The Wall

I'm tired. I can tell because I've been in my office for 1 hour and haven't done anything productive. I always say after Christmas youth ministry gets really hard for everybody. I tend to see a drop off in attendance, my volunteers are exhausted, and I just can't muster the energy to think of one more thing creative. So in March and February I like to start mixing things up. Last week I had small group leaders play switch a roo. They all moved to a different small group just to tweak things a little. At some meetings I do a backwards meeting...so our order is usually: small groups, gospel reading, small group faith sharing, personal witness, game, prayer, class time, snacks, leave. On backwards night we do snack, class time, prayer, game, witness, small group faith sharing, gospel reading, small groups. I did it for the first time last year and it just was refreshing enough.

So this morning first thing I get a phone call from my faith formation rep who is also a parent and she happened to be upstairs when we started our dancing (our dynamic I will blog about another day). She called just to give a compliment. She said, "Chris I was just calling to tell you that you are so able to relate to the kids. Even the adults that were there were having a great time. And the Conga line was a great way to go because even the kids that weren't dancing could do that." Gee thanks! I've only been doing this for 6 years...you think I'd still be here is I wasn't able to relate to the kids....although I do appreciate a positive phone call coming through my telephone. It's a heck of a lot better than the other phone calls I get.