This morning I was thinking about youth ministry. Why? Laziness. I enjoy my job but being lazy I just want to sit at home and watch tv, surf the web, and relax all day. So I was trying to think of what job would be good that would allow me to enjoy my laziness. Answer: Youth Ministry. Yes YM's do a lot of work: planning, late nights, and lots of weekends working because of youth group and other events. But overall most of our day is spent sitting at a desk surfing the web, watching clips of movies, getting your favorite snacks for youth events because you cant afford them all the time, playing wii or other games with the youth, going out to eat and chatting with youth. So yes youth ministry is an active laziness that I loved, but definitely not wanting to go back to it any time soon.
A YM never stops thinking about YM. I watch movies, hear a sermon, see a clip and think "This would make a great small group discussion/talk". There is so much great material out there, its never ending. Thinking about all this I was thinking about my younger sisters tonight. They are teens who dont go to youth group and usually never go to Mass. At times they have a desire to do these things but their dad does not support these desires. I obviously want them to grow up having a strong faith and love for the Catholic Church but living a thousand miles away it is hard for me to do anything. As I was looking at links to stories and videos on FB tonight I realized there is something I can do. I can be a YM to my sisters through the internet. There are so many wonderful short clips that I can send them on FB or through their email. With these clips I can send them discussion questions that we can discuss on the phone or online. Oh Ive been slacking in sharing the faith with my sister.
Oh religion class will be so much fun in our house if I home school. Of course since parents are the first teachers of the faith to their children every day should be a mini religion class.
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