Hello everyone! Thanks for being patient with me since I stepped away from the blogging scene for a little while. Life has been a little crazy in church land these past couple of weeks. I'm afraid between Disciple-Now and reconstructing the youth youth this week, I exhausted my creativity which would have made for a boring blog. However, I'm back now with new ideas and energy for the task. Lets make a deal. I will do my best to have a couple of fresh blogs for you each week if you all will try and turn others on to this blog page. How does that sound?
Let me make a few comments about Disciple-Now for those of you who could not make this past weekend. Maybe you're an adult reading this and you are interested in knowing what it was all about. Well, we met here at the CAC for registration on Friday afternoon and had somewhere around 60 or more students lined up and ready for the weekend. We fed them tons of hamburgers and fries and barely got all the mouths fed despite the fact that we spent a ridiculous amount on food for the weekend. After supper we went had worship with Jacob Harris (the speaker) and Kyle Kite (and band) leading in song. It was an amazing night to start the weekend. Students were up on there feet lifting their voices and hearts to God. Later that night they went to their host homes and had small group sessions. This is probably the most crucial part of Disciple Now because students are more likely to open up in smaller groups. The next morning we had breakfast and then it was out to minister through some good ole physical labor. This is primarily our attempt at wearing them out so they are more manageable. The students broke up into teams and went out and served by raking yards and cleaning our the Greer's shed. later, we had large inflatable events in and our of the CAC where the students had free reign for about 3 hours. IT WAS FUN!!! Once this was done we sent them back to get cleaned up for our third and final worship service.
The students all filed in with expectant looks on their faces as they awaited the worship service to begin. The band played and exalted our King followed by a sermon that would make a wall repent of sin. Jacob Harris did a phenomenal job of giving accurate treatment to the word of God. He spoke from Matthew 7 and God honored it. The Lord showed up during the invitation. Well, He was already there, but made His presence known during the invitation. Now, I'm not a fan of emotional manipulation, in fact I hate it. However, there was nothing manipulative about this. They simply responded to God's word. Students were on their knees before a holy God. Many repented and others made decisions. It was a wonderful night and a great conclusion to our weekend. After that, they all went to the host homes for one last session and that Sunday morning we concluded. Its funny, you spend so much time making something happen and when its over you wonder when it even began. Well, praise the Lord for a successful Disciple-Now. Hopefully word will spread and we will have even more next year.
Alan
2 comments:
I had a great time at OBC D-Now 2008! Thanks to the OBC church family, hard-working youth committee, host family, and other leaders for making it a great success. Jacob did a great job communicating God's word. I personally appreciate the fact that truth was clearly presented with no apologies. God's word is powerful indeed! Thanks Alan for being a great youth minister and for putting together a great weekend that provided fun, memories, and eternal impact.
I like how you emphasized "IT WAS FUN"
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