Jake: A Tribute
On Wednesday, Feb 26, the youth community in Ontario lost a giant of a man. Jake Hiemstra was a volunteer youth leader at his church in Goderich, Ontario.
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On Wednesday, Feb 26, the youth community in Ontario lost a giant of a man. Jake Hiemstra was a volunteer youth leader at his church in Goderich, Ontario.
As youth group leaders, how can we help our youth to experience Jesus not just know about Him? Maybe hearing some great stories can inspire us all.
Much has been written about going on short-term mission trips. What makes a mission trip good or bad?
It is so exciting to see so many young men and women passionately worshipping God with a desire to serve Him on their campus and in their churches. Experiencing all of this at the Passion Conference, I long for my youth back home to have this kind of passion for Christ
In practice, I and other youth leaders that I work with, often do all the leading ourselves. It is less complicated, isn’t as messy, and takes less time. In the rush of our week, with work, family and other obligations, who has time to involve the youth in actually leading youth group on a Wednesday night. It is just easier to do it yourself.
I once read that “our youth will not raise their hands in praise to God, any higher than their leaders do”. We all know that the best way to lead in anything, is by being an example. This is how we need to lead our youth. We need to “be a player”.
I don’t know about you, but often in the busyness of life, I tell myself, I don’t have just a minute, I have too many things to do. Sometimes I am so preoccupied with what I want to do, that I do not notice the needs of my youth...