sorry it's been a while since my last post. what a week!
we did our back to school party on wednesday, and it was great! roger and lynn cooked some of the best hot dogs i've ever had (and yes, the 4th one was just as good as the 1st). thanks a million times over to everyone who made the night fly. i would start naming names, but i'm afraid i'll accidentally miss someone. if you were a part of the thing, please hear my sincere thanks. and thanks to all of you who make up our church for supporting us and allowing us to do these things. because of you we were able to touch 71 students, grades 6-12! and a special congratulations to samantha alexander and andrew kenny - winners of the ipods.
in case you're unaware, we also have another big thing going. we are in the process of converting the room we've been using for sunday school into a new youth room for high school services on wednesday nights. i'm not sure if we'll make it go as soon as we had hoped, but we are really excited about the opportunities this project will open up for us. as you know, there is a big difference between a 6th grader and a high school senior. most high school students don't want to sit through middle school programming, and a lot of middle schoolers are intimidated by a big group of high schoolers. (i'm even intimidated by big high schoolers). by splitting our crowd program, we'll have the opportunity to give adequate attention to each group without sacrificing the other. this also give us room to increase our numbers, which we've desperately needed for some time. after january of this past year, our wednesday night attendance averaged around 45, and we pushed 60 on more than one occasion. that's a lot of people in that one room. with the new venue, we'll have some space to hold us for a while. please keep praying for us as we venture in this direction.
on another note, i've been wondering if there is anything specific you would like our thoughts on. it's fun to have a journal of sorts that people can read, but we would also love to hear from you. what questions do you have for us? feel free at any time, under any topic, to drop a comment just to say "i'm here" or "what about this?" we are all grateful to be your ministers and want very much to discuss things that are important to you. thanks so much for your support of us, and please know we are praying for you.
we did our back to school party on wednesday, and it was great! roger and lynn cooked some of the best hot dogs i've ever had (and yes, the 4th one was just as good as the 1st). thanks a million times over to everyone who made the night fly. i would start naming names, but i'm afraid i'll accidentally miss someone. if you were a part of the thing, please hear my sincere thanks. and thanks to all of you who make up our church for supporting us and allowing us to do these things. because of you we were able to touch 71 students, grades 6-12! and a special congratulations to samantha alexander and andrew kenny - winners of the ipods.
in case you're unaware, we also have another big thing going. we are in the process of converting the room we've been using for sunday school into a new youth room for high school services on wednesday nights. i'm not sure if we'll make it go as soon as we had hoped, but we are really excited about the opportunities this project will open up for us. as you know, there is a big difference between a 6th grader and a high school senior. most high school students don't want to sit through middle school programming, and a lot of middle schoolers are intimidated by a big group of high schoolers. (i'm even intimidated by big high schoolers). by splitting our crowd program, we'll have the opportunity to give adequate attention to each group without sacrificing the other. this also give us room to increase our numbers, which we've desperately needed for some time. after january of this past year, our wednesday night attendance averaged around 45, and we pushed 60 on more than one occasion. that's a lot of people in that one room. with the new venue, we'll have some space to hold us for a while. please keep praying for us as we venture in this direction.
on another note, i've been wondering if there is anything specific you would like our thoughts on. it's fun to have a journal of sorts that people can read, but we would also love to hear from you. what questions do you have for us? feel free at any time, under any topic, to drop a comment just to say "i'm here" or "what about this?" we are all grateful to be your ministers and want very much to discuss things that are important to you. thanks so much for your support of us, and please know we are praying for you.
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