We live in a very small town. About 800 people. And our lutheran church - the only one in town - is small as well. Because of the small congregations in our town, all of the churches do youth events across churches. My son is off on a trip with one of the other churches this weekend, at the Acquire the Fire concert in the twin cities. And we had an event last night - where we watched "Last Ounce of Courage" - an amazing movie about freedom, the military, Religious freedom of speech...
This morning, we had several of our youth helping us at the food pantry. It's a pretty regular event - once a month - that our youth group does the stocking, picking, and heavy lifting. This month we had a need for a last minute group to work - and had FOUR kids show up to give up their Saturday morning to help. What a great group of kids.
Tomorrow our town has arranged a bus - to take a bus load of kids and their families - to go see the movie God is Not Dead at our theater - about 15 miles away. And we have a great turnout signed up already. We'll meet, go to church, have some lunch, and then hop on the bus for town.
I love having so much going on in these kids' lives. They are giving back, they are learning to stay strong in their Faith, and they aren't afraid to show it. It's an amazing group of young adults. And it's growing. The youth group continues to GROW! That is an awesome thing.
We are so thankful for all of the families supporting our youth program. And for the youth involved. It's our job - to grow strong Christians ready to fight the fight. And we are having a great time doing just that!
1 comment:
yes, small community is awesome
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