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Friday, August 1, 2014

High School aged WNDITWB


High School youth can be pretty set in their ways. One of the dilemmas of working with High School youth is that they are always looking for adventure and get bored with same old/same old, however, if you change anything or try to substitute, they raise a ruckus. Things to try:
  • Keep almost everything the same but change just one thing at a time. For example, sing all their favorite songs, but introduce one new song each time. Have the Mission Trip to the same location but vary what project they work on.
  • Keep old programs in place but introduce a new program in addition.
  • I used to tease my youth regularly about “We've never done it that way before [WNDITWB].” They got the point and when they would start to set their heels, I could give them a smile and say “We've never...” and they would smile back and acknowledge the need to try it before condemning it.
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