Because Students Matter-
a phrase i have heard quite often over the years from my youth pastor, Ben, and i've always agreed with him-- students matter, they deserve attention from adults, it's not right when funds for students are taken for other groups and such, students are where the future lies and they need to know they are worth it, worth everything.
so Pastor Ben's vision was to show students that they matter and prove it to them and that the leaders would live out that motto. as a student leader, we should be calling the students and making sure they're on the right track, be praying for them and pursuing them and trying to make them realize that they are worth dying for in God's eyes. we need to get them involved in church and OWN their own faith, just because their parents are Christians does not guarantee them a way into heaven, they need to own their faith, live it themselves, its not a free ride. so this is the task with which we were placed a few years ago.
where does that bring me today?
well this weekend, friday and saturday, was/is (cuz i'm sitting here at expeditions typing this) our leadership "retreat" if you want to call it that. basically its a couple days every year before the teaching year officially starts and all the leaders get together, bond, go over curriculum, fellowship and discuss the up coming year and past issues and we work together to (hopefully) make the next year the best for the students. if we're prepared the best we can be, the better that is for the students...or so we hope.
yay for expeditions unlimited! i'm excited for this upcoming year and even though i'm not leading a small group this year, i simply cannot wait, it's going to be a great year.
i want to leave you all with one last thing, the curriculum we are using this year is through LifeWay and their homepage has downloadable podcasts...very good podcasts that i encourage you to check out, at least one =)
http://www.lifeway.com/known/
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