Pew is noted as an unbiased religious statistics gathering organization based in Washington D.C.
www.research.org/millenials
Highest % of college grads.
Very sheltered. (spoiled according to older members) Of course shelter me. I am special! Millennia move back home after college. They believe their parents are more moral and can respect their parents.
Boring safe playgrounds. More fathers are present at birth. Today they are there breathing with the wife. Child protection services. Amber alerts. Structured time so they don't get in trouble. Play sports or music lessons year round. Don't get home until dinner. Have electronic friends because they are so involved. They can't hang out at the street corner anymore.

38% of millennials have tattoos. 70% are tattooed under clothing. 23% pierced in places other than their ears.

Microbloging is like a tweet or status update.

Want to include people. Want people fit in.
WWW.Lhm.org/research
Most are liberal, partial to homosexuals and immigrants.

Most are pro-choice, but there are more pro-life than previousgenerations. Probably due to technology that shows the baby parts.
They like to volunteer. 1 in 8 move back home.... perhaps relates to economy. Confident in economic future. Will likely pursue advanced degree. Many are confident in government. Hang out the only way they can. Online or on their phones. Prayer is most common spiritual practice. Dislike denominational identification. Don't attend church often. They personalize their faith (like their lattes).

They lost interest in church before they graduated high school. It's not that they lost interest because of college. Hate the exclusive language of the traditional church.

We often loose people once they are confirmed. Our next step is a youth gathering. Then what?

Ucla study: 3/4 college students are spiritual.

They want leadership opportunities. They want to make a difference now without needing to wait.

Know students. Take them out for coffee. They talk, especially if they come to you. Group dinners. If you feed them, they will come. Offer them a church kitchen. Buy them the food. Kick it off with prayer. Let them do their laundry at your place. They want someone to know them and to care. Adopt-a-student. Take a class on campus. Get an idea about what people are like. Excel in it and host study sessions. Have pastor solicit input about sermons. Give them service opportunities. Plant trees. Go to Mexico. Go to New Orleans.