And not just festivals — your work needs celebrating. Some of the churches I have visited seem a bit low on celebrations.
Everything’s a bit quiet and restrained. Apart from the biblical example to celebrate at significant moments in the life of God’s people, there is the sheer common sense that when a team has been working for a bit, to break off, say thank you and rejoice together at what God has done in your group is a good thing to do.
Perhaps you could take the drastic step of getting the church to stump up the cash to take the youth leaders (and their spouses who have sacrificed many evenings) out for a meal.
