Just finished a weekend of equipping middle schoolers to minister to their peers, and am so reminded that few things energize and inspire me more than seeing God grab hold of a young life to change the world.

Here is one leader’s vision for middle school ministry:

1. I want to learn how to live by the Spirit.
   

2. I want to learn how to be a leader who is driven by prayer.
   

3. I want middle school ministry training, like EQUIP, to be simple—so volunteer-led ministries will leave encouraged and empowered that “We can do this!”
   

4. I want to be more strategic than big.
   

5. I want to invest into other middle school leaders.
   

6. I want leaders and students to grasp a vision for middle school students—that middle schoolers can do all kinds of ministry at their own stage in life. They don’t have to wait until 11th grade to really minister to their friends and share the gospel.
   

7. I want churches who come to EQUIP to leave confident and able to not come back, but to do their own.
   

What’s yours?

~ Laura Wampach

P.S. Want to share your vision? Email it to me or share it on the Batteries Included Fan Page on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Batteries-Included/78189339133.