This month we are focusing on Media in the youth ministry. The good, the bad and the ugly of Media. I know that I am attached to my phone. Between work, friends and family I almost always have someone to talk to or email to respond to. If you allow it the technology will take over your world. It will create an atmosphere where all you think about is that next tweet.
I saw a video on Facebook the other day of a child being born and it went straight to using technology and left its parents behind in the hospital. We are not far from that. We place phones in our babies hands to keep them occupied. Our children use them and I dare say know more about technology than we do. A few years ago I had to start taking phones away from kids before kids worship. Our world is so fast pace our children crave those moments of slowness. They may not tell you but their attitudes and actions will. This week take a night an leave the phones at home. I'm sure you will be okay and everyone else will to.
For our tweens and youth the phone and other technologies are great tools for them but can also be very dangerous. Having a phone or iPod is a privilege and should be treated that way. When I was a nanny I made each of the girls in my care sign a contract about their phone usage. Here is an example of one:http://stickyfaith.org/family/blog/cell-phone-contract
This month our youth will be learning the fun things with technology and also the bad things. On Sunday October 26 at 6pm we are going to have a movie night and will be showing the movie Finding Faith. It was released last year and is based on a true story of internet safety. You can find out more about the movie at this website: http://findingfaithfilm.com/ I would recommend that parents come and watch this movie with us. If you can't come on that night the movie is on Netflix.
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