The Potential of Community

A couple of years ago I had written an article for PDYM Community. Yesterday I got Simply Youth Ministry news letter and found that they have added it to a list of other great articles from other Youth Workers pertaining to student ministry on their website. Here is a clip from the article,

Last year the PDYM team had a vision to connect youth workers with other like minded youth workers for the sake of developing community. Ultimately for community to happen people have to be willing to connect with each other. There have been several attempts to provide opportunities for this to happen but I want to briefly challenge us to think for a moment what a local pdym community has to offer you and me, our students, and other youth workers.

A local community is a place where you can connect with others. For many of us, we've read the pdym book and maybe even went to a conference, but now, through the local community, we can actually talk face to face with other youth workers who share the same passion and methods for ministry. We can be encouraged and share openly with people who understand the demands that youth workers face . . . what a relief to know that we are not alone!!!

A local community can be a resource for leadership training. Let's face it, leadership training can be tuff and expensive! When you connect with a local community you have the opportunity to learn from others and have others learn from you. You have a new resource of potential guest speakers who understands what you are trying to do and who could come and train your leaders. This is a great Resource!!!!

Click here if you want to read the rest of the article!