tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10217302.post113847806933723087..comments2024-03-21T03:45:48.679-05:00Comments on Enter the Rainbow: Young Adults and the Church: ThemesAndy B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05944614269873479581noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10217302.post-1138639618681467232006-01-30T10:46:00.000-06:002006-01-30T10:46:00.000-06:00andy! i think its great that you got so many comm...andy! i think its great that you got so many comments on yo' blog about a great topic. good luck on your workshop. is there going to be a segment in there about a young adult "singles" ministry and a "young adult" ministry not being synonomous! sometimes i wish we could just have HUMAN ministry instead of: men's, women's, childrens, young adult's, youth, the quilters, the greeters, etc. Sometimes I think that fragments our church's. I think it's necessary, for instance I wouldn't want a 30 year old dude coming to middle school youth group, but this mentality really can hurt "us young folks" when we're imbetween those clear cut stages ya know? I often think about how I would feel at my church if i didn't freaking work there. interesting thought. great stuff andy!Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07874012298542994380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10217302.post-1138620925018705602006-01-30T05:35:00.000-06:002006-01-30T05:35:00.000-06:00When my parents (who are in their 60s) were young ...When my parents (who are in their 60s) were young single Christians in their twenties, every church had a place for such people to assemble on weekend nights. There were opportunities for bored young Christians not be bored and alone. That doesn't appear to be "standard issue" at churches anymore. Maybe I have a poor sample, but there seems to be an expectation that Christians will leave the church at 18 (or 22) and come back when 35, married, and with a baby. Maybe we need to return to the older model where the church community existed for all phases of life.<BR/><BR/>I tried to start such a thing at a previous church, but there were simply no young singles to do it. None. They had already abandoned the church.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04854543617806427302noreply@blogger.com