long time

I need to get in a better routine of updating this blog, so I remember to do it more often than I do. Lots of things have happened in the last 10 days.

• had a great youth comittee meeting where we talked about a new youth vision
• As a church we are reading the book Externally FOcused Church so we're looking into opportunities to serve our community.
• Crew is starting off the year well. We've had 20 students on average. Numbers are a bit down, but they are all core students. Now just need to get them to bring friends
• I think the message series have been good. Jr. High is doing "IN Christ Alone" and looking through that song line by line and High School is doing "You are" and looking at the Worship song (Prince of Peace) line by line.
• Area 51 is going very well. The crowds are small (about 10-12) but the energy is great, and we've kicked off a jr. high student led worship band called "The Team" so that's fun. They started last night and did a great job.
• We have a youth sunday in January, so another student led service. I am not preaching because...
• I am preaching Dec. 31st!
• going to the fair for Third DAy tonight
• Have 10 students going to the jr. high retreat in 2 weeks

Prayer Requests

It has been a great couple weeks but also hard at the same time

• Pray for a couple tough counseling family situations me and the sr. pastor are dealing with
• Pray that the students will have a heart for bringing their friends to crew and area 51
• Pray as we kick off our Small Group Ministry call AGUA (Authentic Growth in Unity and Accountibility)
• Pray for our jr. high retreat in 2 weeks that it will be impactful
• Pray for me as I take 7 seminary credits and balance everything

Thanks for praying. HOpefully I"ll update more.