A statement that deserves to be shared to a wider audience

My job share partner and I had just finished our meeting.  We walked towards our parked cars where she made a statement and sparked a conversation between the two of that lead to flurry thoughts worthy of being shared.  It started with her asking about my plans for the evening.  I proceeded to inform her that I had Young Adults at my church every Monday evening and was planning on attending tonight, the last one before the summer season.  She replied with a bold statement that I was not expecting to her, “Providing an opportunity for the youth to be connect on a regular basis is something that I really admire about the Christian faith, your faith.” She was speaking on behalf of her Indo-Canadian culture and thought that drawing the Youth was a key component to strengthening and building a community. She expressed he wish to have something similar for her daughter to attend when she reaches that age.  Our conversation continued and eventually headed into the reasons perhaps why the Christian faith has many opportunities for the Youth to be involved and what allows for it to continue on with the same intensity over the generations.  It was discussed how, in order for a community to grow there has to be an interest led by passion both from the participants and leaders. There has to be a willingness to continue spreading the desires and passions onto the next generation by being involved, giving the church a chance widen its horizons.

This got me thinking about how blessed we are as a church community to have faithful and wonderful leaders who make sacrifices in order to be commented to the Youth and to Gods people.  It made me appreciate that community that I have been apart of for the past few years.   We have all made contributions, some very small and almost unnoticeable, that have allowed us to grow stronger.  It also made me realize that people see and recognize what is happening with the youth and it is something to be desired.  We are apart of something so much bigger and that is the GOOD NEWS.