Catching Up...

I had lunch with a good friend today. I’m in Indianapolis for work and he lives close to Indy. It was great to catch up. We talked about family. Work. Life. Music. Reading. Lotsa stuff…

We also talked about the church. Serving in it. Ministering with those we love. The purpose of the church. What we can do. Lotsa stuff…

One thing that really captured my attention surrounded the idea of the reaching out to those in the college or around that age. The church over the last bunch of years (even back in to the 80’s) has done a pretty consistently, deplorable job reaching out to those in this age group.

Why? Do we not know how to reach them? Have we done a bad job of preparing them for this age during “youth ministry”? Have we not done all we can to prepare their parents to in turn get them ready for this time?

I hope to be able to help answer some of these questions. I hope to be part of the discussion within my church and with my friends who serve in churches. This generation. This age group of people I’m referring to in the post is filled with tremendous potential. Potential to change the entire world. Potential to end poverty around the world. To show the world what true followers of Jesus are like. Who followers of Jesus should be.

I hope for the future. I hope for myself. I hope for all followers of Jesus…