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My youth group went to Battle Cry on Saturday and it was off the chain! The kids didn't think so. They were not excited. Let me explain. We have no church building; we have service in a brownstone apt. There are 30 members including the babies; I have 3 teenagers. The rest of the kids who come to meetings are not churched and neither are the parents. On Sundays, the kids always sit in the back. If we have guests and they are in the sanctuary, they are the first ones to be moved. The do not participate in any departments. When I ask for them to be moved in the sanctuary, I get this lost look from the ushers. I know that the youth team MUST have a meeting with our pastor. Any suggestions, comments or advice?

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0 Votes I will join you in prayer about this issue. My I suggest as fellow youth pastor of a relatively small (numerically) youth group in a church to do something positive with the teens that will get the adults attention. Many times adults totally underestimate what teens are capable of doing. If you could take your teens and help them become "examples to the believers". If the congregation realizes you my be training their next pastor they will take attention!! by TrentCo... 2 years ago by TrentCornwell 2 years ago
0 Votes Wow, deep question. First of all, pray about it. Get others who feel the same way you do to pray about it, too. I don't mean pray once or twice, but for weeks and weeks, both together as a group and individually. Gotta bathe this one in prayer. Then humbly talk with your pastor about the situation, even though ultimately He may or may not be able to do much about it or even care to in the first place maybe. Unfortunately, you can't change the value system of everyone in the church, but God can. That's why you pray. However, you CAN at least be the person who does reach out to them. It sounds like you are. Be intentional about spending time with them outside church just to be together. SHOW them Christ's love more than you talk about it. by Tim Sch... 2 years ago by Tim Schmoyer 2 years ago

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I will join you in prayer about this issue.

My I suggest as fellow youth pastor of a relatively small (numerically) youth group in a church to do something positive with the teens that will get the adults attention.

Many times adults totally underestimate what teens are capable of doing. If you could take your teens and help them become "examples to the believers". If the congregation realizes you my be training their next pastor they will take attention!!

TrentCo...

2 years ago

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Wow, deep question.

First of all, pray about it. Get others who feel the same way you do to pray about it, too. I don't mean pray once or twice, but for weeks and weeks, both together as a group and individually. Gotta bathe this one in prayer.

Then humbly talk with your pastor about the situation, even though ultimately He may or may not be able to do much about it or even care to in the first place maybe. Unfortunately, you can't change the value system of everyone in the church, but God can. That's why you pray.

However, you CAN at least be the person who does reach out to them. It sounds like you are. Be intentional about spending time with them outside church just to be together. SHOW them Christ's love more than you talk about it.

Tim Sch...

2 years ago

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