Picnic Tomorrow!!!!

Don't forget the picnic at Miss Debbie's (one of the leaders) house!!! We will be leaving from the church tomorrow after the service and going hiking to go find Big Foot and have a picnic with him. (Those of you who were at the overnighter know about Big Foot.) Church starts at 10:15 am and we will be at Debbie's house till 3pm. Don't forget to bring a sack lunch and tennis shoes, and maybe even a light jacket. It will be a great time with food, games, and fun! Hope to see all of you there.

Love A Stray

Tonight from 5:15pm-8:30pm the youth group will be going to Love a Stray in Avon. We will be playing with the cats, and probably cleaning some cages. One of our leaders, Debbie, has been volunteering there for quite some time and she enjoys it very much. This is just one of many volunteer opportunities we will be doing this year. This year we will be learning about the life of Christ, and one major aspect of Christ's life was to serve others. Therefore the youth will help serve our community while learning about how Christ served others. I will try to put up some pictures of the night for you to enjoy!
If you want more information on love a stray check out their website!
http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/love-a-stray.html

Be Still

It has been awhile since I have written on here, but I thought maybe since it's a new school year I can start back up on my online duties. This summer was long and rough at times trying to get kids to come to youth group, but I'm hoping this fall semester will go better than before. Some new things have happened since the beginning of summer. I have become the Youth Ministry Chairman (or maybe it would be chairwoman?), and I gained a few new leaders to help out. Keep praying for the leaders and the new ones to come. It takes a lot of work to run a youth ministry, so pray for strength to make it through.
Why I wanted to start posting today was that on Sunday something hit me (not literally.) We were singing a song I forget what it was, but the next slide that was up was Psalm 37:7a. It reads, "Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him..." WOW it felt like a brick just hit my head! The first two words "Be still" rang over and over in my head. I felt that God was saying, "Alice slow down enjoy the journey. Enjoy being with the people your with and the times you have with them." Then there's me saying back, "yea, OK I guess I can take a few deep breaths." Then God saying back, "no Alice, be still!." After going back and forth with God and Him just saying back "Be Still" I stopped talking and was still. Now that God got through to me about being still there was something else he wanted to say through that verse. The phase I dislike the most "wait patiently for Him." Now to be honest God and me have been playing tug of war on this subject for some time now. I always enjoy a good game of tug of war, but let me tell ya when it's against God you're never going to win. I still wanted to play some more, but yesterday God just tugged more this time. I decided to wait patiently, whether it be my job or the youth ministry. I gave up playing the game and the final score was GOD 1 billion- Me 0. So to those who might be reading "Be still and wait patiently." It's a lot easier if you do it sooner than later, believe me my hands hurt.