Well, my holidays are officially over.  I spent the first week in what I would consider to be a tech blackout.  The internet that was available was painfully slow and cell phone coverage was sporadic and unreliable.  But, I survived.

It was nice to have a couple of weeks to kick back and relax.  Of course, holidays never last long enough.  Now, it’s back to work.

To kick off this week, I wanted to share a really interesting infographic that I cam across while I was on holidays.  Buzzplant conducted a survey of churches across the US.  Here are their findings.

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A while ago I had a conversation with a parent of a youth.  We were discussing new forms of connecting with youth.  She was adamant that I needed to phone all my youth to let them know about events and personally invite them out.  I, on the other hand, was talking about how much easier it is to just connect with them and keep them posted about what’s coming up through new forms of media like Twitter and Facebook.

I agree that, in youth ministry, there will be times when you need to and should either give a personal phone call to a youth, or set up a time to meet in a public place for a face to face conversation.

The reality is, youth use there phones for pretty much everything except phone calls.

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