imagine moving to a different country, that had no history of youth ministry at all. No 70′s & 80′s versions of youth group that produced a lot of the books that fed youth ministry in the 90′s. no history whatsoever. you’d be starting with a clean slate, and you’d be setting the youth ministry scene for decades to come.
how would you do things? what ‘cultural baggage’ (e.g., “there must be games and they must be fun”) from Australian youth ministry would you let go of? what are the positives from australian youth ministry that you’d be keen to translate into this different culture?
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February 10, 2011 at 10:31 pm
dave miers
sing
read the bible
preach the bible
pray
food
February 10, 2011 at 11:56 pm
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February 11, 2011 at 8:44 am
Matt Jacobs
so basically like church, but without the old people (apart from leaders)?
February 11, 2011 at 10:59 am
dave miers
sounds good!