youth ministry | basics

My Weekend Recap: This past weekend, I was down in Saint Simons, Georgia, for our annual Confirmation Retreat.  It was a great trip and we all had a lot of fun.  St. Simons is a beautiful place to be and the weather was awesome (except for the rain; still much better than 2-3 inches of snow and cold temps for a week).  We had over 40 people with us and it was a lot of fun getting to know the new 6th graders.  Our high school students who led did a wonderful job and it made me so proud to see them sharing their faith and teaching about the fundamentals of faith to the younger kids.

This upcoming week: This week will be packed full of reading.  I’m still working through  my books for my Theology class.  It takes forever to read theology books because they are so packed full of knowledge and insight.  On Saturday, our youth are doing a talent show fundraiser at the church to raise money for missions.  This will be our second year doing this.  Last year, it was a lot of fun.

Not looking forward to: Reading!  There once was a time when I enjoyed reading.  Then I went back to school and they took that joy from me and replaced with 1,000 pages of theology and philosophy.

Book I’m currently reading: Still reading Theology As History and Hermeneutics.  I did not complete my goal from last week.  I hope to finish that book by tonight and have started the next book, The Wesleyan Quadrilateral: A Model of Evangelical Theology.  This should be a fun week!

Recent Music Addiction: I’ve been promoting a concert at our church that will be on February 6 with Micah Watson Band and The Oswald Brothers.  It is going to be an awesome concert (tickets are $5 and can be purchased online at www.simpsonwoodyouth.com or by calling our church office at 770-441-2181).  The music is awesome and last week I got an e-mail from Micah Watson Band with a link for a song off their new album Daughters & Sons.  It sounded great and I am really excited about this concert.  You can more from Micah Watson Band by clicking here and The Oswald Brothers by clicking here.

Attitude Right Now: Stressed!  Too much to do in too little time.  I will be able to relax and unwind some after the concert on February 6 (just in time for spring classes to start).  Good news on the horizon…LOST premieres with the final season on Tuesday, February 2!  I can’t wait.

Have a great week!