http://www.faithengineer.com/2006/10/what-happens-after-youth-group-college.html Where Ministry and Technology Converge Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:14:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.faithengineer.com/2006/10/what-happens-after-youth-group-college.html/comment-page-1#comment-27 Matthew J. Hind Thu, 09 Nov 2006 19:04:00 +0000 http://www.faithengineer.com/2006/10/what-happens-after-youth-group-college.html#comment-27 Good word. I am a youth minister of a small church and what you talk about happens here as well. I have found that half of the youth that "graduate" out of our group just disappear off the radar screen. I have tried to encourage them to continue on by joining a college group (we have one at our church), but they still seem resistant. The other half call and stay in contact at least once a week (mind you they are not involved with a group either) and still come to our current youth events or meetings. I am with you that the youth are not the church of the future, but the church now. I have tried to show them how to "own" their faith, rather than putting it in our pastor, church or even me. Thanks for you good words. I have enjoyed reading your blogs. Good word. I am a youth minister of a small church and what you talk about happens here as well. I have found that half of the youth that “graduate” out of our group just disappear off the radar screen. I have tried to encourage them to continue on by joining a college group (we have one at our church), but they still seem resistant. The other half call and stay in contact at least once a week (mind you they are not involved with a group either) and still come to our current youth events or meetings. I am with you that the youth are not the church of the future, but the church now. I have tried to show them how to “own” their faith, rather than putting it in our pastor, church or even me. Thanks for you good words. I have enjoyed reading your blogs.

]]> http://www.faithengineer.com/2006/10/what-happens-after-youth-group-college.html/comment-page-1#comment-23 Tim Mon, 16 Oct 2006 20:54:00 +0000 http://www.faithengineer.com/2006/10/what-happens-after-youth-group-college.html#comment-23 Man, I totally agree with you. I've been a long-time supporter of intergenerational ministry in church (that's why I majored in Youth Min in college and Family Life Ministry in seminary). Surprisingly the problem I've run into is not that the kids are resistant to it, but that the adults are! Students seem willing to enter the "adult world" but most adults don't understand students and feel uneasy with their weird use of language, style of dress, loud music and all that stuff. The adults in our church need to be willing to accept these teenagers into "their world" and grow with them as members of the same body of Christ. Man, I totally agree with you. I’ve been a long-time supporter of intergenerational ministry in church (that’s why I majored in Youth Min in college and Family Life Ministry in seminary). Surprisingly the problem I’ve run into is not that the kids are resistant to it, but that the adults are! Students seem willing to enter the “adult world” but most adults don’t understand students and feel uneasy with their weird use of language, style of dress, loud music and all that stuff. The adults in our church need to be willing to accept these teenagers into “their world” and grow with them as members of the same body of Christ.

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