I run a Catholic youth group and I would love your feedback good and bad so we can make the experience better. If you are not Catholic, would you consider letting your child attend?
Thanks so much.
I run a Catholic youth group and I would love your feedback good and bad so we can make the experience better. If you are not Catholic, would you consider letting your child attend?
Thanks so much.
Why not make it an all-faith group? That way the children are always exposed to all faiths and experience diversity all the time. That could bring all people together.
Since we’re a Catholic group, we have to deliver on the expectations that Catholic parents have for us so I don’t think it would be possible to do it all the time.
I’m curious, what expectations do Catholic parents have and how would a multi-faith group not fulfil those expectations? This isn’t an aggressive question, I genuinely do not know what religious youth groups do. My guess would be reading their religious book, re-enacting parts of it, praying together, maybe even studying the religious scripts. So I am curious what your group does / would do.
We do a mixture of Bible readings, prayer and fun games but it can be hard to juggle because children like to play and be with each other but the parents want us to help their child prepare for Confirmation.
If we focus too much on Bible teachings than our attendance goes down and if we play too many games, we lose the Catholic identity of the group and the support of parents.
It’s hard to keep everyone happy.
Thanks for explaining. It kind of is what I expected but not fully.
I’m not sure if you’re doing it out of conviction or for fun. If it’s for fun, there’ a good chance just providing a place for children to get to know each other and play, regardless of belief, might introduce you to a diverse and bigger crowd. In the world of mobile phones and social media, parents of all walks of life probably would like their kids to hang out more with others and gain social skills.