Some Summer Fun

What can I say? I'm being blessed left and right this summer! At my home church, I have the oppurtunity to be the Worship Pastor and Youth interim. I have been challenged as a worship leader, for sure, but being a youth leader brings many new challenges that should have been expected, but I never thought about.

• It's hard to keep the attention of teenagers! Being in college for three years has far removed me from the days of having to gain attention from people.
• It's impossible to have any one-on-one talks with people when you're setting everything up and running things. Kind of depressing. :-)
• Worship in youth group needs to be explained and illustrated. A lot of teaching needs to go on in the middle of a worship service in order to help the teens understand what worship actually is.
• Small groups are different in that our leadership team can't just assume that the teens know how to pray with eachother. In fact, we have to assume that they might not know.
• When one person is sick who drives the vans to help pick up the teens, there could be up to fifteen kids that can't come to youth that night. It's sad.

Those are just some of the areas that I'm being challenged in this summer. On an even brighter note!, I'm starting guitar lessons today. WHOO! Thank you, Lord, for another day and another opportunity to come to know You more.

Be blessed!