thoughts on the news of the day: echo boomers

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            Yesterday we had a guest preacher at our church service.  While she is not of that age herself, she spent some time during the sermon talking about the Millennial Generation – also known as Generation Y or – I love this one – Echo Boomers.  This generation is the category of young people who are ages 18-29.  Our speaker’s contention, based on her research, is that this generation is different than the ones before it and that they have a desire to give in a way that others before them have not.

            We started our Vacation Bible School last evening.  A piece of the program is that four young “Echo Boomer” counselors from our area’s church camp are leading and implementing the program with us “oldsters’ merely being support staff.  And these four are not just USA kids; one is from England and one is from Ecuador.  Most definitely these four fit the qualities described by the research being done on their generation.  They are college-bound, interested in serving others and are civic minded.  They are articulate, techno-savvy and have a very optimistic outlook in spite of the conditions they see around them.  They are our hope.

            I am looking forward to working with each of them this week.  I want to pick their brains, learn what interests them and how they see the world and their lives in the future.  I want to know their vision for the world and their place in it.  Like my daughter, who also fits this age category, I am guessing that they are very willing to share their thoughts, ideas and plans – that’s what Millennials do.   They are not “sitter-arounders”.  They are do-ers, and we need them very badly.  There is a future for our world, and it lies in the hands of these young ones.  God bless them all.

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