Sustainable Youth Ministry by Mark DeVries

Author:Mark DeVries [DeVries, Mark]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: 2010-01-28T00:00:00+00:00

Figure 7.

The blank sections are the time when the youth worker goes at full speed. Sabbath and personal time are protected times—to be intentionally away from work. Flex times could be designated either for work or for time off, depending on the demands of the week. (See the description of balcony time in the next chapter.)

The rhythmic week begins with the discipline of the Sabbath. Regardless of how many hours we pack into a week, the habit of one full day of rest each week makes a huge difference in our emotional health, often preventing us from being emotionally driven or emotionally empty.

Interestingly, the vast majority of youth ministers we’ve worked with were not taking a full Sabbath day each week. Some even laughed at the idea of a day off, as if it were a luxury for someone with less important work to do (this, in spite of the fact that the whole idea of the Sabbath comes just one commandment away from the prohibition against murder).

Young people need youth workers who have God— rather than youth ministry— first and foremost in view.

MIKE KING

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