Back Into the Swing of Things

The water slide at the Rock Pools.  Sean is going
down the slide with other leaders.  It was a pretty
crazy slide!

We haven't been very good about blogging lately because things have been so crazy!  Over the holidays we worked really hard to plan ahead which was really helpful!  Almost all of our ministries are back full swing this week.  We are really excited to get everything up and going again.  We forgot how busy we were though!  Sean is playing a little bit of a bigger role in the worship ministry which he is really enjoying.  Youth started back up last Saturday with our beginning of the year kick off at a water park.  We had a great time being with the youth again and getting to know some new kids.  We had a meeting with our youth leaders last week and we are really excited about what the Lord has in store for us this year!

As of last week, I am co-leading our children's program called XLR8 with another lady from the church.  XLR8 was up in the air for a bit because we weren't sure who was going to lead it.  The church is very hesitant to give too much to us because the more they give us, the more they have to replace next year.  After a lot of prayer, we decided the best way to do XLR8 is for me to co-lead with someone.  We've had a few meetings already and I'm very excited about what God has for this ministry.  We are switching things up a bit in order to make the program more effective for the children that come.  I have been quite busy trying to get things ready for XLR8 but we are looking forward to starting up next week.

I've also started leading a young adult girls Bible study on Monday nights.  We are doing the Beth Moore study of Esther.  I've really enjoyed doing Beth Moore studies over the past year and I invited some girls to join expecting only a few but we have 12 girls.  We had our first meeting this past Monday and it went so well!  I'm really excited to get to know these girls better and grow with them!

Our church is taking a big step and we are partnering with a training center about 5 hours south of here to provide Christian ministries training.  Classes will be held at the church via skype a few days a week.  There will also be a one week long intensive courses held at the church at various times.  Sean and I have been helping get things organized for these courses and we are looking forward to auditing some of the classes.

Overall, life has been a bit crazy over the last few weeks, but we really are looking forward to what the Lord has in store for us this year!  Please pray for energy and endurance as everything picks up again!  Also pray that we would keep the Lord the center of all that we do and that he would guide all the decisions that we make.