Linked Children’s ministry
I recently read an article in the January/February issue of Children’s Ministry Magazine titled “Wired Beyond Belief?” by Tracy Carpenter. http://www.childrensministry.com/ The article talks about how kids today are way more technologically wired than we may realize. I completely agree. Kids have cell phones, CD players, iPods, mp3 players, XBox, PS2 & 3, Wii, Gameboys, and Nintendo DS …of which they link to another kid’s DS and play games with each other.
As ministers reaching out to this generation, we must be equally technologically wired. If we don’t understand kids’ interests, then they won’t listen to us. I’ve recently been told “I’m the coolest after-school care teacher ever.” Why? Because I received a Nintendo DS for Christmas. I’ve never really been a gamer but I became fascinated with the technology of the DS and some of the brain games. I take my DS to work with me in the afternoons and link with the kids to join in their games with them …after homework time, of course.
This has allowed me to relate to the kids in their language and see how I can minister to them. There is no better way to understand the cultural characteristics of Millennial kids than to interact and share in their interests.
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