“Jesus looked at them and said, ‘With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.’” Matthew 19:26
The New Generation Service is Movin’ & Groovin’!
One of the “unspoken rules” on our church staff is that if one of us gets an idea we are excited about, it’s up to that person to be responsible for making the idea happen.
At our staff retreat back in August, I was foolish enough to say that I thought it would be great to have a service when our Recreation Center opens right after our big 10:30 service is over. The purpose would be to allow all of those who had been involved in ministry during the BIG one, to have a chance to go to worship at a convenient time.
I had totally forgotten about that idea, when all of the sudden (after an eternity of waiting) we were in the new facility and Tim said it was up to me to get that Noon service off & running! Within two days I tried to pull a service together…..decided to bring back the donut & fruit break…..involve teens and youth leaders….and even our youth worship band! It’s been crazy to try to bring it all together, but those who have attended the pastcouple of weeks have loved it!
We’ve been blessed by Roxxy’s soulful songs she’s written, awesome music, our students taking on the role ofreading Scripture, being ushers & greeters, and it’s just so amazing to be in our new facility! So far, there are a lot of seats available, but what an inspirational place to worship!
Sometimes I forget that God is in the business of making what seems impossible to be possible….like getting into the Rod & Randy Halvorson Recreation Center! I once wondered if we would live through all of the stress of abuilding program. But as many of you can see we not only lived through it, Pastor Tim is a very healthy looking dude these days!
Thank you all for hanging in there with us and all you have done to make this Godly dream possible!
Jackie White
Director of New Generation Ministries
2 comments:
I'm sure "seats available" is only a temporary condition for the new Mountainside Sanctuary. You put youth into it and who knows how far this will explode (hopefully not literally). It is very exciting to hear about all that is going on.
Looks like Chester and I are wordy this week! I used to LOVE the noon youth service - it was a neat casual atmosphere and as a parent with a daughter in High School at the time - she loved attending and sitting with her friends - usually right up front. It was a great experience for her to also participate by helping to take the offering and greeting. Thank you Jackie for bringing it back! Love, Kristin
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