As summer approaches, I guess our thoughts turn to holidays and finding some down time to relax a little.
After all, the youth group won’t be around for much of July and August so I can relax for a bit before winding everything up for the new term. There is often a sense of relief at reaching the end of a youth ministry year, but I wonder if, in the slackness of the time, there are things still to be done.
Ask the big questions
The easiest thing to do is, having delivered the programme for the past year, simply to write a similar one for next year. Before you do, perhaps there are a few questions to ask. There are some traditions where times of meditation and waiting on the Lord can be fruitful. Far be it from me to suggest a style of doing such things, but I think there is merit in going to a ‘quiet place’ to pray and think about the year that has passed. Before you get to the detail of what is to come, take a step backward and ask some of the bigger questions. Often, under the pressure of delivering a weekly programme, these kinds of things just take a back seat.
