A huge element to faith is relationship. It is hard to arrive at any sort of conclusion other than relationships help form Christian convictions. So, I think it is important to help students to develop relationships with their family, with their peers, with their youth workers, and with their youth pastor.
Family relationships need to be a part of our strategy and I believe this needs to be developed more in our ministry. We are working to train parents with seminars and conferences, provide resources to biblically train children, and host family nights to provide an opportunity to have parents and teens in the same place worshiping.
Relationships with peers happens on multiple fronts. We try to encourage relationships through free time during youth group, extra curricular activities like hanging out at Culver's after church, youth group trips, small groups, and the 9am class.
Relationships with youth workers happens at youth group and during the small group times... we try to encourage students to interact with their leaders and ask questions because we know that the relationship with older more mature Christians will have a profound impact on our students.
Relationship with the youth pastor happens obviously at youth group. And also through contacting (meeting one on one at the church or at a public place).
We recognize the importance of these relationships in developing our students into Godly men and women. Community is the only context that many truths in the bible can be understood and we make an effort to nurture that community at CSM.
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