tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615486983809461390.post1251994564548188017..comments2023-11-02T06:09:03.897-06:00Comments on random insights: Ouchaaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15874015216066216905noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615486983809461390.post-64713190796373579612010-10-23T12:26:42.326-06:002010-10-23T12:26:42.326-06:00Scott,
good stuff. Yeah, I've read some stu...Scott,<br /><br />good stuff. Yeah, I've read some stuff lately on churches actually blowing up their youth group and making the youth pastor basically a "small group" pastor for a bunch of different youth small groups That way all of the students are in the main services, no competition. . but they're still getting peer time and personal care in student small groups. <br /><br />At any rate, the point is. . .you can't JUST be attractional and not be teaching kids the basics of the faith (I think the way you do catechesis is huge). There has to be meat, or kids will just hang out for 3 years and then go be a buddhist/anarchist/panantheist in collegeaaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15874015216066216905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615486983809461390.post-23364987201139450832010-10-23T12:09:22.983-06:002010-10-23T12:09:22.983-06:00"holding tanks for pizza" :) so true!!
..."holding tanks for pizza" :) so true!!<br /><br />I don't think discipleship and catechism work that well either, as the decline in mainline/catholic membership would seem to suggest.<br /><br />I think students need something practical. Get them to spend lunch hour befriending kids at the "losers" table. Show them how to nonviolently engage/forgive bullies. Get them to realize they DON'T need the latest smartphone/video-game/jeans. Help them confront others with compassion and love rather than judgement and self-righteousness.Scottnoreply@blogger.com