Top 10 Reasons our Kids Leave Church

Tags

christianity, fail, leaving church, youth ministry

Very interesting, hits on a lot of the points I hear from my friends who have left the church.

Marc5Solas

We all know them, the kids who were raised in church. They were stars of the youth group. They maybe even sang in the praise band or led worship. And then… they graduate from High School and they leave church. What happened?

It seems to happen so often that I wanted to do some digging; To talk to these kids and get some honest answers. I work in a major college town with a large number of 20-somethings. Nearly all of them were raised in very typical evangelical churches. Nearly all of them have left the church with no intention of returning. I spend a lot of time with them and it takes very little to get them to vent, and I’m happy to listen. So, after lots of hours spent in coffee shops and after buying a few lunches, here are the most common thoughts taken from dozens of…

View original post 1,779 more words

A Shorter Week and Home for Chinese New Year

Tags

bad boys bad boys, Chinese New Year, Love Week, secret friend, teaching

So this past week was “Love Week” at our school…it was alright. Some of the kids made some pretty darn cute cards for their “secret friend” (it’s like secret santa).

On Monday one of our staff came back =) He’s been away since about mid October I think because of some heath issues, and so it’s nice that’s back, even if it’s just for 50%.

My kids were pretty alright this week, nothing too crazy

What a fun day today =)

Tags

assessment, detention, falling, fun, halls, math, oral, running, snowbank, socrative, teaching, test

So. Today was amazing.

1. I fell into a snowbank while walking backwards and telling 1 student that we changed class, in front of 2 other students….and my leg was covered in snow.

2. I got my retainer fixed, it cost a lot of money though….

3. Because I had an emergency dentist appointment, I was running all over the school trying to arrange cover and what not – as a result like 20 students yelled “No running in the halls Miss ________” and about 10 of them gave me detention….

A New Apt (soon), Table Flipping, My Birthday and a Night Out…

Tags

apartment, assessment, birthday, detention, development talk, flipping tables, math, moving, review, teaching, test, warning

So on Monday, our discipline officer person came into my class (interrupted it!) and looked really really anxious…and I thought “oh no…what have one of my kids done….” only for him to say “you live in the same building as __________ right?” “yes…” “I’ve already talked to ___________ (our HR/accountant person) and she’s called your landlord and we’re going to get you out of there!” “oh, thanks =)” haha he always looks out for me =D It’s sweet. By the end of the day they had an option for me =) (more on that later). They are really nice to take care of me like that though.

AND! on Monday I had my development talk

Sick and an Exciting Friday (that I missed…)

Tags

crazy kids, dog poop, fall, fever, France, laundry, man with knife, medicine, proposal, sick, threaten

Quick Summary:
Being sick sucks, fell into dog poop, someone in building threatened by strange man with knife, students are awesome.

Long Detailed Semi-Boring, Very Rambly Post…: