In the comments, tell me what you hope is the ending to this sentence for you: 2010 was the year that...
Here's some of what I hope history has to say about 2010:
2010 was the year that the bus didn't break down on a youth trip.
... the church basketball team won the championship.
... Anna Grace very quickly figured out the potty thing.
... arguing and complaining magically disappeared. From everywhere.
... it didn't rain at the Spring Retreat.
... the students in our ministry grasped how deeply loved they are by their heavenly father.
... those same students learned how loving their neighbor as themselves is the only appropriate response to that love.
... the families in our church that were struggling learned to lean on God and came out stronger on the other side.
... the kids who were carrying their pain all by themselves finally looked for someone to help them.
... every kid who looked for help with their burdens found a loving, mature disciple of Jesus who sacrificed to help them through.
... Summerville saw the good works of some teens who love Jesus and meet together on Trolley Rd and the Father in Heaven received all the praise.
Some of these I know we have very little power over (if anybody knows a righteous man, ask him start praying about the second weekend in May). But some of these we can work toward, so hopefully together we can work with the power of the Spirit to reach these goals.
2 comments:
I know its a broken record but I hope 2010 is the year that our adoption is completed. Although that doesn't really have anything to do with the youth group.
How about "the year that our new drivers defied the insurance industries need to charge more because of their age."
nonsense! this is completely youth ministry related. we can't wait to have him/her in our group!
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