About 3 weeks ago we had all those who wanted to be in student leadership over to our house for a BBQ. It amounted to about 30 students. We talked vision and purpose and why we do what we do and asked our students to write a one word description of what they wanted our youth group to feel like or embody or be. They wrote them on sticky notes and then stuck them on a big piece of paper we had hung up.
I asked one of the admin assistants in our office to type them up for me. Tomorrow is our next training time and we’re going to talk over these words they listed. How cool would it be if our youth ministry was this:
- A HOME
- ACCEPTING
- ADVANCED
- AMAZING
- APPEALING
- AWESOME
- AWESTRUCK
- BEING YOURSELF
- CARING
- CHALLENGING
- CHEERY
- COMFORTABLE
- CONSIDERATE
- COOL
- CRAZY
- DEEP
- DESIRABLE
- DEVOTED
- DIFFERENT
- DRUG FREE
- ENCOURAGING
- ENERGETIC
- ENGAGING
- ENTERTAINING
- ENTHUSIASTIC
- EUPHORIA
- EVOLVING
- EXCITING
- EXHILARATING
- FABULOUS
- FAMOUS
- FAVORITE PLACE
- FRESH
- FRIENDLY
- FULFILLING
- FUN
- GENUINE
- GODLY
- GROWING
- GROWTHFUL
- HAPPY
- HEALING
- HONEST
- HYPER
- INSIGHTFUL
- INSPIRING
- INTENSE
- INTERESTING
- INVITING
- JESUS
- JOURNEY
- JOY
- JOYFUL
- LAID BACK
- LEAVES YOU WANTING MORE
- LIFE CHANGING
- LOUD
- LOVING
- MEANINGFUL
- MOVING
- NICE
- NOT BORING
- OFF THE SHEEZY
- ON FIRE
- OPEN
- PEACEFUL
- RAD
- RANSOM
- REAL
- SAFE
- SERIOUS
- SINCERE
- SMILE
- SPIRIT FILLED
- SPIRIT LEAD
- SPIRITUAL
- SPONTANEOUS
- SWEET
- THE BEST
- THOUGHTFUL
- UNDERSTANDING
- UNIQUE
- UNITING
- UNSHAKABLE
- UP-LIFTING
- WELCOMING
- WHOA
- WICKED
MY FAVORITE IS: Leaves you wanting more. I think that is what I pray God does every week. Leaves a student hungry for more of God. More friendships that matter. More life change. More fun. More chances to serve. More conversations. More thoughts. More. I pray our students find a longing for God in and through this ministry. I pray they find and yearn for MORE.
Husband. Dad to 5. Student Ministry Pastor. Follower of Jesus. Yatta yatta.
we asked our students last year what they thought YOUth Church IS…
this is what they said.
and here‘s a video we made using some of the responses.
sorry, my second link was broken. try this
cool Justin. Looks like we share several passions. God bless you.