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	<title>Comments on: Emerging Youth Group</title>
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		<title>By: Justin</title>
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		<description>I think it needs to be addressed within practice. I think the emerging church is on to something when it comes to &quot;doing&quot; church. I am excited to see how some discussion between me and my youth pastor end up when it comes to the way we &quot;do&quot; youth group. I think there is a shift within American Youth happening right in front of our eyes and we have to be willing to see and then do something about it. I have a feeling though within fundamentalism, we are going to see this change in culture and then say that the way we are doing things is the best way with the &quot;resources&quot; available. And if that happens I am going to start calling some bluffs because point blank, that excuse is a load of crap!&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;With that said, what is the culture shift in teens? One on one or small group encounters. I think the days of the &quot;large event&quot; are dying if not dead already. Teens don&#039;t want to go to a place with thousands of others. They are noticed. They fall right back into the middle of the crowd just like at home, or school, or where ever. They can&#039;t jump and say &quot;Hear I am. Am I important enough for you to invest some time into?&quot; because they are just another face.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;So what are the &quot;resources&quot; that aren&#039;t available? You! There is a shortage of people that really care about what happens to that kid that walks through the doors at church. Why? Because those people think that that teen doesn&#039;t care about them or themselves. It&#039;s time we start doing something...one kid at a time!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think it needs to be addressed within practice. I think the emerging church is on to something when it comes to &#8220;doing&#8221; church. I am excited to see how some discussion between me and my youth pastor end up when it comes to the way we &#8220;do&#8221; youth group. I think there is a shift within American Youth happening right in front of our eyes and we have to be willing to see and then do something about it. I have a feeling though within fundamentalism, we are going to see this change in culture and then say that the way we are doing things is the best way with the &#8220;resources&#8221; available. And if that happens I am going to start calling some bluffs because point blank, that excuse is a load of crap!</p>
<p>With that said, what is the culture shift in teens? One on one or small group encounters. I think the days of the &#8220;large event&#8221; are dying if not dead already. Teens don&#8217;t want to go to a place with thousands of others. They are noticed. They fall right back into the middle of the crowd just like at home, or school, or where ever. They can&#8217;t jump and say &#8220;Hear I am. Am I important enough for you to invest some time into?&#8221; because they are just another face.</p>
<p>So what are the &#8220;resources&#8221; that aren&#8217;t available? You! There is a shortage of people that really care about what happens to that kid that walks through the doors at church. Why? Because those people think that that teen doesn&#8217;t care about them or themselves. It&#8217;s time we start doing something&#8230;one kid at a time!!!</p>
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