Ministerial transfer

You're not my problem any more.
Once you're over the age of 25 the regulations say that you're almost dead to me.

Sounds harsh?

Technically, if you're between the ages of 12 and 25, you're in my ministerial hitting zone (in reality it is more like 8-25). You are a youth.

But i wonder how the transition should work when those who you have been ministering become young adults?

Is the responsible thing to wean them off you and onto the Minister of the Word? When they have a crisis, do you tell them to call someone else and not you?

Ideally, if you're ministry is growing and you've stuck around long term, you will eventually encounter this problem.

You either stay focused on the current batch of youngsters or gravitate up with the twenty-somethings. Is there a healthy middle ground or would you eventually spread yourself too thin?