innerchange

I'm not very good at writing in things like this. I would much rather sit down with you discuss what I have to say and hear what you have to say. I like the face to face discussion. However I am aware of this tool and I do find some enjoyment out of writing my thoughts. So I have broken down and joined the army of bloggers in a hope that at some point I will have something beneficial to say and that I will hear from some others who definitely have good things to say.

At this moment I am in the midst of a great time in my life. God has blessed my wife and I so that we are expecting our first child in April. My life as for work is also great. I am a youth minister at the Airline Dr. church of Christ. Our ministry there is called innerchange, hence the name of the blog. We call it innerchange because of the change God requires inside each of us. Our goal is to give kids who cross our path the building blocks for deep faith in God and when they have grown out of our ministry to mature as Christian adults in active service in God's kingdom and Church. The reason why life is great in this area is because the church I am at is currently in a struggle to find the reason for it existence. Our leaders are actively seeking God's vision and purpose. I believe if we are going to be a congregation in the future we must address the futures needs now! We must recognize the importance of young people (birth - 25yrs) and their differences from us. I'm not that old but I can tell you that I don't express myself the same way these young people do. Nor did I when I was their age. We must not sacrifice the gospel but we must package it in a way that will nourish the spirit and growth of our younger generation. Instead of throwing water on whatever fire is bu ring inside them for God. I heard a preacher put it this way, "If our teens aren't proud to wear the name of Christ, we need to do a better job of telling His story!"