A super brief youth ministry truth with you. Ready?
Your actions are determined by your desired outcome.
Let’s unpack this a little. This means:
- Your disciple-making actions (i.e., how you set up your programming, how you teach, etc.) are determined by what you desire to see in the spiritual lives of your students.
- The way you interact with your volunteers (i.e., how you recruit them, train them, empower them, etc.) will be determined by the way in which you envision them contributing to your ministry.
- The manner in which you engage with the parents of your students (i.e., how and what you communicate to them, how you involve them, etc.) will be determined by the role you envision them playing in your youth ministry.
- The way you plan your retreats (i.e., the speakers, the band, the theme, the schedule, etc.) is determined your desired outcome for the event. In other words, you act so that your retreat accomplishes what you want it to accomplish.