I recently wrote an article for Rooted on this perennial challenge we face in youth ministry. I wrote about this subject in another article here.
It was August and just weeks before our fall programs were starting. The reality set in that I did not have much of a team of adult leaders to work with our students; it was full-on preseason panic. What set my panic in perspective was the Children’s Director, who’s office was right next door. She needed a massive number of teachers for Sunday School and Wednesday night programs while I only needed a handful of folks. Ours was an affluent church where people would rather write a check than carve time into their busy lives to volunteer.
Read the article here.
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