Listen to the Live YM Podcast on Sports vs. Spiritual Growth
Yesterday I had an awesome conversation on Live YM about the effects of extra-curricular activities on youth spiritual growth. Here is what Tim Schmoyer wrote on his website. Also, there is a link to download the podcast from iTunes if you didn’t have a chance to join in on the conversation. It was awesome to be a guest on Live YM and be able to share with others how God has used me in this area of teens live.
Yesterday in our LIVE Youth Ministry Conversation Brian Ford led a very good discussion on why teenagers often make youth group as their last priority. Sometimes it feels that sports, work, relationships, even TV shows, all come before their commitment to body of believers. Both Brian and some of the other youth workers who participated in the conversation had a lot of good insights about what shapes teenagers’ priorities. We also talked about some ideas for how we can address this in our youth ministries.
If this is something your ministry struggles with, I highly recommend you listen to this frank and honest discussion on why kids make youth group their last priority.
You can cisten to the whole conversation below or grab it in iTunes.
Effects of extra-curricular activities on youth ministry [60:50m]: Hide Player | Play in Popup | Download
Listened to your whole podcast this afternoon and found it to be very enlightening. Not being directly involved with youth ministry, I just related to how it was when I was raising my kids, to how things are today. What a challenge. Jesus is Lord. Mom