Our work as youth leaders has a weekly pattern. We have plans (hopefully) for each term but we meet our group week by week either in the regular meetings or in small groups.
One of the most often asked questions on training days is about available resources for our ministry. Off the shelf sessions are handy and there are countless books which help with all the activities you could possibly need. There are resources on games, dramas, role-plays, etc., etc.
Using the resources
Along with the plethora of resource books are a long list of house parties, camps and holidays. Many larger churches opt out of these as they have enough young people to do their own thing. Smaller groups appreciate them as they give them a means of meeting in more than the small group. But how should we use resources which are generated outside our group as, inevitably, the author or organiser of such material is creating something from her/his own experience.
