Late in the spring, at one of our last youth meetings of the last school year, we asked the teens to respond to a survey, giving us some feedback about our ministry. One of the questions we asked them was, “What would you like more of at our Friday youth meetings?” We were pleased to […]

This month we have had our usual great group of young people attending our youth meetings. This fall we are having on average around 25 kids each time. We are grateful that young people who joined us several years ago, as well as just last year, all want to come; learn more about God; and […]

Petar and his brother, Ivan, have been part of our youth activities for several years now. Petar’s family is also part of the church where I worship and serve in leadership. Petar turned 18 this month. Last Saturday, several of the men in our church and I had a special evening for Petar (photo above, […]

The Dean of the Zagreb Bible Institute invited me to participate in a conference they sponsored last Saturday. The conference was about discipleship with children and young people. It was part of a series of conferences the Institute has presented, which in turn have been part of the research they have done about discipleship among […]

The week after school started, in the middle of this month, we had a Back-to-School gathering with our youth group, in my backyard. We prayed over the young people, for God’s blessings and guidance as they begin the new school year. We also shared a short devotional with them. I encouraged them to think about […]

A tradition with our church in Zagreb is our back to school blessing for our kids and teens, on the Sunday before school starts. I led this yesterday, as I usually do. I preached about our young people as a vital and important part of our faith community, and their value to us and to […]

In Croatia, school always starts after the first of September. This year it starts on Monday, September 7. So this week, as a “last summer hurrah” before schools starts, I took some of the boys on a two night camping trip. Our tradition the last few years has been for them to come and spend […]

Last week I was at the annual Bible Camp of the Churches of Christ in Croatia. Now held on one of the islands in the Adriatic Sea, this was the 57th year the churches have held this camp. With me at the camp for the week were many of the teens with whom I work […]

I mentioned in my last post that I went to the USA this summer with Adam, one of the teens I disciple, to join my brother and his teenage son on a backpacking trip to Mount Hope, in southwest Colorado. This is an area where we have been backpacking since we were teens. Before attempting […]

Two days after the American group left, after the Youth Camp was over, I departed for the USA. I took Adam along with me. Adam is one of the young men with whom I work one-on-one, in Bible study and discipling. He is also the son of one of my co-ministers in our church. Our […]