Now that my kids are in school full-time, I’ve started to
think about my future. I’m at an age where I will probably work for at least
another 30 years. I’m a youth director.
I love being a youth director. I am really good at being a youth director. I
feel called by God to this particular ministry, but I wonder if there is a future in working
with youth?
The average church is declining in membership and resources and numbers of children and youth are leveling off or falling. Combine these
factors with a deteriorating infrastructure and it is clear to me why churches
are opting to let go of staff or to reduce their hours and packages. The
challenge for someone like me, someone who is called by God to minister to
young people, becomes how to interpret God’s call within our current context.
