What are you giving your teens this Christmas?
A family helped by Heifer International
I’ve been giving my youth group a Christmas gift for about as long as I’ve been doing youth ministry. Honesty, I only vaguely remember what most of them were. I remember having to shop carefully to find something that I could afford to give each of my teens on a youth pastor’s salary. And I remember some pretty cheesy gifts that I hoped would have some meaning. I remember candy canes one year (complete with a card explaining the “significance” of candy canes for them to ignore). I remember apple Christmas tree ornaments, and an explanation of the origins of the Christmas tree tradition. And I remember some bookmarks, though when it comes to what they said, I’ve no clue.
And while I have only vague recollections, I secretly suspect that I’m the only one with any memories at all. My teens have long forgotten the gifts I so carefully selected.
But there are two gifts that stick out.
