Tip #4: Step aside
June 30, 2008 – 9:18 amYouth ministry is definitely in the action and adventure genre, especially during school breaks and vacations. There is a need (or is it a temptation?) to pack those times where students are available full of activities. I understand; I've done it too. I wonder, though, if the whirlwind schedule of pool parties, picnics and theme parks - all of which make for valuable relationship and memory building time - can serve to defeat the purpose we're with these students in the first place. While you're having tremendous fun together, be intentional about finding a time and place to step aside together and pray. Here's one example of a way to raise awareness of people around you at a theme park; of course, there are loads of ways to adapt this to your group's personality. As always, please offer your ideas too! Before your group scatters into the park, give them this instruction: ...