Laugh? Cry? Dream?

I've been trying to get my head around the differences between youth and young adult ministry.

For teenagers you ride the wave of growing up while they work our who they are and how God and faith fit into the equation. Their lives revolve around school, family and friends.

When you step out of the shadow of school, you're more balanced. You move into serious study or work and your head is more preoccupied with relationships, responsibilities and the future.

I'm mostly wandering about what you ask when you meet both groups for the first time.

With teens you're more on a fact finding mission. School? Family? Friends?

With young adults you can go deeper. What makes you laugh out loud? Why makes you cry inwardly? What are you dreams? Sure, you may not dive into these questions after the sentence... "G'Day, my names Graham, check out grahambaldock.blogspot.com," but with these answers secured, you learn about about a person.