Engaging the church of tomorrow

I’ve been attending a church elders’ study day. This morning’s workshop focused on prayer – mostly vestry prayer and intercessory prayer (very useful as I’m on vestry duty tomorrow morning!) This afternoon’s workshop focused on youth and mission and was very challenging and thought-provoking. One of the phrase that really struck a chord was “We’re not disciples in waiting; we’re disciples in training.” It left me wondering if Junior Church is perhaps a little too passive – we sit around and discuss the Bible reading but do we encourage the young people in the church to be actively involved? Food for thought.