Am I the only junior high youth worker who actually finds this little video sort of fun? We played it in our service this past weekend and our kids were dancing and singing along. Cheesy? Yes. But It’s good, clean fun….and I think that in itself deserves a little love.
Set aside your concerns about the next generation, the consumerism of our culture, stage moms, our desire to achieve fame at any cost or whatever other grave concerns this raises in your mind…in other words, lighten up….and enjoy.
And, you know you’ll be showing this to your students this week! You can’t resist, even though you will try.
You can read an article about it here.
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Kurt Johnston leads the student ministries team at Saddleback Church in Southern California. His ministry of choice, however, is junior high, where he spends approximately 83.4% of his time. Kurt is also the founder of www.simplyjuniorhigh.com, and he writes, speaks and looks for opportunities to encourage other youth workers. He likes to surf, ride dirtbikes and hang out in coffee shops. He is married to Rachel, and they have two teenage children, Kayla and Cole
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Scott Rubin is the Director of Elevate, the junior high ministry of Willow Creek Community Church near Chicago. He's mostly a middle school pastor, but he also writes some, speaks some, and blogs some. He's the co-author of the book Middle School Ministry, and a few other titles too. He likes sports, summer, his wife Lynette, his 3 sons, and often wishes that Lake Michigan was actually an ocean.
I had an intense internal struggle with this video. We almost showed it but at the last minute, I pulled it.
Why?
Because if I showed it, it was so we could mock and laugh at this teenage (preteen?) girl. Man, I felt bad about that.
Strangely, I had no qualms about taking Rebecca Black to task two years ago. Maybe that means I’m growing up?