The 12 Disciples In Your Youth Group?

The Twelve Disciples in YOUR Group? Jesus was a youth pastor, leading eleven pre-teen or teenage boys along with one young adult.  Are you leading a similar group?

• Philip, The student that is excited to invite others to the youth group.
• Simon, The Zealot. The student is always trying to debate politics and issues.
•  James, the Other One. The one student that is faithfully there every week but doesn’t say a whole lot. They are there but no one really knows them.
• Nathanial/Bartholomew. The student who you keep calling by the wrong name, even though you know his real name.
• Thaddaeus. The student that has a sibling that comes to the youth group, so their parents drop them off too.
• James. The student that is the other person in the “inseparable pair.” When you say their name, it is always followed by the other person’s name. (Like “…and John”)
• John. The student that is your favorite, even though you’re not supposed to have favorites. He is the student you love, despite their family and problems.
• Andrew. The student that is quietly faithful to the youth group and talks to others about Jesus.
• Matthew. The student with the shady past and great testimony is a bit of a party animal but in a good way.
• Judas. The student that one moment loves you the next moment is betraying you for another youth group down the road that is offering at least 30 more cool activities & events you are not doing.
• Thomas. The student that always has their hand raised in the middle of your lesson with a question and is constantly in doubt about what you are teaching.
• Peter. The older student that is always saying something dumb, funny, or without think, but everyone still sees them as the leader of the group.