JCX Tuesday 5/25/10

The JCX thing:

-Things were poppin last night (is it ok that I just said poppin?). Counting down to the end of the school year and everyone is excited about that.

-We started JCX off with some face-to-face convo’s. All our chairs were set up face-to-face with a list of conversation starters for each youth. Some were ridiculous (do a summersault together) and some were serious (what’s your first impression of me?). It really started some great dialogue with peeps who really didn’t know each other well.

-Emily Bush shared her story and it was powerful. Her message to the group “God never abandon’s us”. She spoke about how God is seen as a genie that grants wishes and makes everything better. Obviously that’s not true and she spoke about how we must take responsibility of our faith and relationship with God. So great! Awesome job!

-The teaching focused on Confession that leads to Salvation. Our thought of the night was “When I open my mouth I open my heart”. We spoke about how confession isn’t just saying “sorry” but a knowledge that God loves me and our pursuit of that truth.

-D-groups are always crazy! Some great conversations and some intense dialogue. I had the privilege of chatting with one of our youth about their tension in life. They spoke about how they want to move away from this struggle and into the life God created them for. Love seeing that.

-Next week Jon Watch Frisch brings the heat (message) to us. Pumped to hear from him. Also, June 8th our leaders group will take the lead and own the night. Some great thoughts coming, hope you are here.