Summer is over, which for most youth workers in the U.S. that means another busy summer is in the books and mid-week small groups have recently begun. For some, the routine that the school year brings is refreshing. For others it is nothing short of a life saver. Not only because now the public school system has to deal with the lovely youth God has entrusted them to disciple for at least 35 hours of the week, but also because the transition to a new school year offers hope that their summer blunder will be forgotten.
We have all heard the stories. We all know the guy who knows the guy who took his youth group to see the Hangover 2 during their CIY trip not knowing what it was. Or the guy who forgot the pastor’s kid at the Christian concert that had gotten rained out. Personally, I may have gotten the cops called on my room while at a hotel traveling back from a service project to New Orleans. Apparently balloons popping on the ceiling from hotel bed volleyball sounds a lot like a gun shot. I made them all swear to secrecy, but we all know how that worked out.
Back to forgetting though, wouldn’t that be nice. Youth workers with baggage or stories that if the wrong person heard might get you fired, I want to offer you freedom. Freedom from fear of the wrong person finding out. Freedom from always having to explain that the story is taken out of context. Freedom from beating yourself up over that awful blunder you made. It was not your fault. Seriously, it wasn’t. Science proved it. You don’t have to be embarrassed anymore. You were simply suffering from decision fatigue.
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Pretty insightful. Thanks!