Youth Group
With the new school year under way, the youth group has kicked back into action again. I proposed to the group that we read a book together and discuss it once a week. I was surprized that they agreed, and even more surprized that they wanted to meet on Saturday mornings! So we have have met 3 times so far and it is going surprizingly well!! The book is called ‘The Man on the Road to Emmaus’. It explains the Gospel from Genesis until the resurection.
Today we looked at creation and it sparked quite a debate! I don’t want to tell them what to believe. I want them to wrestle with the Bible and their own throughts and come to convictions of their own. I praying that they will own their faith in a more direct way, rather than being ‘products’ of a church Sunday school.
After the short study which included the France/England rugby match, croissants and hot chocolate, we went for a walk to look at creation with our own eyes. I asked them all to bring cameras and to take pictures of the things they thought were the most beautiful. One of the girls is compiling the pictures into a reflective powerpoint display for church.
Then my Saturday afternoon is spent hoovering up croissant crumbs, much to the disgust of my croissant loving, over-weight, cat!
