The Glaring Absence of Young People at Church

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I had a fascinating conversation with a friend at a party over the weekend about the glaring absence of young people at church these days.

I know — quite a lively and festive topic of conversation at a Saturday night shindig! 😉

But hey – I’ll never pass up the opportunity to talk about things that actually matter.

But in this conversation, we realized that, of both of our incredibly wide social circles, we were the only ones who attended church.

And how, at our churches there are simply no young people.

In fact, Steven and I joke that we’re “well known” at our parish because we’re the only ones under the age of 50 or 60. But it’s true — mainly because Steven is so magnetic in everything he does — but he’s got so many “hi’s” and “hello’s” to say after Mass, not just because he’s an active participant, but because people know him there! He’s fresh meat! haha

But it’s really true – aside from the handful of high schoolers that are in attendance with their families, there are hardly any young people.

It’s quite disheartening. Young people are the future of the Church. We are responsible for raising the next generation of Believers. And we’re absent.

I think Covid did a real number on church attendance, not just with the ease and convenience of “online worship.” But because new Sunday morning routines were established without church, and as a result, when churches opened back up, attending church was just not something engrained anymore, and lost its position as a priority.

People found a way to “make due” without it, and sadly, that just kind of stuck.

And it’s really sad to think about what people are missing — especially young people — without that life-giving influence in their life.

I’ll tell you what, attending Mass every Sunday is one of the most beautiful things that Steven and I do together as a couple. Praying together, listening to powerful homilies, singing together, listening to the gorgeous Cathedral choir envelop us with heavenly sound, serving together as Eucharistic ministers…it has brought us together in a way that I can hardly put into words.

Our faith in God, our love for eachother, seeing one another through the eyes of God, giving one another grace and forgiveness modeled after Christ, consuming life-giving messages that we can discuss later and have shape our minds and hearts: these things are vital to our marriage. And honestly, irreplaceable.

I wish nothing more for newly married couples than to establish a habit of attending church together on a regular basis.

But we look around, and there are no young people found to implement this. And it breaks my heart.

Yes — there are pockets. The SEEK conference — by FOCUS Ministries — has a massive conference every year for college students.

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Tens of thousands of young people from across the country gather to worship and listen to world class speakers, including Fr. Mike Schmitz.

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I was part of this organization in college. And yes – it was awesome. It proves that being active in your faith is so much easier when it’s social, and you have friends and peers around you, walking with you in faith.

But once they leave their college bubble, and go back to the “real world,” they find themselves on an island, in a foreign parish where it’s hard to find young people in attendance.

And slowly, for many, that fire for worship begins to wane, until the busyness of life and the reality of feeling alone at church, snuffs out what was left.

I don’t know what the solution is. And frankly, I don’t think churches do either, because clearly, they haven’t figured it out yet.

Trying to make church “appeal” to young people with hip pastors in the latest Jordans, or with pop-like music and lights shows to be enjoyed while sipping Starbucks from your seat…that clearly isn’t working either: coming across as shallow, disingenuous and dare I say…trying too hard?

But is that better than walking into a church that literally feels like it’s on “life support,” where people look bored as heck and the music feels like it’s straight out of the 80’s, with meaningless lyrics about rivers and streams?

It feels like all the “bells and whistles” of the church going experience honestly distract from what is really the point of worship: Jesus.

That’s what is going to win hearts: a real, life changing relationship with the living God. Not the type of music. Not the flashing lights. Sure those things can add to the experience, but more often than not, they actually distract.

But all of that is tertiary to the real fact of the matter: sadly, young people simply don’t see a need for God in their lives.

In your twenties and thirties, life consists of grinding it out at work, living for the weekend when you can go drink and hang out with your friends. For the world, Sunday mornings are for nursing off a hangover, or going to boozy brunch with friends. It’s sad but it’s true.

I lived that for 12 years in NYC. Thankfully I attended the Catholic church on NYU’s campus, so they had figured that out, and offered a young adult Mass at 6:00pm on Sunday nights that I attended every week, so I could live both lives.

But the fact of the matter is that most young people don’t even think about God, let along going to church.

But there is hope. I look at FOCUS, and what they’re doing on campuses across the country and their approach of a one-on-one evangelization style I think is really powerful.

We’re not going to change the culture by just spewing to the masses. But rather, through one-on-one personal relationships. Inviting a friend to church, starting a book club with friends where you read positive material — hopefully one day transforming into faith-based material. Finding online communities of believers — like I have found in this beautiful community — and feeding off of the strength from others’ faith. Seeking out that “one other” young person at church, and inviting them to dinner, so you both don’t feel so on-an-island at church. Looking for ways to get involved with community outreach/charity/volunteer programs in your area, and finding community of likeminded individuals.

And then just supporting the people around you.

Steven is my biggest support in my faith life. And I’m so inspired when I hear him casually share that we go to church, or invite people to “church and brunch” with us when we’re with others. His courage in that regard is so inspiring, and something that I definitely could take a lesson from.

I don’t know what the answer is. There is so much filth out there fighting for the attention of young people — and all in the palm of their hand on their phone. What you and I can do today is to just live our faith out loud, and to continue to show up and be an example for others of the life-changing power of God.

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67 thoughts on “The Glaring Absence of Young People at Church”

  3. A beautifully written post, full of truths, Caralyn. What I see is the evil one laughing with delight seeing people ignore God and sort of fall in love with their devices. So many distractions, and I agree that the pandemic changed things in a major way. Not a good way! Your last paragraph sums it up well. I am a Baptist by the way, but we all serve and love the same God and His son Jesus. ✝️🙏🏻❤️

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    1. Carolyn young people are not coming to church in my view because of the blatant hypocrisy on regular display. I know that is what turned my youngsters off. The church was virtually no help to us in our situation. Very hard to get excited about an institution that in many cases, appears to condone abuse.

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    2. Thank you John. Sadly, I think you’re right about that. And bingo: the pandemic really changed things. Amen to that!! The same God and His Son! 🙂 🙂 🙂 thanks for sharing your thoughts on this! Hugs and love xox

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  4. One possible help, maybe not complete solution, is the model of family integrated worship. The church does so much by age segregation. Separate annexes for youth and kids, separate small groups, separate worship services. My husband and I both read Voddie Baucham’s Family Driven Faith, and we decided that church attendance can’t be just a habit- habits can be changed and broken. It has to become our way of life. We have to raise our children to value worshipping the Lord in a congregation of believers along side my husband and I. They need to see faith lived out at home or else, church attendance is just something boring that parents make them do for a couple hours once a week. I think we worry so much about accommodating members rather than pouring out our hearts in worship and adoration before the cross that we forget worship isn’t about us. We set up nurseries for crying babies (mom of almost 6 here, so I get the purpose!) And separate classes for children so that the parents can “breathe”. I have come to see this be used as a means of free babysitting, and in the meantime, the older members of the congregation are not stepping up to train or encourage or help young parents, there’s very little intergenerational fellowship, and the children somehow get shuffled off into the sidelines and the whole of their spiritual formation is handed off to the youth pastor, instead of the parents getting the opportunity to learn and grow, following Deuteronomy 6:4-9, and the older generation is missing out on their opportunity to live out Titus 2, and pass on the generational torch of faith.

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    1. Hi Eden! Thank you so much for this beautiful and insightful response! That sounds so incredible, what you and your family have going! I will definitely check out Family Driven Faith — it sounds like something both Steven and I need to read before our new arrival 🙂 This was so encouraging! thank you! Hugs and love xox

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  5. Excellent article. The problem is, society has come to completely embrace sin and too many churches are trying to appease society rather than please God. Sin in God’s eyes is promoted by society and many churches as role model life styles. That is why young people aren’t coming. That’s why older people don’t come. Without sin, there is no reason for a Savior. Until we get back to the truth of the Gospel and the concept of repentance and redemption, we can’t expect too much in that regard.

    Two groups that can help you in your personal evangelism are The Pocket Testament League and The Navigators. The best way to start your personal evangelism project is on your knees asking God to give you direction and open doors for you. You will be amazed. Before you leave home, start asking God to give you opportunity to share the Gospel with someone. You will be amazed at how God can use you.

    God bless you Caralyn.
    God bless all your readers.

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    1. Thank you Dennis for sharing your thoughts on this! you’re so right about that — God’s truth does not compromise or bend to what’s popular. Amen to that! And thank you for those resources! I will definitely check them out!! Hugs and love xox

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  6. This was the challenge I faced in my last pastorate. We had a huge gap between children and the forties. While some would say it’s about worship style, I see many in their 20s and 30s who are gravitating to more formal, even cerebral, expressions of worship. We just aren’t seeing it consistently across the board. It’s disheartening from a ministry perspective.

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    1. Thank you Matthew for sharing this powerful perspective. I can only imagine how disheartening that must be. I will be praying for your ministry!!! And sending massive encouragement for continuing to reach out to those who need His love! (aka: all of us! haha ) Hugs and love xox

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  7. Caralyn, I love your candor, and how your posts and your life have changed and grown over the years. You are an inspiration to me. Yes, there are many problems, but I’m encouraged by what Romans 5 says, “Where sin abounds, grace abounds more.” As we seek God and ask for daily opportunities to love others and share his good news, and as we seek God and his heart for the lost, solutions will arise. And as we then pray for Him to be glorified in our lives, we will see change. Jesus said the harvest is ripe but there are few willing to harvest. Lord send harvesters!

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    1. Hi Robin, gosh thank you so much for this beautiful encouragement! I am truly so touched. Wow! I have not heard Romans 5 — or if I had it didn’t hit home like it just did seeing it isolated, but WOW that is so encouaging!! Amen to that — with God, change is certainly possible!! Yes! Lord send harvesters! 🙂 Hugs and love xox

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    1. Hi Kenneth, thank you so much for sharing this. Yeah, it is really difficult to reach young people and compete against the religion of “pop culture”

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  9. Hi Caralyn 🙂

    I grew up Lutheran, but when I began grad school, I started attending Quaker Meetings (out in Madinson, WI) … which I had learned about through my undergraduate studies in US History. I have lived in Germany now for quite some time, and Quakers are so few and far between here that I would have to travel several hours (one way) to attend a Meeting I neither “belong to” nor even feel I can fully subscribe to (as a mere “friend of Friends”) because my beliefs are much more “universal” than theirs … and I actually DID used to do that.

    That is all a long intro into my present situation.

    Presently, my beliefs are rather unique. Very few people share them. As you describe, very few people care about believing anything at all. Except, perhaps, in imagery like you have shown again at the top of this post? I find that the movie “Trainspotting” (from ca. 20 years ago) gave a very similar message at the end of the movie.

    But you’ve actually reminded me of another topic I wrote about recently (in several posts — the last of which, with links to previous posts is @ https://socio.business.blog/2024/01/21/sometimes-people-are-skeptical-sometimes-people-are-not-skeptical-but-you-can-bet-your-life-that-all-people-are-skeptical-sometimes

    It’s a huge can of worms you’re addressing here, and I feel the discussions many people have contrasting “mainstream” vs. “echo chambers” is maybe also analogous to the concepts “orthodox” vs. “unorthodox” … (?)

    🙂 Norbert

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    1. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and experience on this! wow – that must have been difficult having to travel hours to enjoy community!! yes – a big can of worms indeed. I look forward to reading your post, Norbert! thanks for passing it along. Hugs and love xox

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  10. I think Steven is on the right track by inviting others to “come and see” (and have brunch afterward). Saying, “there are simply no young people” is less helpful, I think, because it is not true (you two are there) and it is defeatist. Sharing how God touches your lives and inviting others to share that joy is more hopeful and attractive to those who may be searching and open to a relationship with God and God’s people.

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    1. Thanks Madeline! yes! Steven always has his finger on the pulse. I’m very blessed to have him as a husband! you’re right — we can help make a change!! amen! Hugs and love xox

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  11. Fellow Christian here in the Anglican tradition. As our rector says, preach the Gospel and build community. Preach the Gospel of salvation by grace through faith from the whole of Scripture, and build authentic community across cultural lines, including generational lines and economic lines. Love God, and love each other. Easier said than done, but when it’s done by God’s help His kingdom grows ❤

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    1. Hi Kate, thank you for sharing your thoughts on this!! yes! building authentic community is so important! i love that! Hugs and love xox

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  12. You ask “why aren’t young people going to church?” and then use a quote from Shia LaBeouf, a man who is a known woman abuser. Pretty much sums up why a lot of people aren’t going to church… the cognitive dissonance is astounding. It has nothing to do with the pandemic or routine.

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    1. Hi Dan, i appreciate you sharing your point of view. I would invite you to read up on Shia’s recent conversion to Catholicism. It is beautiful. Yes, he has a past. So do I — different sin, but sin none the less. it is so beautiful to see God’ forgiveness and grace when people turn from their former “flesh” selves and turn to a life that pleases God. I celebrate the transformative power of Christ in Shia’s life, and choose to support him on his walk of faith, without condoning his past. Gosh, I can’t imagine how terrible it would be if people only saw ME for my past and all the garbage that went with it.

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  13. My brother who is 74 said he and his wife found a nice church in the Phoenix Valley that did not blow their ears out with rock music every Sunday. The only problem he noted was the he and she are the “youth group” in the church!😂 See https://capost2k.wordpress.com/2023/12/30/the-dechurching-of-america-in-2024/ for more on this phenomenon.
    As you note, simply living for Jesus and friending neighbors to turn them toward Jesus is the best way to change our corners of the culture.
    ❤️&🙏, c.a.

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    1. oh my gosh that’s funny!!!! thank you CA for sharing that! amen to that – a personal invitation and fellowship are always the best way! Hugs and love xox

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  14. This will be an alternative point of view from most of your posters. Let me say right off the bat I’m not trying to offend anyone. My children are 23 & 21 neither have been to church and I don’t see a situation in their future where they would ever attend one. My wife and I do not practice faith, rather the doctrines of faith. We simply believe in a god, do the right thing, live a good life and help people when we can. We instilled that into both our children and for the most part its taken hold.

    For our generation (gen Xers 54,57 respectively) Church was never a major aspect of our life. We were encouraged to find community elsewhere. That isn’t to say you cant find community in Church but I suppose we have been blessed with a good group of friends. Church to us appears to be a necessary means by which some Christians believe they must worship in this holy place in order to appease god or more importantly the church doctrines on prayer. Myself I am a pagan at heart, I don’t subscribe to the notion that god would need to have born a son to die for my sin, when he/she at some point in my ancestory instilled into humans the ability to determine right from wrong.

    The notion of free will is a paradox, if god intended us to adhere to specific rules why were we given the free will to disregard them? I do understand the premise of the post and the genuine nature of its intent. Again I am not here to disparage anyone’s faith. What I can say is the path to god is not singular. There are many avenues from what I have seen and while I think it would benefit young people to engage in more community through a Church I don’t think it is a necessary activity to be in gods favor.

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    1. The reason God gave you a free will and the ability to “do your own thing” is God wants you to worship him from that free will by choice. God didn’t instill sin in your ancestors, He just instilled the ability to turn your back on him and “do it your way”. I feel sorry for you. Someone has done a number on you and your view is a bit off keel. I wish I had a way to sit with you and work through these issues with you. You truly sound like a very nice person, but that won’t get you to Heaven. Romans 3:10 says ”As it is written: “There is none righteous, no, not one;“. Romans 3:23, ”for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,“ Romans‬ ‭3‬:‭23‬ ‭NKJV‬‬. That being true, we need a way to get to Heaven. All of the 4200+ “religions” are man trying to reach God. Christianity is a relationship with a God who reached down to man. He’s reaching down to every person, yes, even you. He loves you that much. I will be praying for you daily. Feel free to contact me any time. May God’s mercy become apparent to you soon.

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    2. Thank you Karac for sharing your perspective on this. I appreciate you taking the time to read my post and respond! Re: your thoughts on free will, I will say that — though I am no expert — my understanding is that we were given guidelines to follow (the 10 commandments) because God loves us and was giving us boundaries that were in our best interest. And His decision to give us free will and the ability to disregard those guidelines should we so choose, was also because God loves us, and He doesn’t want to force us to love Him. He wants us to choose to love Him and to choose to want a relationship with Him. Otherwise, it wouldn’t really be love, but rather a dictatorial relationship based on coercion. But again, that’s just my basic understanding — I am not a Biblical scholar, I just glean what I can from where I am. 🙂 I appreciate your response! Hugs and love xox

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      1. Hi Carolyn, I have been following your blog for years and comment once in a while. I am glad you are doing well, you have come such a long way. Take care. Your pagan friend, Karac

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  15. It doesn’t help that many of the current ministries at church often feel a bit lackluster and Christ is frequently not mentioned at all. I’m all for charitable fundraising and fellowship but Christ must be at the center of it all if we are to truly change hearts. Otherwise, it’s just more of the same culture that people encounter everywhere else. I agree wholeheartedly with this post!

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  17. This is so true!
    I think a big issue with in the church is that a lot of them don’t offer fellowship or community events that are geared towards young folks. So many of them revolve around Families, Couples, or older men and women.
    I have been going to church off an on my whole life and when i was in my twenties with no kiddos it was VERY hard to find community. there was ONE group for ‘young adults’ and that was it. Now that was enough for me but there weren’t any bible studies or fellowship activities or church sponsored retreats etc etc that were geared toward that age group. Every-time I joined a bible study the women were at least 15 years older then me.

    For me that was helpful as i went thru infertility and then divorce and then a miracle pregnancy so to have so many older women as mentors was awesome but everyone isn’t the same.

    Church activities are just so segregated- I have a 40 year old single no kids friend who really struggles to get involved in her church because all the life groups are for Moms, or Couples, or older folks.

    I do think the time of services is a thing too. Finding a Saturday even services or a Sunday Evening service is so hard but I really think that would appeal to a lot of people.

    Such a great blog post!

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  18. The answer to so much of this is LOVE. If the church is just looking to get new and young people involved for the sake of the church’s survival, it’s a self-seeking agenda. We need to love with little or no institutional agenda. Congregations go through life cycles. Establishing monuments is a waste of time, recourses and energy. Love the young and old. Share our lives with them. There’s no prescription for the church except to love your neighbor.

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  19. You’re such an astute observer Caralyn. I go to church, but not as often as I liked to, but when I’m there I see all the familiar faces. It never dawned on me that our parish has mostly an older crowd. I never really realized that I have never seen a younger presence there, just so used to the usual crowd. A lot of the younger people have different priorities and sadly having God as a priority is not their first. But I always have hope that in the end He will become prevalent in their lives later on. Thanks for sharing this!

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  20. What a powerful post. I’ll share my perspective as a 35-year-old who grew up attending Catholic mass every day but no longer does. Between my Catholic K-8 grade school, my home parish, and my grandma’s home parish, there were 9 sexual offenders with whom I was very close throughout my childhood. Thank God, I was not harmed, but friends and family members were, and the bishop and diocese did nothing. I still have my faith, but sweeping the abuses under the rug felt like a huge betrayal of trust. I think the scandals not only tarnished the name of good Catholics, but permanently scarred those of us affected–directly or indirectly–by the events. I would like to return to church, but I don’t know what it would take to feel that it is a safe and loving place again.

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    1. thank you for sharing your experience. Gosh, my heart breaks that you had to go through that. The Catholic Church is broken in a lot of ways, and I’m just so sorry that you had to witness that first hand. You’re right – it is a betrayal of trust, and the Church STILL needs to figure out how to make it right and take accountability for the actions of those broken priests. I can definitely understand why you feel that way. What helped me make heads or tails of that time when our Church was rocked by scandal was to keep my eyes focused on the good priests — the ones who truly love God and love serving their parish. And the ones who are also hurting, with the shame and disgrace that now surrounded their vocation that they gave up their lives for. That doesn’t make any of it right or “make good” for it in any way, but it did help me to see the forest, instead of the handful of “bad trees” if that made sense. thanks again for sharing your thoughts. Hugs and love xox

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      1. It’s a a lot to sift through, emotionally, but I do believe the Church as a whole is right and good and your posts are nudging me to try going back, so thank you for that… and for taking the time to respond so thoughtfully to a heavier comment. On a lighter note, I am truly so excited for you and Steven!! Like yourself, I’ve faced chronic illness and autoimmune issues and after a recent miraculous remission of symptoms, I’m hoping and praying that my 35-year-old body is now healthy enough to support us starting a family too. Thank you for sharing your story–I’m so inspired and hopeful, thanks to you!! Hugs and love xox 🥰

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      2. That is so wonderful about your health! I will be keeping you in my daily prayers that it happens easily for you! 🙂 this truly touched my heart. thank you again. hugs my friend xox

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    1. Hi Amanda, thank you for sharing your heart on this. We are definitely the body of Christ! I love that scripture that talks about that 🙂 Hugs and love xox

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  22. Beautifully written. Moody said every great move of God has begun with someone kneeling in prayer. We see it in Scripture band read about it in history books. I firmly believe we need to spend time with other believers simply seeking God, worshipping Him for who he is, and pleading with Him for this generation. We will see it as our lives come more into alignment with His will and we will see Him answer, like He sent for the Israelites in Egypt. I’m teaching my children to pray!

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    1. Thank you so much Linda for sharing your heart on this. oh wow — i love that Moody quote. how true is that — there is power in prayer, and it changes things! amen. joining you in prayer! Hugs and love xox

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  23. To be honest the hypocrisy drove my father from the church too. His family was hyper involved in the church but all my father saw was that when his mother died they were left to struggle alone. My father was left so angry that he booted out a neighbour who had waved a bible in his face.
    Dad to his dying day never forgave the church and what he had used to refer to as “Sunday Christians”
    He had a lot of time for the YMCA where he had played snooker. Young people need real practical help and support

    Opening a hall where perhaps young people could play snooker or say table tennis means that young men in particular can burn off energy and connect with each other is perhaps what they need most.
    It is not what we say which reaches young people in my experience, it is what we do. I love young people. They see straight through insincerity. I used to have them giving me a hard time at school at times and to be honest they were usually right.
    They see through shallowness and hypocrisy in the blink of an eye!
    The church has done itself no favours in my view, championing the cause of rich,,
    white men either.
    Early Christians were not conformists. They were TROUBLE!

    TH narrow path we are supposed to be taking is not for the faint-hearted. The church needs some wild young men in my view but is too scared to listen to what they have to say.

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    1. thank you so much for sharing your thoughts on this. i love that: it’s not hat we say, but what we DO that reaches young people. That is so so true. actions speak louder than words. and the idea of offering positive alternatives to hang out — like table tennis — those are great ways to build trust and relationship with people. that is a great point.

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  24. What about the wild man who showed uo ranting at your church one day and had been unceremoniously booted out. How do we know he wasn’t a John The Baptist of our age. Imagine the furore which would have surrounded John The Baptist in his day.! He would have been regarded as a wild, crazy/drunken man,

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    1. that is very true!! early Christians said and did things that divided people, and went totally against societal norms of the time.

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  25. Heartbreaking.
    It’s heartbreaking and astonishing to me.
    Looking at the title, ‘The glaring absence of young people at church’…
    Whereas, from my perspective, God has done so much…
    There’s a strange tension… which to me is heartbreaking (of course) and astonishing.

    …

    🙏🏼
    God is confident with transformation
    God has got this

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    1. thanks David for sharing your thoughts on this. i agree – God has got this. I pray that there is a resurgence of young people to God

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  26. What you have observed and reported is sadly so true in too many churches across the USA (especially in Catholic, and denominational Protestant churches). However, I have seen that the Bible/based non-denominational churches are attracting young families by the droves. Could our more stylized, liturgical forms of worship be a turn-off to young families? We have so much to give – and must keep a servant’s heart. But we also have so much to learn. I think we need to “walk the talk” in love and compassion while we pray fervently for divine guidance and keep an open mind. (And an open
    mind doesn’t need to equate with an earthly, spiritually misguided one!)

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    1. Hi Jan, thank you for this powerful perspective! That’s so awesome that young families are finding a place to worship God!!! You’re right, we can all learn a lot about — and be open to — different styles of worship. I know for myself, one of my most intimate forms of prayer is through song and singing. I would suspect that for every person, that is going to be different. 🙂 thanks for this great reflection! Hugs and love xox

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      1. You’re welcome, Caralyn. Thank you for responding to my comment. Yes, 🎶 music is the part of worship that touches my soul the most! I have sung in church choirs all my life! ❤️🎶👌🏽

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  28. I hate to say it, but my experience is that Catholic parishes and especially Catholic schools have utterly failed in this part of their mission. Boomer parents were poorly chatechised, and that’s who was staffing the schools for our kids, who got little more than “Jesus loves you.” Kids need more than platitudes.

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  29. Throughout the Bible there is story after story about people thinking that they don’t need God, then situations happen that make the people return to him. It’s almost impossible to see what that could be… and not that I want anything to happen. But I do feel it’s coming.

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  30. Sadly, many church are struggling with this issue, but few are wrestling with it. Ministry simply can’t be done in the way that it’s been done in the past. And the Pandemic brought another challenge: When a significant number of people who once helped and volunteered are now joining worship services online, there simply aren’t enough people to help row the boat when a church wants to do something new.

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    1. thank you Wayne for sharing your thoughts on this! you’re right about that — the Pandemic really did a number on church life and people’s connection to community. I appreciate you taking the time to comment! Hugs and love xox

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