The first edition of The Alarm Clock after the summer break is about young people. Our young people.
Give them responsibility and trust, advocates Rev Van Olst, because young people are not the church of the future, but the church of today. They have a lot to learn, but adults can also learn a lot from young people. Rev De Jong argues that for an honest look at the church, we really need young people. Fostering friendships in the church is at least as important for this as developing knowledge, Herman van Wijngaarden shows. Giving young people spiritual leadership and teaching them to be disciples is not always easy. Niek Bakker and Nelleke Plomp give some practical guidelines for youth work and Jan Post has seven practical tips for catechists.
A whole magazine full of óabout young people, without them speaking themselves? No. Hermen, Lydia and Lars tell what the Christian student union means to them. Many of the themes mentioned above recur: taking responsibility, practising skills, building friendships, growing in faith.
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De Wekker is the official national magazine of the Christian Reformed Churches, featuring articles on church, faith and the world. The issue on our young people will appear on Friday.
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