saturday incidental

Today I feel like I'm living up to my screen name (uninspired). I've been debating on whether I should force myself to write every day, or if I should write only when the mood strikes. The latter option is not really what I want to do, because I started up this blog as a daily challenge to write every day. But some days I feel like I need a day off, plus nobody wants to wade through a blog of blah. So here's what I decided: saturday incidentals. I'll write on Saturdays when I'm inspired to write. Not sure what I'll do for the rest of the week. Anywho, I thought I'd propose a topic for discussion. I'm not feeling up to discussing it fully because it is a huge topic, but perhaps I'll start up a Saturday series on it. Here it goes:

Topic: the black hole in my church.

I'm a 23-year-old Christian (Seventh-day Adventist, to be specific) and a church-goer. Right away I sound like a weirdo. But come Sabbath morning, it gets really awkward. See, if I'm trying to do church the "right" way, I'm going to get there about 9:30 for Sabbath school. The problem is that I go to a small church. It seems as if all of the ages have a steady Sabbath school class, except for young adult. Personally, I don't know if this is a problem. I'm almost perfectly happy going to church without going to meet in an intimate setting to study a dull lesson, except for something that keeps questioning if I have the right attitude toward Sabbath school. Last year, a couple started up a Friday-night young-adult spaghetti night, which has evolved into what seems to be like a Sabbath school group. On Friday nights, everyone is more open to discussion, but on Sabbath morning everyone is either on-edge or absent.

I'm super impressed that people in my church have taken the initiative to start up a young adult ministry, but I'm wondering what others in small churches do in regards to young adult programs? I'll try to write more on the topic next Saturday.