The Last Word : Old Bill
By Martin Saunders is the Director of Satellites, a new youth event helping young people to put God at the centre of their lives. His new book We Are Satellites, is out now, published by SPCK.
2017-01-19T00:00:00
The One volunteer. That’s all my enthusiastic – some might say visionary - appeal to the congregation had produced. I had been tasked with setting up a youth group in my new church and had grasped the opportunity with both hands; the supportive minister had given me a prime Sunday morning service slot to drum up help and support. There was lots of nodding; there were lots of emphatic ‘Amens’. But only one man stepped forward.