[Goldie Lurks]

Teenagers do not find watching “Veggie Tales” interesting, exciting or informative.

[Grunthor]

You are correct. The church that I attend (my wifes’ church since she was a child) has plenty of activities and messages geared towards the over 50 crowd, the under 12 crowd but NOTHING for those of us in between.

We are thinking of going to a different church so that our son (will be born in a month) does not grow up with the idea that church is supposed to be boring.

[DaveyB]

Churches that have youth groups and children's church are not catering to youth they are catering to youth culture. They are sending the clear message that the church service isn't for you and God is just a hip dude who is really cool. The fear of the Lord is not taught where trendy is more important than holy. The church must begin with itself, if faith comes by hearing the word preached then keeping kids from the preaching is retarding their faith, if the sermon is boring than either the preaching is not the Word of the living God, or the Spirit has not yet worked to quicken the soul and if the later the kids is not leaving the faith they never had it and if the former it is not the faith of the Bible but some blend of religious rite with human wisdom. Yet it is the foolishness of preaching that God choose to save, not the entrainment, music, t-shirts, or ceremonies.

It is not more youth programs that church needs, it is more faithful preaching empowered by the work of the Holy Spirit. Oh, and 35 hours of indoctrination in secular government schools verses 2 hours of Biblical instruction is a sure way to quench the work of the Spirit. If you love your children and want them in heaven with you, get them out of government Schools. If the church loves its youth it should be telling parents get them out of the schools of Babylon where their hearts are made hard, and sin is crouching at their door.