Where are all the Teens? Pt. 1 Question for the Adults
Parents, Lay Leaders, Faith Peeps....Where are all the teens? Where are all the teens? As a ministry team we are always called to outreach as well as supporting the teens that show up and share in youth ministry regularly. We think about how we can be where the teens are simultaneously meeting our safe environment requirements. We go to ball games, talk to the teens at the grocery store and out and about. Recently, I was at a women's retreat as a retreatant, excited to receive ministry and enjoy some much needed rest. I had several encounters with Christ that were amazing, even though I was hoping to only receive I was called to minister, and I was humbled in convictions about how to fall more deeply in love with Jesus and commit to living out my "commission". Many of the women on retreat had small children, but some I was delighted to hear had teens. For some time I had been racking my brain; why, in this community where we are actively working to invite th...