Attendance
Average.
Talk
We ended our VOICEs series which has been on the work of the Enemy in our lives. The Big Idea last night was: We have an enemy whose goal is to destroy our ability to see ourselves the way God sees us. Overall felt the series was a needed but hard one to give. I don’t wanna chalk it all up to spiritual warfare…but it definitely was rough the past two weeks giving these talks.
Volunteer Involvement
The team shined last night. I have been thinking recently how blessed Wildfire is to have so many passionate volunteer leaders. Sitting in service on Sunday I was again noticing just how many of the people who raise their hands and standup first during the worship in the 11am are Wildfire leaders. And then last night listening to a mini-political debate between a group of our team members reminded me of the strong personalities God has brought to this team (which I count a good thing).
Keep em coming Lord Jesus…you know we need them.
Music/Program
Last night was our once-a-month Game Night…where instead of worship we do a 20min, everyone involved game. Jenna led out with a marshmallow Toss game where students attempted to get marshmallows in their teams mouths by tossing them. Once again chaotic but fun. We should a pretty cool video I found highlighting a pretty slick laser, the kids loved it…check it out;
Final Thought
I hate the tendency in ministry to wanna just say that it was just an “average” night or “normal” night because when we are doing Spirit-led ministry it should be anything but “average” or “normal.” I wonder how many times in our structure and programming to get students connected with God we actually don’t allow enough freedom for the Spirit to work as He would have had we allowed Him more space. Hard to say…I’m sure it’s a continuum and isnt easy to measure. As usual I struggle with how much I get in the way…attempting to do God’s work instead of creating environments for Him to do His own work.
Excited for Thanksgiving Break…a nice pattern interrupt and opportunity to plan for Winter Camp in place of where I would normally be planning for a talk next week. We do not have Wildfire next Wednesday night and are encouraging parents to come to the Thanksgiving Eve service here at 7pm with their parents.
