Keeping Youth Groups Open, Kate Hyde and Caroline Ainsworth – Video and Discussion Outline
Kate Hyde and Caroline Ainsworth Hughes discuss the importance of keeping youth groups open and affirming with YMI’s founding director, Skip Masback.
Questions for Discussion:
Masback says, “High boundaries create deep commitments.” At the same time, Masback explains that this can be exclusive of those who are still questioning their beliefs, which leads to a model of belonging and then coming to believe and practice a Christian faith. Is this model fostered in our church, or do we come at youth ministry from a different perspective?
How is our church providing fuel for the desire for grace and love?
Are we providing a safe space for kids on different legs of the faith journey? Are the youth who just want a safe space finding that? Are the youth who are hungrier for more finding what they need?
What are our youth teaching us? How are they (albeit unknowingly) cultivating their own culture of learning, from which we can learn too?