Apr
26
2007
Answering Machine: Brian’s Question
Posted by: stuartdelony in Answer machine, Blogroll, Church, answering machine, answers, blog, fellowship, general, how to, pastors, people, students, video, vod pod, vodpod, welcome, youth group, youth ministryBrian posed this question on my answering machine:
What particularly do you do when new kids show up - how do you make them feel welcome and connected?
I misunderstood which Brian it asked the question. There’s a youth pastor Brian and a student Brian that reads this blog. So I ended up answering that question to both the youth pastor and students.
To a Youth Pastor:
To the Students:
Anyone else want to put in their two cents on this question?
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Hey, this is Brian (Yes, THE Brian who posed the question! : ) Thanks much for your thoughts. I think you are right on the money. My current group has a lot of work to do in this area. They leave all the welcoming and “evangelism” up to the adults. I could just chalk it up to the the possiblity that they are unfriendly people (not true!) but I think the heart ofthe matter is that they just don’t know what to do when a stranger walks in. They need us to help teach them how to welcome, how to connect, and how to reach out. I’m going to pass your video along to some youth in my group and see what they think!
Well, glad to help! Great question by the way…
This is the student Brian. Great answer to the question Stuart. I think you said that I asked the question. I guess that is alright. lol Have a good day Stuart!
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