Man o man, December is only half over! The youth ministry machine has been in full effect here. Last weekend we had an event every night from Friday to Monday.
Friday Dec. 8- We headed downtown for a Dallas Stars game. As one of my students said our seats “were in Russia” but I don’t think there is a bad seat in the American Airlines Center. We were high but we were able to see all the “action.” I use that word loosely because Edmonton came to play and Dallas threw the game away. Over all though we had a great time.
Saturday, Dec. 9- The last time I scheduled a service project nobody showed. I went on ahead with the planned project (a hilarious story for another day) but I was glad that we had plenty of help this day. Together we collected 42 garbage bags full of leaves!!! My students worked their tails off raking and bagging and knocking out the yard in under two hours! Way to go guys!
Sunday, Dec. 10- Three words: Christmas Par-Tay!!! We exchanged gifts and I ended up with a Sonic gift card. Woo-Hoo! Sandy cooked a turkey and our girls brought some delicious desserts. A good time was had by all.
Monday, Dec. 11- Monday nights we hold our high school Bible study, ChiAlpha. We have been going through the Gospel of Mark this semester and have been really enjoying our time together. We gather at 7:30 to hang out and, more importantly, catch the last half of Deal or No Deal. After that, it is on to the study. We are almost through Mark. Any suggestions for next semester?
Yesterday I felt like I had finally recovered from last week. However, today is a youth ministry black day.
Tonight, the scourge of youth ministry goes down:
The Lock-In.
My students love the lock-in. I could take or leave them. I’m not so much anti-lock-in as I am pro-sleeping! I promised my students that if we only had one or two lock-ins a year I would make sure that they were extra-ordinary.
So, tonight we will stuff our faces with pizza, watch some movies (NAAAAAAHHHCH-OHHHHHHH), and play some broomball a little after 2 in the morning. Whew! Maybe I can recover next week. We’ll see. Have a great weekend everybody!