Worth QuotingTemptations, when we meet them at first, are as the lion that reared upon Samson; but if we overcome them, the next time we see them we shall find a nest of honey within them. -John Bunyan
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Tuesday, 12 August 2008 |
By: Mark DeVries
When I moved to Nashville almost 14 years ago, my new position came with a curious title: "associate minister to youth and their families." "I like it," I said to the senior minister. But underneath my agreement, I wondered, how in the world am I supposed to do that?
We knew we wanted to build a youth ministry that went beyond the traditional programming that isolates kids from adults. We determined to build a strategy that focused first on undergirding the entire youth program with proactive Christian parents and a well-stocked cheering (and praying) section of mature Christian adults in the church. |
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