Lynne and I have spent part of this weekend in Hanmer Springs, cooking for the youth leaders (Warwick Tomlinson, Steve Jaegar, Logan Matthews, Kate Diggs, Summer Stewart, Adelle Dixon, Aliesha Brown and Amy Hay). It was our way of practically serving and honouring them as they took a weekend to retreat, pray, play and plan together.
These youth leaders work hard and well. Together they provide Saturday night socials, Wednesday night cell groups and a monthly youth worship experience called Xplosion. They function as a team, with Amy and Logan taking greater responsibility.
They have a strong commitment to training and together they have been to a 5 week Leading Small Groups at Bible College of New Zealand and a 7 week Youth Leadership course with Baptist Youth Train. I have seen them handle some difficult pastoral issues this year. I am impressed with the active mentoring of younger leaders that I see occurring among OBY. They have some dreams for a more pro-active outreach ministry. Please take a moment to pray for them, for their dreams and for their future.
Posted by opawa at August 25, 2005 04:47 PM