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There was an old Heinz Ketchup commercial that offer Carly Simon’s “Anticipation” as a soundtrack to the thick red sauce coming out of the bottle.
We just wrapped up a virtual blogcation and will be returning soon from a real vacation… And I struggled with planning a vacation this time around. Where to go? What to do? What will be a good, healthy change of pace?
There was a study on vacation and happiness and it showed that our level of happiness during vacation actually has a lot more to do with the planning, preparation and anticipation preceding vacation, more so than the actual vacation.
In youth ministry, do we provide experiences… or do we fully engage others in the sweet anticipation of the planning, producing or performing of experiences?
(h/t ChurchMarketingSucks)
Good point. Teens are definitely more engaged when they are part of the planning and implementation of events.
Comment by Paul Bauer — Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 4:32 pm