This morning was a good morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
A few weeks ago an idea popped into my head – an experiment for our church’s summer youth ministry: a weekly Breakfast Club.<\/p>\n\n\n
After polling the teens a few weeks ago, we had decided that Monday mornings (!) would work best for the greatest number of individuals. The schedule would be simple: Show up at 8:00 am if you want to help cook, 8:30 for breakfast and Bible, and we’d finish by 9:30.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
The goal is greater spiritual health through a habit of personal Bible study. The system to reach that goal is two-pronged:<\/p>\n\n\n
(The best part is that I am killing two birds with one stone here. The curriculum I am creating is going to become the basis for my dissertation.)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
At our first meeting two weeks ago, three teens showed up. And it was good.<\/p>\n\n\n
Last Monday only one teen came. And it was a little awkward.<\/p>\n\n\n
After last Monday’s lack of attendance I almost altered the time and day, but finally decided that the challenge of meeting on a Monday morning might actually serve to illustrate important aspects of habit formation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
This morning seven teens came to cook, eat, and delve into the Bible and we also had two grade school girls and two other adults beside me!<\/p>\n\n\n
With 12 people around the table enjoying waffles and bacon and Genesis 1, it felt to me like the start of something.<\/p>\n\n\n
Time will tell.<\/p>\n\n\n
Anyway, this little taste of success got me motivated to be more intentional about my curriculum. I haven’t had any handouts ready to go so far – I confess that Monday mornings tend to sneak up on me. But I spent some time today creating what will become an ongoing weekly review sheet (for those who have to miss now and then) and a single sheet with guided questions for discussion next week.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
This feels important – maybe in bigger ways that I can currently guess.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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