Friday night we took some of the youth at the church to the Aaron Schust, Audio Adrenaline, MercyMe concert in ozark. It was a lot of fun. I enjoyed watching Josh Watford's (one of the guys in our group) reaction to Audio Adrenaline if nothing else! Plus, we had the opportunity to get to know a couple of the other youth a little better, Jessie and Seth, so that was cool. Sometimes when you just see folks on Wednesday nights, you don't really get to interact like you would like to.
My girls bible study is tonight. I've really got to evaluate how to proceed with it in the future. My enthusiasm is waning somewhat - not because of the girls, but because of how much work it is!! I don't have any help at all, and as the group continues to grow and grow it becomes exhausting. I've stopped giving rides, so that has helped, but still there is the planning, cooking, cleaning, execution all by myself. I've asked for help, but gotten little response. I really enjoy my time with the girls - we have a ball together, but I want to know that my effort is paying off. I am not seeing an increase in their desire to dig deeper spiritually, and that concerns me. (This is of course, generally speaking - some are totally on fire.) I don't want to host a girls party every two weeks. I wonder if maybe I should be selective and approach some girls individually and start a closed discipleship group and then only have the open group maybe just every so often so everyone can hang out. I think maybe then we could really try to do some serious bible study. I don't know. Maybe I need to really decide the purpose of the group. If the purpose of the group is deep bible study, then maybe it should change. But if the purpose of the group is to fellowship and build a bond within the group, which will in turn hopefully foster accountability and unity and a common devotion to Christ then maybe it isn't going so bad. And maybe I am desiring too much from a teenage girl.....I mean, I was not who I am now at 14.....
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