Our middle school ministry is aptly named - GoldRush - because it really is a rush! We had a really fun Christmas party with our youth group this week.
We started with pizza for dinner and had an extended hang out time.
We had pie and ice cream for dessert, it was a great dinner!
We then moved up to the sanctuary and played a game - the winter clothes relay.
The youth had to put on a really large set of outdoor clothing and then run down the aisle and back, it was a lot of fun.
Next we watched Charlie Brown's Christmas on the big screen.
Many of the kids related to Charlie Brown when he was getting teased by the other kids, we heard our youth sticking up for him and yelling at those mean cartoon kids!
All of the leaders then performed a skit of the nativity, it was pretty epic!
Here the angel is bringing the good news to the shepherd and sheep...
...and then they went to see baby Jesus in the manger.
Here sinister King Herod tries to persuade the wise man to return to him and reveal the location of Jesus.
In the middle of the skit, right after the angel's announcement of Jesus' birth, we broke out into song and led the singing of "Silent Night" and "Joy to the World."
This was arguably my favorite part of the night as I hadn't played my sax for nearly 15 years!
At the end we gave each youth a present and a Bible. We let them chose which bible they wanted. Banner of Christ Community Church where my cousins Ed, Barb and family go donated a box of Action Bibles, which are very cool illustrated Bibles. Victoria (on the right), a member of our team, got us Teen Study Bibles using her discount from work. It was so good to see these kids get to pick out their own Bibles, for many of them it might be the only one they have ever received.
We all had a really fun time at our GoldRush Christmas party! It was a wonderful time of fellowship with our youth and we were able to remind them of the true meaning of Christmas. Thank you all for praying for them and for this ministry!
Merry Christmas!
2 comments:
So awesome and it looks like so much fun. Makes me want to be younger! Thanks for sharing and all the great work you are doing for God's Kingdom to come!
Blessings
Caroline Mulder
so glad for this wonderful time!
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