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    Embrace the Mess: Why Youth Must Lead Now

    By Jeremy | November 2, 2007

    - The following is from my November 2007 article in Tri-State Voice. Read the full article here.
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    It felt like a mutiny. As an official youth group, we were still young – not yet two years old – and our teens were even younger spiritually. Most were new to the congregation and raw street kids without any prior church association. For a while, everything seemed to fall together seamlessly. They had embraced faith and each other, and our growing community of 25-30 teenagers was tight. But for many the romance was waning, the infatuation phase ending, and teens were once again being teens. Insecurities resurfaced, identities were challenged, but mostly, it seemed, they complained about being “bored.” More.

    Topics: abounding grace, articles, generation xcel, leadership, mentorship, youth ministry, yw8 | No Comments »

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