10.07.2005
Ok, I'm Back
Andrew's Blogger's lunch did one thing for me: inspired me to get back into blogging. I never thought the day would come. I had given it up, but I guess it wasn't a permanent rejection, just a slight vacation.
SO...I want to give credit to LILY (she's great!) for last night's trial run of Sacred Space. I'm always hesitant to say how things went...purely because the work that I want to get done is often unseen. It's work of the holy spirit. That kind of work is work that hopefully will revealed some time later, when we come face to face with our maker. Anyways, regarding last night, one thing I can say was that they took it seriously! We did some worship before they walked into the sacred space area, and I explained what we were doing. They went to each station and did what was explained. They were quiet, the responded, they prayed, they lighted candles, they wrote letters, they drew pictures. I was stoked that they actually did it! The feedback I got was that they thought it was "cool" (what more can I expect, they are Jr. High students) and they liked the bead station. The bead station was where they made a prayer bracelet with different colored beads each color representing a different area of prayer. Since watching the "Invisible Children" (note to self: get parent's permission ahead of time) I wanted to give them a chance to repsond to what they saw. All of the Sacred Space stations had an Africa theme. Our church supports missionaries in Africa so we wrote encouraging notes. I can't wait to send them to her! I hope you can tell from these ramblings that it went well. It's something that I definitely would do again, given the right circumstances.
PS I love Youth Ministry! ¶ 12:06 PM
SO...I want to give credit to LILY (she's great!) for last night's trial run of Sacred Space. I'm always hesitant to say how things went...purely because the work that I want to get done is often unseen. It's work of the holy spirit. That kind of work is work that hopefully will revealed some time later, when we come face to face with our maker. Anyways, regarding last night, one thing I can say was that they took it seriously! We did some worship before they walked into the sacred space area, and I explained what we were doing. They went to each station and did what was explained. They were quiet, the responded, they prayed, they lighted candles, they wrote letters, they drew pictures. I was stoked that they actually did it! The feedback I got was that they thought it was "cool" (what more can I expect, they are Jr. High students) and they liked the bead station. The bead station was where they made a prayer bracelet with different colored beads each color representing a different area of prayer. Since watching the "Invisible Children" (note to self: get parent's permission ahead of time) I wanted to give them a chance to repsond to what they saw. All of the Sacred Space stations had an Africa theme. Our church supports missionaries in Africa so we wrote encouraging notes. I can't wait to send them to her! I hope you can tell from these ramblings that it went well. It's something that I definitely would do again, given the right circumstances.
PS I love Youth Ministry! ¶ 12:06 PM
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welcome back to bloggerdom Kelsey...it was way cool meeting you...tell Jono hi for me!
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