TCC's Youth Group

TCC's youth group makes me feel like an old man. Over the past couple of weeks, I've seen three or four girls, all in high school, all with boyfriends. I look at that and think, wow! What was I missing in high school? Or missing out on, rather. Now, to be honest, I don't think any of these kids really understand what a long-lasting relationship entails, but I don't know them that well yet. But they seem to be happy with in the realm of boyfriend/girlfriend. I think it's interesting to see the contrast with the youth group from my old church.

RCC's youth group was smaller. There were only two or three people of high school age in the group at any one time. There was absolutely no interest in romance, at least none that I saw. There was also much more of a legacy feeling at RCC--the youth were from well-established members, or they had been there all their lives. I haven't gotten that feeling from the TCC youth yet, but I haven't really gotten into the matter at the same time.

As time goes on, I'll be interested to see what other differences there are. One that pops out right away is the grittiness of this group. The RCC group was very pious. I don't say they were very Christian, I didn't know them well enough to make that determination, but they were very pious. This group is anything but pious. They also don't seem to be concerned with church politics. The RCC group really wasn't involved in church politics, but they understood that there was a political dynamic among families. I don't get that sense here. I think it's a good thing that the lack the piety and religious political dynamic because it makes things much more black and white. RCC's youth group operated in a multitude of gray areas.

I will end by saying that Yizong has his work cut out for him in this area. These kids strike me as just starting out in their Christian walks, and they're not little kids anymore. It will be interesting to see how group dynamic develops as this photography class progresses.