The Report

To the official leaders of IVCF youth group and anyone else it may apply:

I was asked to compare our Youth group with Faith assembly's and this is my report:

I’ve been think about this and have drawn a conclusion, our routines and traditions, so-to-speak, have become a problem. We started out as a group of people wanting to put God back into the hearts of the youth through having fun with games, singing some fun songs, and having a little devotion and prayer to sum everything up. This was what Sunday nights was/were/and still are suppose to be like. We used to use those Sunday nights as a fun and very subtle way to introduce God and Jesus to young people. They could come and decide for themselves without pressure, if they wanted to know Jesus. We won them for God by just being there, having fun, and showing them love and friendship. Tuesday night Bible study was for those who believed and wanted to grow in faith and to learn more about God, Jesus, the apostles, and their histories. Now, we have merged these two nights together. We don’t play games anymore, nor do we subtly introduce God. We are making it impossible to feel welcome if you don’t believe in Christ are if you are not the most social. Where has our love gone? We find ourselves in a daze of comfort in our traditions and rituals. We use this excuse,"Well everyone who comes on Sunday nights is a believer, so why not do nothing but spiritual things on sundays?" way, way, way too much. If everyone was a believer than why are we now sitting at an attendance of 4-10 when we were having 18-27 as an average. I’ve been at youth group for over three years now, before Dee Anne was there, and I have watched youth group grow enormous, shrink to original leadership, and grow again. I know we have our slumps, but this one shouldn’t be over looked. How ever, lately we have had some new people. This great, and I hope and pray that this continues. We love one another, and we love God, but are we loving the lost like ourselves? Are we a dying church, or are we the living, thriving, illuminating, loving, caring, enduring, sacrificing, everlasting body of Christ? I urge you, my brothers and sisters, to live for Christ and not yourself. Only in this will the light prevail over darkness in this world. Christ didn’t suffer so we could sit back and watch Hell and it’s demons corrupt, defile, and kill his sheep. Don’t think that Giving blood at the local Red Cross blood drive is going to help when your blood type is A, B, AB, or O. The only blood type that matters is "G-O-D Positive." Let’s get back on the ministry wagon and not let a soul be won by the darkness, starting with our youth!

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