Young Adult Survey

September 4, 2008 04:57 by dpodley

The Young Adult Pastor Search Committee would like to know more about the young adults at Lake Avenue Church. In order to help us with this, we have put together a survey. We would appreciate it if you would fill out the survey by following the link below:

 Go to the Survey


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September 15. 2008 14:01

SavvyD

Reading this blog might help you understand what some single young adults are going through.

www.SavvySingleChristian.blogspot.com

Check it out.

SavvyD

September 25. 2008 09:22

Jett

Haha! No blog-plugging! Smile

As a "young" parent, I had a hard time deciding whether or not to identify [in the survey] "family events" as part of a young adults ministry. I just didn't know what to say: what I thought was the current state of things in general, or what I thought *should* be, or what I thought other people would need... a very tough question indeed.

I find myself in a pickle because while I prefer young adult styles, I'm quickly becoming less of a "young adult", as are most of us young adults. It's not that I refuse to grow up, but I just gravitate to new things.

As I age, the things I see changing in me have nothing to do with what traditionally, folks identify as being quintessentially "young adult".

For example, these are static:
my generational peers
my taste in style
my basic spiritual needs
my love of all music styles (so long as it's the best in that style)
diversity in worship & community
my insatiable desire for transparency & bravery - a search I *emotionally* consider hopeless (older generations ID this as apathy, and make it a cornerstone trait of the label "Gen X")

None of these have changed with age. I find myself liking what people 10 (sometimes 20) years younger than me like. So that's not changing about me either. So then what do I do when I have a 5 -year-old child, and I belong to a community of non-5-year-old-child-havers? Ah, there's the rub: what church is best for me or for my family... I think the answer is obvious, and I wonder if that's the bed that we're making by searching for a "young adults pastor".

I'm objecting to is the division of LAC by age. That's a rough set of values to reconcile. I've known other parents who say Warehouse simply starts too late to bring a kid [who goes to bed at 7, or something]. Warehouse is not very kid friendly since there just aren't that many kids for folks to notice.

I'm not saying we can change this with a magic bullet of a pastor. But I'm pretty sure we're on the wrong path by having pastors who minister to age groups. Not that age-groups are wrong, but they need to be led by lay people.

One last thing, just brainstorming here... We have an Adult Ministries pastor. Maybe we should have 2 or 3 of them, since "adult" covers ages 18-101, and is probably 90% of LAC. They can all preach to all ministries, on a rotational basis.

That's enough typing. Hope this helps.

Jett