The Only 3 Ways Your Youth Group Can Grow?...

As far as I can tell, there are only 3 ways your youth group can grow. They are:

1. Friends Inviting Friends - This is the most effective way. Are your students inviting their friends? Why or why not? How can you make your group an easier group to invite people to? How can you create events that are good "introductory" experiences with your group? Make it as easy as possible for students to invite friends to your youth group. Teach your students to do this and HOW to do this.

2. People Looking For A Group Find Or Hear About Your Group - This is usually a student who is a believer or a student who is "seeking" something more in life. It could also be a new family moving into an area that is looking for a good group for their kid(s). How easy is it to find your group? Can people find your youth group if they search online? Do you have a website? A Facebook page? Does your group show up in the search engines? What about offline? Do you ever promote your group with flyers, posters, or invite cards? Have you ever advertised in the school newspaper? Make your youth group as easy as possible to discover online and off, so that people who are looking for a group can actually find you!

3. You Go To Them, Meet Their Needs, And Make Your Group (And Most Importantly JESUS) Known To Them - You do this with actions and words. BOTH are needed if you want to be the most effective. Sometimes you might just do random acts of kindness and just say (verbally or with a card), "We just wanted to remind you that God loves you and you matter to him." Other times you might want to go and meet needs and really build relationships through conversations with students. Make sure your group is periodically involved in servant evangelism and goes out to serve those who they aren't friends with (yet) and who aren't looking for a youth group (yet). This way you will be reaching this last group of students.

What do you think? Is there another way a youth group can grow that I missed? Post your comments below!

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