Tuesday night we had our very first Venue service for college age and 20-somethings. The night was a COMPLETE SUCCESS! We had over 200 people show up, and we're hoping to have at least 150 regulars over the next few days. Everything was awesome, from the worship to Justin's amazing message to the free pizza afterward. :) I can't wait for next week's service when we start working out any little kinks that occurred on Tuesday.
Wednesday and Thursday my team had to serve CT by meeting an hour early to walk around. That part of the day totally sucked, but the rest of the days were really good. Wednesday we started off at the Y with swimming, elliptical, and ab workouts. Then we had Venue prep for people like me who are on the planning team, and the rest of 24/7 went to school lunches at the local high schools to promote Epic, the youth ministry. After a few hours of online classes we went to Epic, and I was surprised at how much I enjoyed myself! My brain wants me to think I wont enjoy the service because it's geared toward high schoolers, but I do love the people there and the worship was phenomenal.
Thursday we met early again for CT and then had team sports day! We played football and I must say I played a million times better than last time. I scored the extra point after one of our touchdowns, caught a pass in the end zone, had an interception, knocked the ball away from a few people's hands, and pulled a bunch of flags. My team even called me MVP of the day, which made me feel SO good since I was so clueless the last time we played. Later we had debates with Pastor Matt and helped set up for weekend services. I even got to talk to my mom for a little while, so that totally made my night! After having stir-fry with my home sponsors, I wrote an essay for our class on "Under Cover" by John Bevere and hit the sheets.
Thankfully, our call time wasn't till 6:30 this morning, which was an hour later than the last two days. We met at the Y, went running and did some cardio and weightlifting. Then we had morning prayer/worship and the day completely took a turn for the better. On Fridays at morning prayer we focus on intercession, praying for the lost and people outside of our own influence. God really spoke to the whole group and we all felt so uplifted after an hour of worship. Then we had an incredible class with Pastor Alex about the meanings and applications of worship and praise, and he totally blew our minds with all the insight he has to offer. Next, Krystle Sommers (anybody know of the bad Burden of a Day? She's the lead singer's wife!) gave her completely heart wrenching, inspiring and thought-provoking testimony. All of the girls and most of the guys were moved beyond belief by her experiences and the revelations God has given her through her circumstances. If the day had totally sucked before that, her testimony still would have cause our attitudes to go through the roof (in a good way). After a few more hours of online classes, Justin announced that we would finally have our test on The Code today. This meant every word had to be correct and every punctuation mark perfect in order for us to pass. Most everyone passed by the second try, but Justin's rule was that since it's team night tonight, each team can leave only when every member has passed the test. You can have as many rewrites as you need but you can't leave until you pass with 5 mistakes or less on the entire thing. So my team, including two exceedingly forgetful members, is still sitting here. We started at 4, it is now past 8, and we will continue to sit here until both of the remaining members pass.
So at least you all know you're having a more productive night than I am. Hopefully I won't grow a beard sitting here waiting for them to finally get it right. Most guys aren't into female facial hair.
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