Week Five Writing Assignment

Keeping everyone informed, involved, and thinking about solutions is what I'm trying to do in my church.

I attend church service every Sunday. After the service, we have a Bible study which is divided by each generation. In that time, we read a part of article of Bible, and discuss about that. I have became a leader in the youth group of Bible study from this spring. Until I entered university, I attend the Bible study of junior and senior high school student group.So, I just spent one year as a member of youth group.

Through this one year, I found many problems of the youth team. I was really concerned about the atmosphere in the Bible study. There are about 15 young people. Some people are good at speaking by own words and they can talk a lot. On the other hand, some other people are shy and not good at express own thinking in front of others. Some of them are active, but others are passive or negative.

I analyzed this situation, one of the main reasons of these problems is that there is a gap of motivation which each member have. I did some action to solve the problems.

1. Sharing the goal

Every groups set a goal every year. But, youth group set the same goal for a few years because they hadn't achieved enough. So, we need sharing and realizing the goal.I proposed making the cards which is writing our goal. I prepared some cards, and asked them to write the goal. After collecting them, I passed them to one of members who is making very cute hand made stamps. Then, she stamped her stamps with the cards. And, I distributed them to all members. Now, we put it in the Bible.

2. Sharing the information

We have used the mailing list to inform something. But, some members are not become in the member of the mailing list. Properly, the unentered members couldn't get the information and felt a sense of estrangement. So, I inform the news for all members now. Moreover, I try to contact each one by one, especially the members who are negative. I believe that each member recognize oneself as an important member in the group.

3. Encouraging their consciousness

I asked their feeling for the Bible study and the youth group, then everyone have a negative feeling at some points. So, we start a new structure. Now is the time to grope. Then, I ask them "Please tell me everything what you think or aware about this group even the idea is so small."

These are some of my tryings to solve the problems. The obvious result haven't appeared in this time. But, what I can do is keeping these trying.