On Inspired By Baha'i Yuut: The puzzled look on his face was part of his realizing that he's starting to make his own decisions
...this is the most ideal junior youth group I've started. For the first time I'm beginning with actual 11 year olds, as opposed to a mix of ages (my first group) or starting with mostly the same age but starting in either 7th grade (second group) or 8th grade (third group). That means for the first time, I could potentially study through all of the available curriculum with them, and it means I can start at an early age where they are still forming habits and attitudes.
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As with any group, there are always little moments that make it all worth it. Out of the five, two of them are from Baha'i families, and one of those announced that he had read the section of the first book before coming, even though we didn't start the book on the first night. One of the boys not from a Baha'i family asked, "What if I don't want to come?" and I said, "Then you don't have to come?" The puzzled look on his face was part of his realizing that he's starting to make his own decisions, and if he attends then he'll have to own it.
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The second most viewed photo (out of 21,981) on my flickr site is entitled "Baha'i yuut." I was being cute with my spelling of "youth" when I put the up. It pictures some junior youth (at the time) in our cluster.
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Our cluster is really gearing up it's effort to form Junior Youth Groups. I'm inspired by the description of the JYG animator's efforts, as described above, and by Devon Gundry's video below. -gw
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