http://footprintsaustralia.com/blog/2009/12/18/radical-thoughts-about-youth-groups/ Behind the scenes at Footprints magazine Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:33:31 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://footprintsaustralia.com/blog/2009/12/18/radical-thoughts-about-youth-groups/comment-page-1/#comment-775 Dianne Riley Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:23:01 +0000 http://footprintsaustralia.com/blog/?p=270#comment-775 What seems like a life time ago when my husband and I were Youth leaders (our son is now 17 so that gives you an idea about how long ago it was) we did all sorts of stuff that the 'then' youth still recall as the best time in their lives. We would wash the Church buses on a Saturday afternoon, then have pizza for dinner in the church hall. Most Friday nights our home was open to all the teenagers and we would just 'be' together, talking and eating. Sometimes it would be deep and meaningful stuff where we did get the opportunity to give our 'God view' on something but a lot of the time we were 'just together'. One of the guys got married on December 5th...what a joy it was to be there, after all these years we are still friends and he valued our friendship enough to invite us to celebrate with him. Just goes to show eating pizza can be a big witness too!! Sharing Jesus is sharing life's journey What seems like a life time ago when my husband and I were Youth leaders (our son is now 17 so that gives you an idea about how long ago it was) we did all sorts of stuff that the ‘then’ youth still recall as the best time in their lives. We would wash the Church buses on a Saturday afternoon, then have pizza for dinner in the church hall. Most Friday nights our home was open to all the teenagers and we would just ‘be’ together, talking and eating. Sometimes it would be deep and meaningful stuff where we did get the opportunity to give our ‘God view’ on something but a lot of the time we were ‘just together’. One of the guys got married on December 5th…what a joy it was to be there, after all these years we are still friends and he valued our friendship enough to invite us to celebrate with him. Just goes to show eating pizza can be a big witness too!! Sharing Jesus is sharing life’s journey

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