http://www.dscottmiller.com/2010/04/08/hacking-youth-ministry/ the 411 of Catholic Youth Ministry Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:00:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.dscottmiller.com/2010/04/08/hacking-youth-ministry/comment-page-1/#comment-3485 Eric G. Sun, 11 Apr 2010 20:41:37 +0000 http://www.dscottmiller.com/2010/04/08/hacking-youth-ministry/#comment-3485 This is SOooo... true. I know the parishes in our Diocese are looking for a major change. Everyone working in the parishes knows it, most volunteers know it, but it is time for a major change to take place. It is parents that we are going to have to be afraid of. They are the ones who often do not realize that if it worked for them, it may not necessarily work for their kids. We will be pulling a few all-nighters in our Diocese will hopefully be putting together a five-year plan for change in the rel. ed/confirmation programs. Hope there is some good discussion on this, would like the input. This is SOooo… true. I know the parishes in our Diocese are looking for a major change. Everyone working in the parishes knows it, most volunteers know it, but it is time for a major change to take place. It is parents that we are going to have to be afraid of. They are the ones who often do not realize that if it worked for them, it may not necessarily work for their kids. We will be pulling a few all-nighters in our Diocese will hopefully be putting together a five-year plan for change in the rel. ed/confirmation programs. Hope there is some good discussion on this, would like the input.

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]]> http://www.dscottmiller.com/2010/04/08/hacking-youth-ministry/comment-page-1/#comment-3471 Wayne Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:04:44 +0000 http://www.dscottmiller.com/2010/04/08/hacking-youth-ministry/#comment-3471 I think there is much to be said for the "all-nighter." Certainly, we mimic this in youth ministry (to an extent) with lock-ins and retreats. I guess the question for me is why don't we do this more as a community of youth ministers? If it works so well for those we serve, why aren't we serving ourselves more? And I'm not talking about a retreat away where we can rest and regroup and relax, but a setting where we burn the midnight oil and have those deeper, richer conversations that are so integral to our ministry and assessing what we do and why we do it. I think there is much to be said for the “all-nighter.” Certainly, we mimic this in youth ministry (to an extent) with lock-ins and retreats. I guess the question for me is why don’t we do this more as a community of youth ministers? If it works so well for those we serve, why aren’t we serving ourselves more? And I’m not talking about a retreat away where we can rest and regroup and relax, but a setting where we burn the midnight oil and have those deeper, richer conversations that are so integral to our ministry and assessing what we do and why we do it.

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