Читать книгу B.R.M. (Bathroom Reading Material) for Youth Workers - Jeremy Halstead - Страница 18

Figure out your group’s favorite go to events, and make sure that these appear on your calendar. For us those events are snow skiing, summer camp, amusement park, canoe trip, state youth convention, New Year’s event, concerts, ten foot banana split . . .

Just remember, as your ministry ebb and flows every year and completely changes every six to seven years, the go to favorites of your group may, and will, change.

Regardless of the ebb and flow my ministry experiences, skiing, camp and convention remain go to events for us. However, there were years that we were taking van loads of kids to concerts four to six times a year, and the last concert I attended there were only three students with me.

When the ebb and flow takes the group in new directions, be flexible and go with it. This may mean tweaking old events to update them, or creating whole new events.

For several years our New Year’s event was a mobile lock-in that started at the local YMCA and eventually ended back at the church. We then tweaked it from playing sports at the YMCA to watching a professional hockey game followed by a lock-in. When the local hockey team folded, it forced us to change the format again; however, we still do a New Year’s event.