Pastor's Corner: Are youth to be despised?

An outlandish question perhaps. Why even ask such a thing? The answer is obviously “No.” Nevertheless, I’m asking it. And the reason that I am asking it is that there are many church summer camps that our youth are attending. In that environment where five to six days are dedicated to worshipping and hearing from God, our youth are hearing from God. When they come home from these camps, how do we respond to what God is doing in their lives?

The Apostle Paul writes to a young pastor, Timothy, these words found in the Bible, the book of 1 Timothy, verse 12 — “Let no one despise you...