Late Night Marathon

"How?"

"Do you recognize these horses?"

"Beef jerkey, anyone have a stick of beef jerkey?"

I didn't manage to get any pictures at the YMCA, so the rest of these are from the bowling alley.

Evangelistic Meetings, Leadership Conference, and Late Night Marathon

Well it is finally here! This week we have Evangelist Brad Harris speaking at special meetings every night. Evangelist Harris spoke Sunday for S.S., A.M. Worship, and again in the evening and all three messages were very biblical and challenging. I hope that all the youth will make every effort to attend as many meetings as possible. These meetings are an important part of the life of our church and we should pray for them that God's Spirit would be at work in hearts, and we should attend as many as possible that His Spirit may work in our own hearts.

This Friday also has two very important events in our Youth Ministry. First will be a day long conference on Leadership. Evangelist Kevin Brownfield will be speaking at this conference and we look forward to his ministry to us. Christian Leadership is a very vital topic that we need to consider carefully for the message that the world gives constantly about leadership is almost directly opposed to that which the Bible presents. I praise God for the godly young men and women that God has give our Youth Group that already act as good leaders. It is a rare thing that a youth group of any size would have so many that I would consider as godly leaders. Yet there is always room for growth in each of our lives in this area and we must constantly endeavor to build up the next group of leaders to replace those that graduate each year. I am very excited to see what God will do in the lives of our teens (and those from other churches that are coming) through this time of instruction.

Following the conference we will jump right in to our yearly Late Night Marathon. This event as most of you know already is one of the high points of our year in the youth group. Bible Quizzing, Fun Time, Food, Games at the YMCA, Bowling, etc. fill up a night of great fun. It also serves as a great opportunity to invite those from outside our church to come and have fun with Christian young people, become acquainted with our church and youth ministry, and to sit under the preaching of the gospel. Please make every effort to attend and please be inviting friends and neighbors to come out for this event. 

I am very excited to see what God is going to do in our church and youth group this week.