IGNITE went really well lasy night! I was looking forward to last night in an unusual expectant sort of way. Yesterday was a busy day…we held our final Parent Meeting before our summer youth camp, The GAUNTLET. I left there and went directly to the 2Seven to prepare for IGNITE.

Band has some minor issues to overcome, but nothing major. I was impressed with the way Daniel Harper, our Student Ministry Worship leader, handled the adversity before the service. He was very calm and took it all in stride. Daniel, you did a great job tonight with handling and leading the band through that adversity. Keep up the great work! I look forward to all the many services we will have to work together in to prepare.

We did a decent job added some additional elements of a new game and a different way to do announcements.

The message was decent in length. We concluded our NEXT series, discussing the vision by ending with ENDURE and ENABLE. My main point was that “We all need each other to: live, survive, and thrive.” I discussed this from 1 Corinthians 12. Also used the statement: “You were created on purpose, with a purpose, and for a purpose.” The thesis of the message was that we need each other as a part of the body of Christ. Each part of the body has a specific role (a.k.a talent, passion, gifting) and we must use that for the body to function properly. When we do that is it beautiful and we can do so much more through Christ than we could ever imagine. To close, I used the illustration of me and my calling. I displayed my ability (or inability) to play the drums…then our drummer, Ryan Siders, came out and looked at me like I was crazy. Of course, the students were begging him to play and well…he is a whole lot better than me. I then picked up the guitar…tried to play and I told Ryan to follow my lead while I played and it was bad. Then Daniel came out and took over the guitar. They played together and is sounded awesome. I then closed by saying that if we stay in our giftedness, then we can do some awesome things for Jesus.

So…overall I thought that the night went really well. Something to improve on and continue to build.

Well, I have been on a blog hiatus.  This past week, has been absolutely crazy!  Lots of phone calls, placing orders, tracking orders, negotiating, and much more in getting prepared for our summer camp, The GAUNTLET!  Hopefully, this week will be very productive in our preparation for camp.  Prayers are greatly appreciated.  Be looking next week for pictures and updates form The GAUNTLET through out the week.

It is going to be absolutely CRAZY!!