This name first came up in a conversation about how we can help those people who turn up every week as volunteers to do youth and children’s ministry.
They receive no payment, they have probably had little or no formal training, but they arrive each week and provide the backbone for discipleship of our young people. There are far more of them than there are paid youth ministers, but we can so easily just assume they will turn up week after week. What can we do to help Mrs. Jones?
Recruit
Sound obvious? But how you recruit is vital. You are looking for people who have a passion for young people and who love the Lord Jesus. That’s a given. If they have some training in a child/student related field, that’s helpful but not essential. Some of the best youth ministers I have worked with have not been specifically trained in youth ministry. God has gifted them in a special way to work with young people. Such people are to be grabbed but not abused. They may only have limited time to give.
