This one should be relatively brief 
.
Myth #8
The perfect youth pastor must be willing to help anyone who stops by the office no matter how busy they are with their own work.
Why is it that no matter how busy we are, no matter what we are doing, if someone comes into the church office needs furniture moved, a box lifted or some other job requiring manual labor, they invariably will come to the youth pastor’s office to get help?
It was Wednesday afternoon around 4 o’clock. I was in my office with the door closed, busily preparing my lesson for that evening’s youth group. A knock came at my door, so I stopped what I was doing. The next thing that happened almost made me hit the roof. The person at the door said, “would you mind helping me load some tables and chairs into my van?” That was annoying enough, but what this person said next really drove me insane. “I was going to ask one of the other pastors, but I don’t want to disturb them…they are probably pretty busy.”
I don’t mind helping out. I don’t mind moving tables or chairs, but please, for the love of all that is decent and right, don’t ask me to help simply because I’m “just” the youth pastor and the other guys on staff are “too busy.”
Does this happen to anyone else or is it just me?
