Relationships with the youth and church leaders

Oct,09,2012

So far I have been here for almost a month and I have already done so much and learnt so much. As you know the church that I am attending and helping out at is called New Life which is located in Duncan. Though, I haven't attended this church for very long, I have had a great opportunity to help out in youth group and kids zone on the road. I have also been able to connect with a lot of the youth and church leaders.

So far I have attended three different youth nights. I have never been a leader at a youth group before so this was a new experience for me that kind of pushed me out of my comfort zone. At all of the youth nights I have really tried to get to know all the youth and to especially remember their names. I think that I have already started some great relationships and hope to continue with them. I have noticed that the more I go to church and youth group, the more the youth start to open up and want to get to know me and want to build a friendship. I think that its going to be a great year and I cant wait for my new friendships to grow.

Something different that my church does is a children's ministry called kids zone on the road. Kids zone on the road is a ministry for children in the First Nations reserve. Kids zone on the road takes place every sunday after lunch. What we do is we pack up a trailer and head to the reserve. At the reserve we play games with the kids,sing songs,do puppet shows and have snack time. I have only had the opportunity to attend this once because of our busy schedule, so i haven't had a chance to really develop strong relationships with the kids. I did however, get a chance to develop relationships with the leaders of this ministry. A young really sweet couple are the main leaders of this program and I get to see them every sunday at church. I have had an excellent opportunity to get to know them and I am looking forward to building in our relationship as well.