photo by me // feb 2008 // kailua kona hawaiiThis post stems out of my own frustration, of trying to figure out what the real goal is of our youth ministry. What is it that I want the students in our ministry to walk away with? What do we want their lives to really look like? I think this question has to be asked before we start trying to do anything. Identifying the goal to see what we're working for.
For those of you involved with any ministry, can you sum up what you're trying to do in five sentences or less? What are your ultimate end goals?
If our goal is vague, then what are we really working towards? "Living a Godly life" isn't specific enough, what does that look like?
As we are trying to figure out what to do with our youth groups, with our congregations, small groups, with the retreat we're planning, with our very own lives do we ever stop to ask "what's the point?"
I challenge you to think this over, and post your five sentences or less here in the comment section. Then ask the question, if these are the goals, is what we're doing moving us in that direction? How can what we're doing be tweaked to be more effective to help us reach our ultimate goals?
JIM baker
For those of you involved with any ministry, can you sum up what you're trying to do in five sentences or less? What are your ultimate end goals?
If our goal is vague, then what are we really working towards? "Living a Godly life" isn't specific enough, what does that look like?
As we are trying to figure out what to do with our youth groups, with our congregations, small groups, with the retreat we're planning, with our very own lives do we ever stop to ask "what's the point?"
I challenge you to think this over, and post your five sentences or less here in the comment section. Then ask the question, if these are the goals, is what we're doing moving us in that direction? How can what we're doing be tweaked to be more effective to help us reach our ultimate goals?
JIM baker
