Q&A with a Coach: Christina Moore

After graduating from the program, Christina Moore (MAYM’20) decided to share her experiences with a new generation of students. She is the CYMT Area Coordinator in San Antonio, Texas.

A coach is responsible for a resident for the duration of the three-year master’s program. We are here to walk beside the resident on a weekly basis. Coaching is unlocking a person’s potential to maximize their own performance. I was interested in becoming a coach because of the coaches I have had in my life who formed and shaped me into who I am today. I wanted the opportunity to give back and humbly serve in this capacity.

I am honored to have two residents, one in a church setting and one in camp ministry. Our sessions together include time to pray and talk ministry, schoolwork/seminary, and life on a personal level. As a coach, I feel it is very important to know them on many different levels, not just in the ministry world. We have been on trips to the zoo, went to see Christmas lights together, shared meals and coffee, hiked around camp, and celebrated birthdays. Coaching is not just an every Monday at 10:00 a.m. thing, it is being available when the resident needs you. We have experienced joy, loss, laughter, tears, prayer, youth events, and time together. We have experienced some trials in youth ministry, but on the flip side we have had so many wins as well, through study, trips, youth group, and church. I celebrate all of the bumps in the road as opportunities to learn and grow, and the wins are great to recognize and celebrate as well.

My goal is for these residents to become successful in their ministry endeavors and for them to become even better coaches with the youth they minister to. v