Moving...

What does it take to get kids excited about ministry? It takes them being engaged in ministry. Moving kids into action is where authentic life change will happen for them. We can't ask them to continually sit in class and listen without giving them the opportunity to be the church.

As we lead.... move the kids into action. Take a group to a homeless shelter; help them start a prayer team on their campus; remind them that no can look down on them because of their age (1 Tim.4:12). Move them into action.

They are a generation that wants to make a difference. They are a generation that has to have instant gratification. They seem to be impatient at times. They seem to be disorganized and chaotic. But in many cases...they thrive in that atmosphere. What can we do to harness their energy and abilities? How can we utilize their "everything at their fingertips" world, and mobilize them into community. They, more than any of us, interact with community on a daily basis. They enter into their schools and have the opportunity to reach hundreds daily.

The question.... what are we doing to empower them? What are we doing to engage them? It's not gonna happen with programming and classrooms.....it's gonna happen when they are challenged to move. Some may choose not to move, but so do some adults. Some may choose to complain. But so do some adults. We can't be afraid to lose some in order to mobilize others.

I love students.... and I'm ready to see them move!