Cultivating a Culture of Acceptance, Mike Park – Video and Discussion Outline
Pastor Mike Park of Hope Church NYC discusses how to cultivate a culture of unconditional love and acceptance in a youth group setting.
Questions for Discussion:
How is our leadership doing in creating this culture of acceptance? What are we doing to communicate that our youth are okay as they are, loved as they are?
There can be a lot of negative messages around attendance in youth group and at youth functions. How can we mitigate that, so that youth don’t receive messages of guilt we don’t wish to pass along?
Do we unwittingly create tiers of acceptance when we create tiers of engagement (ie, a subset of youth asked to be student leaders)? How might we do this differently?