Posted by Frank Hickcox, II I hope maybe this can give you some help and encouragement. I am the youth leader of Junior High & Senior High at Calvary Baptist Church in Anaheim, Ca (Mouseland). When it was dropped in my lap (I was happy to take it though) we had 8 consistent students. Here it is 3 years later & I'm averaging 25 each week. I started by having a fun retreat planned. It was free to students but they had to be at our youth group meeting every Wednesday & church every Sunday. They new I had limited space (They did know how much space though) so everybody was qualified on the 1st day. It was their space to lose... I would/could spend hours on crazy ideas I have & have used. The bottom line is you be consistent whether it's 2, 3 or 23 students. God's at work & you'll be blessed. Feel free to contact me if I can help with ideas... Link: http://www.calvarybaptistsm.org
on September 14, 2005, 12:52 pm, in reply to "Searching..."
208.57.72.159
: First let me introduce myself
I am a
: volunteer youth minister at Joy! Lutheran
: Church in Gurnee, IL. I am an adult leader
: for our senior high youth group, Against the
: Flow (or AtF).
: Now the reason why I am writing you, AtF is
: a strong youth group but lacks continuity.
: We have a core group of students who are
: there rain or shine, but not necessarily
: growing. I am looking for ideas.
: Our current structure is large group Sunday
: evenings (this is mainly a devotional given
: by one of the leaders along with fun and
: games). This is followed by breaking up into
: small groups. Right now the small groups are
: the same for the whole year.
:
: How is your youth group set up?
: What really works?
: What sort of outreach do you find
: successful?
:
: Thank you for your time in advance.
:
: InHISGrip
:
: Kevin Belles
:
:
It worked most came consistently and we had a great trip. It also made those who went connect NOW they had something in common.
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