Shaver's Razor

You can be proud of our teens at SA. Isaac and I get to spend some time with them on a regular basis and form relationships. Over the past 2 and a half years we’ve seen some of them really grow up.
I recently had the oppertunity to not only minister to a few of our teens in a special way but I also saw the teens minister to each other. In the middle of a Wednesday night service, one of our girls mentioned that she would need to make a return visist to the doctor to assess symptoms that might prove to be cancer. She was going to leave it at that when at least two of our teens just halted service by saying, “Let’s pray for you…now.” Immediately the whole room of teenagers, guys and girls, 50 or more of ‘em stood and surrounded this girl with love, prayer, encouragement and comfort. Not a single adult or youth pastor had said anything to initiate this reaction. The teens ministered to one of the own on their own.
I can give so many more stories of how I, as a youth pastor, have been in the position to ask an older teen to make this visiting teen feel welcome and they jump to it with no questions or hesitation. Or, how I’ve noticed two of our young guys that assist Pastor Kevin in the children’s ministry every Sunday morning. These guys are at the church early on Sundays with games ready and lessons prepared in advance for SA’s children.