Question:
I joined Youth Group at my old church in seventh grade and really started to get serious about Christianity. I was pretty involved when my parents, after deliberating for some time, decided to move to a different church in the middle of my freshman year, for understandable reasons. And so here we are at this new chrch, and my parents love it, and I'm getting all involved again, and this is a small church with 10 kids in the youth group. My parents are really in love with the pastor, who is very Biblical and stuff, and it's our new home. Ok. So now here we are, and my parents have moved churches again, now in the middle of my junior year. I've been attending the small church separately from my parents, since I have a license now, but my parents expect me to start helping out at the new church, which is also just starting, and eventually to move there. I have really conflicting feelings about this. It was tough to move churches once, I mean really tough. And now I've invested a lot to this new youth group, it's already grown from nothing to 10-12 kids, and now I'm expected to move again? I love my parents and respect them, but it seems strangely whimsical of them to be moving churches again. I don;t know what to think. I'm sick of moving.
Answer:
The only advice I can give you is to pray about it and sit down and talk about it with your parents.
Answer:
That is a really tough situation! Ultimately, you have to listen to your parents until you are not living at home anymore.
But, have you considered asking your parents how they would feel about you still attending your old youth group, and attend your parents new church for service? Just a thought. When I was in Youth group, I attended 3 different ones regularly. It was awesome. Ask your parents about that, if that sounds like something you might like to do. That way you can still remain connected to your old friends, and you can honor your parents too