by ricks
23. October 2009 07:47
Tait Hoglund has arrived at Shalom as our new Student Ministries Director! It's exciting to have Tait on staff and he's off to a great start.
As I thought about Tait coming and my message last Sunday, it struck me that there was a time when there was no such thing as "youth ministry" in churches. Not until the 1950s did the group called "teenagers" in America actually become a significant social unit. Teenagers had spare time and cash, and thus a youth movement began in America. Churches who wanted to reach families for Christ naturally decided to start youth groups. This evolved into "youth rooms" and "youth ministry" with "youth directors."
This is a great idea as long as parents do not neglect building relationships with their teens and teaching them Christ's ways. Let's not forget that this is God's will. Deuteronomy 6:5-8: "These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up." How is that going?
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