Something you will hear a lot around YM360 is that the foundation of your youth ministry has to be built on God's Word. So many excellent youth workers get this and have solid plans and programs to teach teenagers to engage with God through the pages of the Bible. This is a great thing. But if we step back and ask ourselves if we're teaching students to memorize God's Word, to “hide it in their hearts” to quote Psalm 119, I think many of us find that we're missing out.
It’s time we reevaluate our relationship with Scripture memory and raise the bar on how we challenge students to engage with God’s Word.