GOTTA CATCH ‘EM ALL!
This phrase seems pretty applicable in every area of my life right now. Personally, my three mobile kiddos are disappearing and popping up everywhere in the house… (think “Gremlins”), and if changing a diaper while fishing belly button lint out of a mouth while giving a piggyback ride ever becomes an Olympic event, everyone else will be competing for second place.
In our Student Ministries, we had a “Pokémon Go” meetup last Friday which turned into a sea of junior highers and high schoolers trying to suppress eye rolls while teaching me how to exist in today’s world. After 15 minutes of confusion and frustration, one junior higher politely told me some random positive qualities about myself… which is when you know you’re beyond hope. I did learn a lot from these students. I learned that you can have community in anything. It doesn’t look the way it used to, but those who try to lasso youth culture and keep it in the past (or present) will become irrelevant before they have a chance to be impactful. If we believe that God’s Word is alive and active, then it has to be applicable in the shifting of youth culture.
Finally, “gotta catch ‘em all,” has been my war cry for this area. Huntington Beach is such a youth driven city and it kills to me to think how many young men and women are without hope in this area. I know it’s not possible to have EVERYONE in our student ministries, but that is still what we’re shooting for. I want every junior higher and high schooler to hear how much God loves them and to begin to walk in the incredible journey that He has for them. If you are interested in joining our Student Ministries team, we are DEFINITELY looking for energetic people who care about the next generation knowing Jesus.
I’ll be teaching in the services this Sunday and we’re going to look at an interesting view on confession. For most of us, the idea of confession is about as exciting as passing a kidney stone, but we’re going to discuss how confession is actually one of the most freeing, compelling parts of life. How is that possible?! Come find out on Sunday at 8:30, 10, 11:30a & 6p!
Graeme
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