What's up people!!! I wanted y'all to know about what's going on in my world and one thing that I am passionate about is Jesus Christ and serving Him as a Student Minister and a Worship Leader at Journey Church in Pendergrass, Ga. It's AMAZING!!!!!! This past Wednesday, we started our Student Ministry and our gatherings for teenagers from 6th-12th Grade. I've been waiting for this moment since I was 14 years old, when I accepted the call to ministry. I wanted to let you know about this awesome experience I went thru. Check It Out!!!
We ate some pizza and we had around 8 total people, which was better than I was expecting, which proves to me that God's plans are far better than my plans will ever be!!! After I got a speeding ticket while on my way to pick up pizzas and when I finally got there, driving like grandma to get there, we hung out and talked for a good 30 minutes about everything. It was amazing to see teens connecting and they haven't known each other very long.
We got into our lesson about "Why We Do Student Ministry???" Why do I take time and prepare a lesson each week and come together to learn about Jesus??? The one thing that I wanted the Students to know is that the reason I do this is because I have a passion for teenagers and that the reason I do what I do is because I love them and I'm sick of seeing teenagers fall into the temptations and daily routines and things that this world offers. I want them to know the truth and not have to learn things the hard way; I mean if God wants it to happen, it's gonna happen (JUST SAYING!!!).
But the thing that amazed me was the fact that the Students engaged in the discussion and put in their inputs and what they saw from the passage we discussed (IT WAS AWESOME!!!). I mean these Students took what we talked about and applied it to their lives. Had a girl message me on facebook and tell me how she has been sharing the Gospel with her friend from Texas and her brother, his girlfriend and daughter, who live in Louisiana about Jesus. She told me that she doesn't get the responses that she wants; but how she still continues to share Jesus with these people and it never ceases to amaze me how God can work thru people that seem the least unexpected.
That's Student Ministry right there!!! Teenagers aren't viewed as important in churches across America and especially by a lot, not all, of the churches in the community I serve in. Let me say this and I'm done:
TEENAGERS ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THE ADULTS IN THE CHURCH AND THE KIDS IN THE CHURCH AND EVEN THE DEAD PEOPLE IN THE GRAVEYARDS BEHIND YOUR CHURCH!!!!!!!!!! NO ONE IS ABOVE THE OTHER; WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME LEVEL!!!
I strongly believe that churches don't care as much as the older generation as the next generation; and that's a problem!!! That's all I'm saying. PEOPLE ARE IMPORTANT!!! NO MATTER HOW OLD THEY ARE OR WHAT BACKGROUND, ETHNICITY, RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND; WHATEVER IT IS.
"Every face has a name, every name has a story, and every story matters to God."- Perry Noble
Chew on that and think about what you're doing to reach PEOPLE with the Gospel.
God Bless Y'all and Peace Out!!!
