Last night we hosted our last Tuesday night youth club for the summer. The kids end school this week, and many will be away on holiday at different times during the summer. Actually, many of the leaders will be away on holiday too. So the end result is no more youth club. (If you'll remember, the kids who showed up on Tuesday nights were neighborhood kids with little or no church background. The youth clubs are a way to get kids off the streets where there are few options to occupy them but getting into trouble. The hope also is that good relationships will form between those in the church and these young people, resulting in good conversations and opportunities for evangelism down the road.)
So last night we hosted a BBQ for them. Thirty or so showed up and it was a good time. It's funny, I really felt like it took up till now for me to really feel comfortable with them (last night I shot pool with several of them) and now it's over. Bummer.
If you read this today, please pray for GSGBC and Penny, the youth worker, because we're holding a church meeting to discuss youth work in throughout the area. The Bromley (the area surrounding Orpington and Green Street Green) Council has recognized (1) a significant problem with young people and crime throughout the area and (2) that those don't appear to be as big a problem in GSG/Orpington, especially on Tuesday nights. As a result the Council has asked GSGBC if they'd consider spearheading the area youth work. Tonight the church meets to discuss proposals by Penny on how the church might move forward in this matter, if at all.
Please pray that the church receives guidance from the Lord regarding the young people in the area and the church's role in that work. Pray also that the congregation would become of one mind on the subject.
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