It Means More Than You Know

Aug 18, 2010 by kentonarthurlee

Have you ever been frustrated with the lack of success with your young adult ministry?

Maybe you are a youth pastor who was given the charge of doing young adult ministry, as well – and you are just struggling to find the time to do it right.
Maybe you are a young adult leader who has just started a ministry at your church, and it just does not seem like it is getting off the ground.
Maybe you are a veteran young adult leader who has been doing this forever, and it doesn’t seem like you are making any difference.

Well, whether you find yourself identifying with one of these situations or if you are in a young adult ministry that is doing great – I have a message for you today: Keep doing what you are doing.

Your young adult ministry means more than you know.  Recently, I was at a young adult retreat where one of our young adults was sharing with some high schoolers about our young adult ministry.  While I thought that the group didn’t mean too much to this individual who came sometimes and was sort of involved (but nothing too special, I thought…), he began to speak passionately about what the group meant to him.  He said how he did not connect anywhere with church after high school and just wandered around for a long time.  He didn’t feel like he had any community.  He was becoming disengaged with God.  But then he found this group that really liked him and provided him a place just to be himself.  He absolutely loved our group.  And I had no idea that it meant so much to him.

So let this serve as an encouragement.  Whether you think you are doing great or not – keep going.  Your ministry means more than you know.  Your ministry is more important than you know.  Sometimes you don’t know what is going on in the lives of those around you, and you simply need to continue serving and loving your young adults.

Because it means more than you know….