Great insight and simple tips from AC at Saddleback on creating conversation with new students.

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This is something I learned in Youth Ministry… It’s a really simple thing that I think we need to make sure we think about as we talk to new students and existing students within our ministry.  We need to be aware of this especially with new students.  We as youth workers, whether you are a volunteer or paid staff member, must own the conversation with students.

New students that come to your ministry usually feel this way:

• Alone if they are by themselves.
• An outsider if they come with a friend.
• Nervous about coming to a place where they don’t know anyone.
• Weirded out by being approached by people who they don’t know.
• Awkward because church can be an awkward place to an unbeliever.
• Anxiety about what to expect because they don’t know what to expect.

So we as volunteer leaders and paid staff must be four things:

1. Be confident…

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