Program Disconnect

Young professionals in AY programs often struggle to balance work, personal responsibilities, and church activities. Time management can be tough, and taking on leadership roles sometimes leads to burnout. Financial pressures and the feeling that some church programs don’t address their needs—like career guidance or spiritual growth—can leave them feeling disconnected. Generational and cultural gaps in the church may create misunderstandings, and some young adults feel isolated if they don’t have peers in similar life stages. Challenges like; Time management Lack of peer support Burnout and fatigue Cultural and generational differences Leadership pressure Navigating secular influences

To attend the church activities becouse of lack of interest to participate.

In my line of work, attending night church activities is impossible since I work during the night—something the older church members don’t seem to understand.

I honestly don't rely on church programs or activities. My challenge is more on sustaining my personal devotion. Making for personal devotion.

Sometimes, the activities are more focused on younger age brackets.

Keeping up with schedules, exhaustion from work and other activities

The challenges I faced as a young professional is maintaining my devotional time amidst the busy schedule. Balancing my work and ministry activities is also hard too.

Financial Balance, Cultural & Traditional Influence when it comes to health. The Boredom in our local churches, though God helped me motivate when some churches asked me to give lectures, because I feel like if I turned it down it is like turning off God and I think always maybe God might have something to say either to me or to them, and in most cases it would be both.

Sometimes I struggle to excuse or make absences at work during we have activities due to availability of my schedules provided by our HR.

I am looking for a more quality youth seminar (in a spiritual sense). I need a more spirit-filled activities.

For me, when a young person transitions into a young adult or young professional, they can no longer keep up with the vibe of the youth. They may even lose interest in things like action songs because they see them as 'badoy' or childish. I’ve even thought, 'Ako ramay tiguwang/professional diri.' Personally, I’ve experienced this and took time to reflect. Was it really the program, songs, or activities that made me uninterested? Or was it my heart filled with pride? So, I started engaging with the youth, participating in their singspirations, and getting involved in the program. I took on a leadership role. By doing so, we can better face the challenges of being a young adult.

Always active SA church activities I need to coordinate with socially mentally emotionally and spiritual needs and read all bible stories

The possibility of Saturday classes, differing views and opinions of the older generation regarding what spiritualty truly is, generational gaps between the youth/young adults and older generation, demographic between the youth/young professionals in the church is unequal (less youth and they are likely to be misinterpreted/not supported well during youth activities that are outdoors or activities that are located far from the church vicinity), misunderstandings and miscommunications are common in the church especially between the old and young)

WORK-LIFE BALANCE, BUT LET US ALL REMEMBER THAT OUR SALVATION IS NOT DEPENDENT ON OTHERS, OR THE CHURCH'S ACTIVITIES. YOUR SALVATION DEPENDS ON YOU.

Tiredness from work and tiredness from nurturing a baby are my challenges but it should never be a reason of not participating in the church activities. Sabbath-keeping should be a priority despite all those challenges.

A.y. prgram is getting boring to some that they no longer attend a.y. service :(

Activities that needed days that leads me to either miss the said activity or absent my work.

Personal devotion due to overwhelming activities and priorities as working adult and a young professional leader.

With lack of exposure and socialization with people my age, I have no outlet of my spiritual struggle. I stopped attending afternoon services, I chose to spend my sabbath afternoons in the home.

Not addressing our needs, Spiritual and emotional needs