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22 In 800 Sq. Ft.

August 22, 2006

I have a small house. Really small. It's a two bedroom, one bath house with a small kitchen and no dining room. Only 800 sq. ft. of space and Sunday night we did the unthinkable. We invited the youth over to the house for a fellowship! While Sunday nights have been kinda down in numbers here lately it just so happens that on this Sunday half of our youth group actually showed up. We had 22 people stuffed in our little house.

We played some games, filled them with food, and then shoved everyone outside on our super huge deck. Don't ask me why I have a wood deck attached to the house that is almost the same exact size as the house. I just know its nice for these sort of occasions. Anyway, we pulled out some material and talked about discipleship classes. On Sunday nights Kendall and I are teaching discipleship classes for youth who want to go deeper. It was my hope that I would be able to get out of these teens some of the things that they would like to learn. We talked about several different discipleship classes and I asked questions about what would be some things that they would like to learn or grow deeper in. In the end it seemed as though they want to learn about prayer, growing in their relationship with God, and about sharing their faith! Sounds good to me.

Next week we will be starting the discipleship series In God's Presence by T. W. Hunt. This series is designed to help our students have an intimate and personal relationship with the Creator of the universe. Hopefully it will help them develop a meaningful and well=balanced prayer life. At least that is what it says on the back of the book, eh eh. I actually did this study when I was in the youth group and loved it. It really helped to develop my own prayer life and I think it is an excellent start for them.

Too bad I can't find the youth edition on LifeWay's website. Not that I can ever find anything on LifeWay's websites other than the advertising of sponsors that is easy to find. If you want content, forget it!

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