and keep him for my very own (just as I did with my best guy friend in high school). If the elders felt the need to complain (I think the Presbyterians are beginning to lean the same way as the Episcopalians these days), I would assure them that I have everything under control, and that I was put to the duty of leading the kids for a reason. Second question: The kids I'm watching over go to the school with the highest teen pregnancy rate in the state(!). Half of my kids are having sex (before me even, boo). We'll be having the sex talk in the next month and a half. There's a stash of condoms in the bottom of my file cabinet. They don't know that yet, but there is. I called around to the school. They have a parenting class and a daycare and still aren't passing out or making prophylactics available. I've talked to the senior pastor. We agree that the right needs aren't being met. sigh Last question: I love it. It's my dream job. I'm not just blowing smoke out my ass either. __________________ I'd rather be making out.

10-31-2007, 01:24 AM	#10
trisherina meretricious dilettante Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 11,068	Clearly not. __________________ Because how we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. -- Annie Dillard

10-31-2007, 04:03 AM	#11
lukkucairi earth worker Join Date: May 2006 Location: on the planet Posts: 5,847	I'd like to announce that I second beryl's announcement. Congrats, Beckstra

10-31-2007, 06:00 AM	#12
Anna n Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 2,752	live to work, congrats!

10-31-2007, 08:18 AM	#14
Hyakujo's Fox left hanging Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: between the click of the light and the start of the dream Posts: 10,071	just remember teenagers are insane and you'll do okay.

10-31-2007, 10:29 AM	#15
brightpearl Rhinoceros fan Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 8,749	^we'd all do well to remember that everyone is insane.

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