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November 21, 2007
If you knew then what you know now ......
I was at a meeting yesterday that formed the final review and close-down of a four year project. One of the questions that was considered was, 'If we were starting this project from scratch (knowing what we now know), what would we do differently?"
I was thinking about this this morning and reckoned that this could be a useful piece of shared learning. So, if you are in Parish based Youth Ministry:
If you were starting from scratch (knowing what you now know), what would you do/not do differently?
Do post your reflections and I'll chew on this one too with a view to posting something.
Shalom
Posted by ian at November 21, 2007 10:03 AM
Comments
Even though I think I do it a lot... I would communicate to the church what's going on with the young people because even nearly five years on some of them are surprised as say "gosh I din't know you did so much" or "are you working... on a Saturday?"
Posted by: Sarah B at November 21, 2007 12:04 PM
I would focus an overwhelming majority of my time empowering, training, and encourging the parish's adults to take on the ministry.
Posted by: D. Scott Miller at November 21, 2007 08:30 PM
I'd get young people a lot more involved with decision making. Perhaps not a youth council, but definitely make it their group, their activities, rather than our ideas imposed on them.
Posted by: Alice at November 23, 2007 11:00 AM