In March 2014, St. Albans youth minister, Zack Ingles and a host of other youth workers from Ottawa joined the Anglican Diocese of Montreal for their Youth 101 workshop series. Below is a reflection from Elizabeth Robertson, MTL Youth Team:
“It’s tempting, when working with young people, to get caught up in a whirlwind of planning and programming and projects. It makes sense; these are tangible, measurable ways of spending time with our youth. We can put them on a calendar and list them in the parish bulletin and say, “look, we have a youth program!” And there’s nothing wrong with activities in and of themselves. They can be a lot of fun. But surely youth ministry is more than just another extra-curricular activity. So if we take away all the bells and whistles, what’s left?