Hearing from today's church ...

This coming Sunday is youth Sunday at Arlington UMC. From my perspective our children and youth are not just the church of tomorrow.

Our children and youth are today's church.

For me the phrase today's church means being more acquainted with what tomorrow's world is leaning toward. For one, our children and youth's grapevines are predominantly forward-looking grapevines (unlike us adults who more often keep looking back to our past for more of our guidelines than we look forward to where we are going). They reveal to us older folks the way the world is becoming and if we older folks want to remain relevant to today's world we begin with listening ears and changing our lives as we continue to follow Jesus Christ. If we are changing in a healthy way such models healthy change behavior to our children and youth which for all of us is a lifetime experiential change.

As youth are experimenting with living out their call from God so in this changing world we adults should be as well.

Youth Sunday will be on October 26, 2008 at 10:00 AM.

Come hear from today's church ...