Youth News Feb.17, 2010

From Amanda:
Wednesday evening started off with the usual RPS prayer challenge. In the girls corner, wearing a pink hoodie, was Josie, in the boys corner, wearing a gray t-shirt was Zach.... It's close... 1 for the boys, tie, another 1 for the boys. THE BOYS WIN BY A LANDSLIDE!!!!!!!!!!!! Zach prayed over our incredible meal prepared by, none other than our own, Hannah Bar Ber A (Barbara). We saw a few new faces, and some faces we hadn't seen in a while. Squishy (Corey Miller) was back, and so was Austin Carr. YEAH!!!! We've missed you guys!!!!!!!!

We had two awesome praise reports. One was from Roscio (Spelling?) She had attended once before and came again last night. She said that she had test drove many other youth groups and none had been as welcoming as ours. She said that everyone talked to her, and it meant a lot that the youth leaders talked to her. The other groups she had gone to, she felt uncomfortable and unwanted. We also got a similar praise report from Megan, who said she hadn't been to church since she was younger, like third grade. And with the persuasion of Brady, Tater Tot (Taya), and Lesley, she came to ours and loves it. She has been coming for 3 weeks now.

I just want to say "SNAPS" to our awesome kids, with their love and hospitality. Praise God!!!

After dinner, we went into the sanctuary for our youth service. We took up an offering for our sponsored child in Haiti, James. $24.00 was taken up. We announced that Scott will be speaking at the FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes) next Wed. at the high school during lunch. We also thanked all those who came to Sunday service. There was another announcement, but I can't remember what it is at the moment.....

We spoke to the kids about Ash Wednesday and what it represented. We ended our service early so we could open the sanctuary for the Ash Wednesday service. We had quite a few kids stay and take part. I believe there were 14 youth in total that took part in the Ash Wednesday service.