Wildfire Wrap

Attendance

 Average.

Talk

 Tonight Austin took the stage and answered students questions related to sharing your faith with your non-believing friends.  As usual it was awesome to give him this opportunity and see a budding youth pastor teach.  It was our monthly game night which always makes for a tough transition from running around the gym to sitting and listening to someone speak. We didnt have time for Unscripted…but I think we will make up for that in coming weeks with some rapidfire questions.

Volunteer Involvement

 Again we were down a couple key players…and coupled with a strong showing from our students made for alittle tougher small group time. 

Music/Program

 This week was our monthly game night where we replace our worship time with an extended game that all the students participate in.  We tried Dodgeball this week…which I will admit was NOT a good idea.  It ended up being complete chaos! We didnt have nearly enough time to let both teams get long enough time to play.  170 people makes any group game a challenge! Thankfully we didnt have anyone get hurt which is always a risk when you play a game like Dodgeball.  For the Wifi video we showed this video of some teenagers messing around with a ping-pong table.

Final Thought

Of the first three programs of the year this one was definitely the craziest. I wouldnt say it was a failure of a night…just alittle more chaotic than previous weeks.  Part of staying in ministry for the longhaul is learning to roll with the ups and downs…the wild nights and the rare nights where kids seem to be on the edge of their seats to learn truth. I will admit it is not easy and I can imagine this is just a glimpse of what God feels with each of us in our individual faith journeys.