JCX ... the last 3 weeks

It’s been 3 weeks since the last update here. I have an excuse … do you want to hear it? Well, I’m telling you anyway! Went to Hurricane Harbor with the high school peeps 3 weeks ago, Disneyland 2 weeks ago and Soak City with the 1st-4th graders last week. Therefore … no updates for you! BUT … I will catch you up right now.

***First … we welcomed our new Freshman into JCX. We did so with a fashion show. We had each one dress up in some clothes from our “weird clothes for shows” closet. It was great watching their personalities come out. Of course, there was the guy who wore the dress, but I must say … he wore it with passion! Each Frosh was connected to a D-group. Our groups welcomed them and really encouraged them. Looks like we didn’t scare the Frosh away … so glad!

***Second … we said goodbye to Lynne Brewster. She has been working with out youth, at YCC, for over 15 years. It’s tough watching someone who loves youth so much to move on but it was time. She and her husband will be doing some traveling and spending time together. Honestly, I think she will be back because in youth ministry you just can’t stay away. Lynne is a HUGE Diet Coke drinker … that was her gift from us:


***Third … speaking of saying goodbye, we did that to Josh and Adriana Oz. They have been working with our youth for 2 ½ years. It has been such a great privilege watching them connect with our youth and helping them learn and grow. We will miss them! A funny moment while we were announcing that they will be leaving; Josh didn’t give his D-group a heads up. As I’m sharing with the group that Josh and Adri will be leaving, his group yells out in shock and this awkward moment ensues. It was priceless!

***Fourth … We always have a moment where we just slip back to our “lets do this because it’s just dumb” mindset. We ask 3 of our youth to pull out as many tissues from the tissue box as they could in less than a minute without using their hands. Here’s proof (thanks Cole):


***So … now you know and knowing is half the battle! G.I. Joe! Some quick thoughts … CIY is full! A waiting list is now available to put your name on starting tonight @JCX. The Angels game is still open and Catalina still has some space available too. Sign up with a deposit and hang with us!

***Have you read about the kickback days? It’s a day that we are inviting you to come and hang with us. We will set up something ridiculously cool to do or you could invite us along with you and do whatever it is you would like to do. The next kick back day is in July. Look for details on the JCX calendar.