'Twas The Night Before Youth Ministry
I wrote this last year and thought to share again Here: 'Twas the Night Before Youth Ministry 'Twas the Nite Before Youth Ministry, When all through the church Not a church was stirring, not even a pastor. The budget minutes were done for the year with care. In hopes that funds for the ministry next year would be there. The church-goers had gone. All full of themselves. With visions of only thinking of Thyself. The Leadership wanted the last say on everything. And the Senior Pastor had to be right on every theological thing. When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter. Several of us had sprung out of the church to see what was the matter. As we entered the church parking lot What did we see? But Angry parents and students wanting youth ministry for FREE! More rapid than insults, the crowd made demands. They had expectations of what they thought youth ministry looked like and added their demands. They started to name the youth orgainzations by name: Now "Youth For Chris