In most churches there is a simmering conflict brewing beneath the surface. At any time, this cold war could turn hot. I’m talking about a conflict between two opposing factions. One faction seeks to keep the church building clean, orderly and safe. The other seeks to destroy the building at every opportunity. No, this isn’t some Frank Peretti novel. I’m talking about student ministry vs. facilities.
Hey, it’s not like we purposely destroy chairs, stain the carpet and shatter light bulbs in the ceiling. These things just happen because when you bring 100s of students into your church buildings every week chaos unfolds like a stampede of wildebeests. Coincidentally, the church building may also smell like a herd of wildebeests after a middle school event. Sorry about that.
OK. In all seriousness, our student ministry accumulated several pages worth of infractions this year because students sometimes do crazy things. We do our very best (and I’m sure you do too) to follow the policies and procedures, clean up after ourselves and work together with facilities, event planning, security and production but occasionally we forget important details, break stuff, mess up and sometimes there are massive spills. This is ministry.
The truth is that we LOVE the people that serve us and help make our student ministry great. We never want to take them for granted and you shouldn’t either! Let’s be real, they put up with a lot and without their help we’d be dead.
A few days ago, our Family Ministries team threw a breakfast for all the different staff teams that support us. We had tons of great food, played a hilarious Kahoot game, gave a nice thank-you speech and showed this video. It’s hilarious.
Family Ministries Thank You from LifeLine Student Ministries on Vimeo.
To all those who support our ministry through their work at the church. Thanks so much! We appreciate all of you.