This past weekend I took my high school students to The Edge conference in Gatlinburg, TN. A great weekend...good times we had...crazy weather (70's and mild). The conference was put on by a ministry called "Inlightened Ministries" you can go here to check them out. Very quality stuff! Great worship music, hyper-jacked up on RED BULL youth communicator...Craig Tackett (I've known Craig for years...incredible communicator, loves God and students) A way cool illusionist from Washington...Drew Worsham (go here). This guy was pretty amazing with up close card illusions, I was very impressed!
Highlights from the weekend for me...
1. Spending time with our high schoolers. It's really a challenge sometimes when you have a large group of yutes and it's difficult to spend quality time with all of them, so weekends like this were good. It's amazing the conversations that come up and questions that are asked...
2. Seeing a former yute, Chris Barger, who is a part of the Inlightened Ministries staff. He plays bass guitar in the worship band and does a host of other things. Chris was in our youth ministry since he was in 7th grade...to watch him grow over the years has been a highlight for me. It's really incredible to see how God is working and growing in him...kinda makes me proud! And I am!
**For those who are in youth ministry and your reading this...I can't tell you how important longevity is in a ministry. We've been here at FBC for almost 8 years now...and the benefits/rewards of being able to watch youth go from 6th grade to graduating is really priceless.**
3. And the number ONE highlight of the weekend (drum roll)...one of our youth Cole accepted / invited Christ to be Lord of his life. You talk about awesome...that's awesome! Seeing someone's life changed...to go from darkness into light is a very amazing experience.
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