Learning to Fly

I've been jumping in with both feet at church, which makes the learning curve very steep.
I'm on the education committee, which was pretty much "hit the ground running, Rick." We just had our two weeks of ADVENTure Friday Nights, which was 2 hours each week where parents could drop their K-5 children off at the church (to go shopping or whatever). This year we did movies, "Why Do They Call It Christmas" the first week, and "A Muppet Christmas Carol" the second. All told about 50 kids came both weeks, and I think we had over 60 the first week. I had forgotten how much energy children generate when they're in a group. I think we get to coast for a month, and then we'll need to get back to work on the youth program, as well as beginning to plan for VBS.
Apparently, I made a good impression on the teen volunteers that we had,  since they told their mother (who is in charge of the church's children's program)
that I was "cool." So... she asked me if I wanted to become involved with the teens.
I don't know how to minister to teens! I'm only just getting an idea of how to minister to adults.
Happily, I have friends who are youth ministers, and since our weekly Pathfinder game got canceled, I got a chance to chat with my great friend, Alex Connell, about the mechanics of ministering to teens. I got a lot of great advice, which he concluded with, "Just get your hands dirty and do it."
In addition to getting into educating the kids, I've started helping Pastor Jeff with some of the stuff for which I'm qualified. (Actually, I've been given the assignments, and need to get to work on them.)
So, I've got a lot going on here (or at least it feels like it.)
It feels really good to finally understand what I'm supposed to be doing.