like a fire

This week I am hanging out with the Yamia team. Yamia (pronunciation unsure, might be Y? Amia?, or yummy-uh) is the team of people who direct the youth ministry for the Anglican Mission in the Americas. It sounds a bit prestigious when said that way, but it is really just some people who want to change the way youth ministry is done in the Anglican church.

Why change? Well that is a long journey through a minefield, but that never stops me. Basically we want to see ministry change from a numbers-centered, event driven, game playing marathon of Mountain Dew and Twinkies, to a more transformation driven, presence driven, disciplines driven pilgrimage of sustained effort. Did I miss offending anyone? It really isn’t that simple, but that is a general idea.

I will post some of our highlights, but it will likely be developing more of the previous.