The summer is right around the corner. The last day of classes around here is May 24- which is a week from this Thursday. Crazy!

In the coming weeks I will be traveling on mission trips and to church camps. We will be painting houses and serving people in and around our community.

Summer is the bread and butter for youth ministry because students have free time and it is really when relationships can fully develop.

Growing up I had a great youth ministry experience while in high school. We did work camp, a camp at a Christian college, mission trips, late-night movies, sleepovers, cook-outs, service projects and a VBS.

Looks like that is close to what we’ll be doing this summer. It won’t be to much longer until…

(eerie voice) …it begins!!! (dum-dum-DAAAH)