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I was frustrated,
discouraged and afraid that, as a Youth leader in my church, our
students were not grounded in the Word of God and growing in their
faith because we were too focused on fun.
The issue was
not to eliminate the fun but to add the focus on a personal relationship
with Jesus Christ and to determine where the students were as individuals
and the group was in their walk.
The solution
was DIRT CREW ministries. The core of this ministry solution is
the student journals and daily devotionals. The beauty of these
devotionals and journals is the flexibility to adjust and change
them to focus on the needs of your Youth.
It was amazing
to watch the simple theme of "Come get your hands dirty!"
being lived out in our Youth as they rose to the challenge of earning
their DIRT Shirts.
Yes, earning
the "DIRT Shirt" (which was something the leadership had
to do as well) based on their faithfulness to be present to learn
and then serve in the local missions opportunities.
Simply stated
DIRT CREW ministries works because its foundation is the Word of
God, presented in a way that students can understand and then be
challenged to live out.
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