Guys Sleepover

Well, I just got done with a sleepover this morning. We had a lot of fun with 11 guys and 2 adults. We started last night at 7:00 and things wrapped up this morning at 9:00. We had a blast pretty much all night (till 3:00 am!). We played some video games, went through some team building activities, and had a really awesome time in the Word.

I was blown away by the honesty of the guys during our lesson time! We were able to talk about "guy stuff" that we normally don't discus during a normal youth group time. It was a total God thing because I asked the teens to give me some things that they struggle with and almost every one of them lined up with our passage! We looked at Ephesians 4 & 5. We camped out on 4:29 where it talks about not letting any unwholesome talk come out your lips, but rather build each other up.

We were able to encourage and convict them to follow through with that command. And once again, it was a very powerful moment!

I forgot to take pictures, so sorry that I can't share that with you - but it was an excellent time! Now, I'm going to take a nap!!!!

Here is a great video that my good friend Jack Hager sent to me. It is so true and makes me glad that we are a part of Bible Quizzing!

I'm Back!

After talking with some teens the other day, I was reminded that I have a blog! I will do my best to try and keep this a little more up to date! If you happen to read this would you kindly let me know that you are? That would be a great encouragement to me and keep me plugging away at this!!!

2010/2011 school year has been an amazing ride! God has blessed HCY so much this year! We have seen growth in every aspect of our ministry!!! I will be giving you recaps after all of the major events happen the rest of the year.

We just held our Minute to Win it rally on the 22nd. We had 45 students attend and around 15 adults. It was our first rally since Mission Impossible way back in September. You can read the recap that I wrote on the page. It was a huge success and everyone enjoyed themselves.

I had the blessing of speaking at our Crandon club last night! I was able to take our new intern - Justin Dietche along with. He started my lesson out by giving his testimony. He did a wonderful job and I was very proud of him. I then gave a salvation message and praise God, two teens accepted Jesus as their Lord and Savior!!!

This is the first year that we have had Bible Clubs up and running since 2008. It was a very dry season in that aspect of our ministry. We are overjoyed to have them back up and running - and doing extremely well!

I'm looking forward to this weekend as we are having another Guy's Sleepover here in Rhinelander. We hang out, play video games, have a cookout (at midnight), do some team building activities, Bible study, and top it all off with a McDonald's breakfast! I've been blessed with some awesome young men in my Bible Club and this is a very good way to deepen our relationships together!