Hit from the Yellow Tees

This weekend my six year old son and I were in a father-son golf tournament. My son had never golfed before, but we had a great time together. The great thing about this course was they set it up for beginners. They had special yellow tee off boxes out in the middle of the fairway that the little guys could tee off from, and get it close to the green. So when I hit from the men’s tee and my boy hit from yellow tees, we both had a chance to get the ball close to the hole. My son whenever he hit his ball closer than me would tell me that he could beat me at golf. He was excited and can’t wait to golf again.
How does this apply for youth leaders? As you work new leaders into your ministry let them him from the “yellow tees.” Give them every chance to succeed. When they succeed they will be more likely to love what they are doing and want to get better.