Preparation

Last night, instead of having a lesson on the next Deadly Sin, the kids and I discussed more about what we are doing for Youth Sunday on the 31st. We chose our songs, assigned people to positions, and decided on two skits that we will be performing. I'm super excited about the skits! If all goes well, they will be very cool. So, hopefully, my skit volunteers have some acting experience. We also will be signing (as in American Sign Language) Amazing Grace My Chains Are Gone by Chris Tomlin. They all were eager to learn how to sign it! We got through a bit of the song and they caught on quick! The boys will be ushering for Communion and Offering and a few of my girls and I will be greeters. One of my girls even asked to work the sound system! So, we're really going to be running the show that Sunday! I'm excited, and I know that the board members are looking forward to seeing what we're going to do too. I just pray that God's light shines through us in perhaps a different way than usual that day. Everyone learns different and different things hit people in different ways. So, my hope is that we just touch lives as we do our crazy, young thing.

I chose to prepare Youth Sunday plans last night not only because I couldn't think of a lesson, but because preparation has been a big topic for me lately. I tend to go by the phrase, "go big or go home", which isn't necessarily a bad thing. I just sometimes bite off more than I can chew. The Six Flags trip is an excellent example of this. I didn't realize at first that taking 16 kids to Six Flags St. Louis was somewhat of a huge deal. It ended up being a great trip; but, I know now that I did not do enough preparation for it. Well, I took it as a learning experience. It got me down in some ways, but I have had tons of support regardless. My church family and I know that I am still very new at this job and some things I will inevitably discover the hard way. And it'll be ok because I have a God who is bigger than any setback I may encounter!