What a Good Week!
I shouldn't be surprised by this kind of thing--but I always am. Just call me a slow learner...
Yesterday our Junior High Sunday School class was being led by one of our five collegiate youth ministry students. We have been studying the life of Christ so far this year and Katie did a really good job in talking about how in the Garden of Gethsemane Jesus did his Father's will. We just found out that morning that two of our Junior High girls were being baptised during the first service--during our SS class time-- so we were able to make a "lesson" come alive by seeing and hearing these two young ladies testimonies as they followed God and were baptised. After the illustration of obeying God's will, we went back to our meeting room for more discussion. Powerful!
In all, there were 11 people baptized yesterday at Community Grace. It also included a 6th grader who will be in our youth ministry next year and another 6th grade boy who had been baptized already but wanted to become a member of the church. Add to this that there were two junior high girls who prayed to receive Christ with Courtney, our National Institute assistant and Operation Barnabas leader, and it has been an exciting few days.
The number of times that the "sermon" or theme of the "Big Church Service" has matched what we have been doing in our Jr Hi class is uncanny. Again, must be a God thing where He links them together.
Yesterday our Junior High Sunday School class was being led by one of our five collegiate youth ministry students. We have been studying the life of Christ so far this year and Katie did a really good job in talking about how in the Garden of Gethsemane Jesus did his Father's will. We just found out that morning that two of our Junior High girls were being baptised during the first service--during our SS class time-- so we were able to make a "lesson" come alive by seeing and hearing these two young ladies testimonies as they followed God and were baptised. After the illustration of obeying God's will, we went back to our meeting room for more discussion. Powerful!
In all, there were 11 people baptized yesterday at Community Grace. It also included a 6th grader who will be in our youth ministry next year and another 6th grade boy who had been baptized already but wanted to become a member of the church. Add to this that there were two junior high girls who prayed to receive Christ with Courtney, our National Institute assistant and Operation Barnabas leader, and it has been an exciting few days.
The number of times that the "sermon" or theme of the "Big Church Service" has matched what we have been doing in our Jr Hi class is uncanny. Again, must be a God thing where He links them together.
1 Comments:
At April 19, 2007 8:59 PM ,
edwin d said...
WOW!!! THAT'S REALLY AMAZING. Sounds like God in really moving out there. Keep up the good work. I'll be praying for the kids who got baptised.
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