I occasionally have the opportunity to talk to other youth leaders about what goes on in their church.
It is a privilege and it is always great to see how others operate and to share in the highs and lows of their gospel work. I have noticed a pattern of similar questions that arise regularly. How do I keep the 13/14-year-olds coming? What if they don't want to hear the Bible taught? How do we attract non-Christian friends? How do we challenge the lifestyles of the older teenagers without driving them away?
The principles that can be applied to the questions will be the same, it is just the practicalities that change. Here are some of those golden rules to mull over.
