So I went to prepare the Bible study for our youth group meeting this week and hit a wall. We use this DVD series that introduces the theme with a high school drama episode (very dramatic) and then a well established youth speaker explains the message and then we have a discussion and look up Bible verses and stuff. Its been workng great since I got the first volume last year, so I was really excited now that we get to start the next volume. But when I started watching it just didn't seem to work. The drama got really lame at what should have been the most serious part, there was nothing in it the kids could actually relate too, and the message afterwards was really weak and did nothing to really explain the questions brought up by the drama. Now I'm stuck, because I just don't know if I want to keep using this curriculum, and I don't know what to use in place of it. Hmmm. I feel like we do too much talking at the kids in our group and don't let them really work through things like we should. I'm thinking of trying a sort of discussion thing this week, maybe finding a current event or something and having the kids ask questions that the event raised and try and figure it out together, instead of feeding them a bite-sized answer like we usually do.
Funny thing is that this is the way my dad used to do things when he was my youth leader. Maybe I should have paid better attention. I guess I just feel like I'm not doing enough if I don't have all the answers for our kids, and so I feel like I need to spit out an answer, instead of the Jesus thing of helping them figure it out themselves by asking another question.
Well, wish me luck! I'll let you know how this goes.
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