Yeah, soooo… got a little side-tracked by life. And, actually, the missional stuff requires some time. Trying to be available and “out there” when students are available has sapped the blogging time. But it’s time to wrap this series up and get on to other things. So here’s one last idea of how to engage in a missionally-minded youth ministry: Give It Up.
Serioulsy, if we’re to really take seriously that our roles, as leaders in youth ministry, is to create disciples, then we must pass the baton of leadership to those who have the greatest ability to disciple students. In a vast majority of cases, those people are parents. We must give the baton of discipleship over to them.
That may be something of a paradigm shift for many of us: because it means we’re going to start investing increasingly more in parents, and subtly less in students. Simply speaking, many parents don’t feel equipped to be spiritual mentors to their students. But they are the ones with the most exposure, influence, and really the greatest care in seeing their children brought into living faith.
So, what resources are out there to help parents spiritually mentor their students? I’ve found one solid one… but what love to know what others are doing, too. Whatcha got?
Related articles
- The missio Dei and Youth Ministry: Part 1 (relationalyouthministry.com)
