Exciting ways to enhance young adult ministry
Again my inspiration comes from my wife and one of her favorites, the “now on her way to heaven” Sister Anne Bryan Smollin. She taught Stephanie a very important lesson: laughter is powerful!
Sister Anne was great at using humor to open people up to God’s graces. “We just need these tiny little moments, these little things that touch our hearts and our souls, and let us know that we’re really alive to the Gospel message that’s in front of us.” So, my “tip” for this week is an excerpt from Sister Anne Smollin’s book, “Live, Laugh and Be Blessed.”
“Both of us were concerned about the impact that the current crisis in the church would have on the mental and physical well-being of those who were misjudged or unjustly accused. I asked him how he was dealing with it in his own personal life. Without hesitation he said, ‘Each day I have a holy hour and I have a happy hour!’ … We all need a happy hour, too, where we can balance our daily stresses. … I believe happy hours can be holy hours as well; they are the present moments when we choose to live intentionally, allowing times to touch us in the depth of our souls.”
Makana Aiona is the diocesan coordinator for Young Adult Ministry.