Bah on Bowling!!!
I was very frustrated tonight because not 1, but 2 bowling alleys in our lovely Kalamazoo area told me that they had open bowling for the youth group, and then when we go there- could not provide the promised service. URRRGGHG! If you can't guarantee it, don't lie to me and say you can! Eventually, we just decided to go back to church and had pizza and played "Hide and Go Seek" in the dark in the church, which everyone seemed to really enjoy, and was free compared to expensive bowling. It was also cool to see them let their guards down and just have fun, even if they were "cool" teenagers.
It was also an important night because we had 10 students tonight. Relatively, this may not seem like a lot, but always before we had 4 or 5, so we doubled our numbers in one night. Next week will be the real tell though, when its not a fellowship night, but a real night when there has to be a lesson, and more of a structure. It would be nice though to be able to play games that involve more than teams of 2. This also changes some of the philosophy of how I will pursue this ministry. I can already see some cliques that form, and some of that is natural, but I can already see where I need to use caution and care.
I was also VERY proud of Bree Roskamp, because she had the guts to get up there and plan and lead the lesson for the night. She had hand-outs, structure, and even took prayer requests. She admitted that she felt very nervous, especially since people didn't volunteer very many answers, but I think just that she felt passionate enough about this to get up in front of everyone spoke more than any words that she could have said.
I was very frustrated tonight because not 1, but 2 bowling alleys in our lovely Kalamazoo area told me that they had open bowling for the youth group, and then when we go there- could not provide the promised service. URRRGGHG! If you can't guarantee it, don't lie to me and say you can! Eventually, we just decided to go back to church and had pizza and played "Hide and Go Seek" in the dark in the church, which everyone seemed to really enjoy, and was free compared to expensive bowling. It was also cool to see them let their guards down and just have fun, even if they were "cool" teenagers.
It was also an important night because we had 10 students tonight. Relatively, this may not seem like a lot, but always before we had 4 or 5, so we doubled our numbers in one night. Next week will be the real tell though, when its not a fellowship night, but a real night when there has to be a lesson, and more of a structure. It would be nice though to be able to play games that involve more than teams of 2. This also changes some of the philosophy of how I will pursue this ministry. I can already see some cliques that form, and some of that is natural, but I can already see where I need to use caution and care.
I was also VERY proud of Bree Roskamp, because she had the guts to get up there and plan and lead the lesson for the night. She had hand-outs, structure, and even took prayer requests. She admitted that she felt very nervous, especially since people didn't volunteer very many answers, but I think just that she felt passionate enough about this to get up in front of everyone spoke more than any words that she could have said.
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