Back From Vacation Karolyn and I are now back from our vacation and I am back from speaking at Camp Selah for the past week! We are excited to be back and still would love to meet with every individual that helped out with FOCUS Factor Ministries over the last year to evaluate. We are tossing around the idea of having a party at our house to say "THANK YOU" and also to talk about how last year went. We don't have a date yet on the calendar since it seems to fill up WAY TO FAST but this sounds like the easiest way to get this done. In complete contradiction to my last blog I've heard that Wednesday Nights have been plummiting in numbers over the last three weeks. I know that our numbers always go down, and we all know that numbers are not the only standard by which to evaluate how good of a job we are doing, but if no one shows up I would say we need to change something. I know teens are fickle and now have jobs and have to try and get rides and stuff like that, but I am anxious to see how this Wednesday turns out. Please continue to pray that our teens would come and bring friends and most importantly grow in their relationships with Jesus Christ! Again, I am excited to be back and see what the LORD has in store for the upcomming year.
In God's Love,
Joel R. Greenwood
posted by JHealthNutG @ 6/25/2007 12:21:00 PM
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I grow weary of the first question people ask after a JV event is: "yea, I heard you had that thing, that JV thing...How many kids did you have?" It seems to be the training they have underone, and I can't help but wonder if some of that training came from us as youth workers embedding in the minds of parents, volunteers, senior pastors, and communities everywhere that as long as we had a ton of kids there...it was a success! I disagree with the concept entirely. One of many reasons is this: We begin to head to the numbers the way a politician look sat the polls for an apporval rating. As long as we see NUMBERS we're doing great. As long as the public sees the approval rating of the president in high percentages...things are better than good.
I would like to pose this to the entire group not as a strike of lightening, but more as a reminder. Let us seek HIM first and his righteousness, then all these things shall be added unto us. Before we altar the wed night program which I can only imagine did not simply drop out of the sky, but rather needed much planning, prep, and prayer to suit the numbers and wants of our spoiled kids, let's ask is what we're doing productive in discipleship and community? Is it working in the training of these young people? What would be the real reason to change? Would change be effective in the long range goals of Focus Factor?
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