Summer Wednesdays Start

Last night, Wednesday May 30th was our first Summer Wednesday for the year! I was pleasently surprised at the number of teens that showed up and I walked away from last night excited and feeling good. I want to take a minute and thank all the adults that came to help. Joe, thanks for running the game room for me all night; Bob, thanks for running the Casa and staying upstairs to make sure everything was OK; Sally, thanks for being in the Casa all night; Dave and Wendy and Allen, thanks for coming down and playing dodgeball with us and having a good time; Anna, thanks for helping out with worship and your willingness to take leadership of that; and Karolyn, thanks for always being there and just doing whatever and always having a smile on your face (you are an awesome partner in life)! If I forgot anyone, I am sorry, but thank you so much for everything.

We talked last night in our lesson about "entitlement" and a sense of deserving everything in our generation and I thought it was received very well! I enjoyed speaking from my heart last night and really getting that off of my chest. I will continue to harp on these feelings and pray that God will place it in their hearts. We played dodgeball last night and it was AWESOME! In the past people are usually "ho hum" about playing dodgeball and it ends up being not that fun, but last night was totally opposite. At one point, we had over 40 people playing dodgeball in our gym and it was soooo much fun. By the end of the night I was extremely sore and sweaty (just ask those who were there) but I made a lot of connections with some of the guys and it was a lot of fun. I pray that the rest of this summer will look like last night and that relationships will continue to be built and that God will speak to our teenagers through the lessons and through the relationships that are built! Thanks again everyone and have a great weekend.

In God's Love,

Joel