Weekend Teaching Series: 5 Practices of a Fruitful Youth Ministry (week 3 of 4)
Sermon Title: Intentional Faith Development
Sermon in a Sentence: Spiritual Development isn't quick or easy
Weekend Scale of Difficulty: 7 out of 10.
Sermon Title: Intentional Faith Development
Sermon in a Sentence: Spiritual Development isn't quick or easy
Weekend Scale of Difficulty: 7 out of 10.
Attendance: 64, above average for us. 19 Sr High (average), 45 Jr High (above average)
Service Length: 70 minutes
Understandable Message: Intentional Faith Development is my job. Giving students the ability to grow in their Faith with God is my number one job. We have events like Refuel, Small Groups, Sunday School and other activities that give students the time. We looked at a video on youtube.com about Dick and Rick Hoyt and their marathon running. Dick runs for both of them, as Rick is confined to a wheel chair. I told the students that God is Richard and we are Rick, that we cannot move forward without God pushing us. Students need to understand that they can't just sit back and expect to grow closer to God, they must pursue him. Spiritual Growth isn't easy or quick.
Service Length: 70 minutes
Understandable Message: Intentional Faith Development is my job. Giving students the ability to grow in their Faith with God is my number one job. We have events like Refuel, Small Groups, Sunday School and other activities that give students the time. We looked at a video on youtube.com about Dick and Rick Hoyt and their marathon running. Dick runs for both of them, as Rick is confined to a wheel chair. I told the students that God is Richard and we are Rick, that we cannot move forward without God pushing us. Students need to understand that they can't just sit back and expect to grow closer to God, they must pursue him. Spiritual Growth isn't easy or quick.
Volunteer/Student Involvement: We had good adult leader participation. We had a new leader come in and help us with greeting.
Element of Fun/Positive Environment: We played a Power Point game called "Bleep bleep" asking questions about old time video games (think Atari and Nintendo). Students got rowdy and seemed to like it.
Music Playlist: Lord Reign In Me, Love The Lord, Trading My Sorrows
Favorite Moment: Had a student come up and tell me that they read "Help, I am a Student Leader" already, gave it to her last week. She wants to go to the PDYM SLC in July, pretty sure she will go.
Next up: Risk-taking Mission & Service and Extravagant Generosity. 5th graders and their parents will be joining us next week, so it should be fun.
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