Helping Grown Ups Hang In There

by Titus Benton

Recruiting for middle school ministry is sort of like getting someone to volunteer to gargle thumb tacks or give a skunk a nice, long hug. For the average churchgoer, surrendering time and energy to enhance a ministry filled with pubescent, smelly, squirrelly homosapiens ranks right up there with signing up to clean toilets. Hey, I love middle schoolers. And while I acknowledge some of the difficulties of working with them, I try not to focus on those less attractive features. All I’m saying is that most people find those obstacles hard to ignore. If, in your setting, people are knocking others over to get on board with your middle school team, I think it’s safe to say you are in the minority.

If it is hard to get willing people…

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