Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Using School Assemblies to Launch a Youth Ministry

I was recently in Huntsville, TX. I did not have a trip scheduled for a couple of days and my mentor, Wayne, was doing some school assemblies a couple hours away in Huntsville. I decided to drive down for a couple of days and watch. While I was there I observed one of the coolest ideas for launching a new youth ministry.

The Church we were working with had just launched another Church in a nearby community. They had only been having services there, I believe, for less than a month. The staff had gotten Wayne into all the schools in that community. All together there was over 1000 students. That night there was great excitement and expectation for the turn out at the night rally.

At the night rally the church was packed full. There were approximately 200 students who responded for salvation that night. Their information was gathered by leaders. Each student was invited to come back that week for their youth service. They had over 100 new students added to their youth ministry that week.

I thought to myself; what an incredible start to launching a youth ministry! This model created incredible momentum for the youth ministry and the staff. I would urge us all to think creatively about how we further the Kingdom of God. Together lets reach a generation!