Posts Tagged ‘ youth adult mentoring ’
This past week I have had three separate conversations with teenage girls. The first, “Amy,” is a senior in high school and mentoring a first grader at our local elementary school. The little girl’s father overdosed over the weekend. As Amy wonders aloud how to ‘be’ with this little girl, I reminded her to be [ READ MORE ]
One of the places that churches have been trying for years to incorporate young people has been in congregational leadership—like search teams, or even a token youth position on the church council. We all know that it mostly hasn’t worked. But sometimes it does. It has blossomed in new ways at my church as we [ READ MORE ]
I thought I was just going to dinner with my wife and kids at the Chili’s by my house one night. As the hostess seated us, we walked past a table, and there sat an adult and a student from our church—one of our Life Teams. There they were, just having dinner, catching up, getting [ READ MORE ]
We started our LIFE TEAMS by recruiting current & former confirmation, mission trip, and Sunday School teachers to agree to join the Life Team that already exists (i.e. parents, godparents, grandparents, confirmation mentors, etc) in a youth’s life as intentional cheerleader in the faith on behalf of the congregation. We centered our ministry around these [ READ MORE ]
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