This has been one heck of a week for Chrissy and me. We get back from NYMC and have a day off then I get to go back to minister to the kids that I love at Leon BC. We finally split the kids into 2 groups, 9 and under and 10 and up. This seemed to work, no commotion from the kids. We talked about vision and where to go from here. Here is what we discussed:
1. We will no longer be called a youth group. I feel that when you say group, it puts a limit on the number of people in your group. Instead, we will be called a student ministry or youth ministry.
2. I want each and every kid that comes through our ministry to feel like they are pary of family. Since some of the kids that we have do not have a great home life, we want to create a family-style atmosphere for them!
3. A class that I was in at NYMC talked about Jesus and the 12 disciples. Even though He had athe 12, He invested more time into 3. (James, John & Peter) So, I wanted to do the same. I asked a couple of girls who were in the 11th grade to give me a have with loving on these kids on a weekly basis. Which was a success, they both said yes and now I have a staff of volunteers that I can pour my heart out to in the hopes that they will do the same with the others.
I feel that things are starting to fall into place at Leon BC. One of the girls suggested that we work on a youth room in the church. We are currently using the church’s fellorship hall as out meeting area. This seems a little to big and it is too busy for the kids. The suggestion was to use an old sunday school room in the basement of the church and paint it up and put some couches in there. Make it more inviting for the kids. So, we will see how my senior pastor will react to the idea. Updates to follow! Just pray the God will let me ride this roller coaster of great things happening @ Leon BC!!
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