So funny because its so true!

Well it looks like one the regular features here at the Cutting Edge is to rip off my favorite news story from Lark News! This my favorited for the month.

Trend: Youth groups forget meaning of names

SYRACUSE — When Rhett Wilson became youth pastor at LifeWay Church, he inherited a youth group name nobody could explain: GetReady 7:35. The youth group had been using it for five years, but almost the entire pastoral staff had changed and nobody could remember what it meant. "We know the youth used to have prayer early Saturday morning," says Wilson. "Maybe it means 7:35 a.m." Others surmise the 7:35 refers to a Bible verse, or to the time on Wednesday nights when the group used to meet. Wilson tasked youth group members with looking up all chapter 7 and verse 35s in the Bible. They didn't come up with anything that fits. Youth groups across the country are finding themselves in the same predicament: sometimes their names outlast their leaders and memories. Get Wi'dit 4:11 in Ft. Lauderdale doesn't know if their name refers to 411, as in where to get critical information, or a Bible verse. "I think it's Ecclesiastes 4:11," cracks the associate youth pastor. That passage reads, "And on a cold night, two under the same blanket can gain warmth from each other. But how can one be warm alone?" Two youth groups — The Call 5:16 and Higher 37 — have posted online requests asking former youth group members what their names mean, so they can retire them with dignity. At Youth Group 720 in Seattle, the current youth pastor confesses he doesn't know what exactly it means. "The previous guy explained it to me one time, but I forgot it," he says. "It may mean two full revolutions, or maybe it's a Bible verse. Maybe it was his membership goal." He laughs. "We still use it because it sounds skateboard-y," he says. •
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Like I said so funny because its so true. Back when I was the Youth Minister at my church back in Ohio here are some names I had to work with through inherentance:
LifeSource-Our primary youth group meeting at tuesday nights in the evening.
Cross Training- Our Sunday night youth Bible Study.
C.O.R.E- Our once a month out reach activity. It stood for Community OutReach Event.

Call me old fashioned but I don't know why we could not called it all Youth Group. All the college minisries I was involved in also had funny names. My Crosswalk (what Southerners call Campus Baptist Ministries) changed its name to 727. That was the time we met. At Kent State our Campus Crusade changed its name to the Dive. A church for college students and 20 somethings had the name 707 after a Matthew 7:7 and also the time it met. Then it branched off into 3 services with none of them meeting at 7:07.

OhI just thought of something I could add to the list. I am now a member of 9th and O Baptist Church in Louisville which is neither on 9th or O street anymore.