God sent me a light of encouragement for RCYM when I really needed it this past summer. Here’s Mark’s story… In 2015 I was asked to lead a freshman boys’ small group. I was still pretty fresh in my role as the director of youth and young adult ministry at
Most rural parishes do not have active youth groups.
I don’t have the stats to prove it, but based on personal experience, I’m pretty sure it’s true.
There’s myriad reasons for why this is the case, but in this post, my goal isn’t to dispel the reasons why parishes don’t have active youth groups, it’s to explain how they can have an active youth group. And, like everything we do here at RCYM, it’s going to be simple and it’s going to sustainable. So here goes…