Spring Break, Madness Report, and What's Coming UP!

Our work crew (including Natalie Byrd and Kala Horvat)

I hope that this finds those of you who have been traveling for Spring Break enjoying some much needed time off!!

As many of you have heard from both our students and from all of our pictures posted on Facebook, we had a GREAT time at March Mission Madness. To explain a little more in depth... my crew was tasked with doing some painting, organization, and cleaning at a half-way house for abused women and children. I had 8 girls on my crew ranging from 8th grade to 11th grade, and they were AWESOME workers.

But beyond all the good work we did, one person we encountered throughout our day really brought home the meaning of all of this. This person told us that while painting might not seem like a big deal to us, it helped to remind this person that the world isn't an entirely bad place. Seeing complete strangers coming and caring for this half-way house made this person recognize that not all people were bad, either. Talk about a powerful moment.

This about sums up our great time on St. Simon's!

As one of our students so aptly said, "MMM was a weekend of fun with friends and doing God's work...a perfect combination!" 


As we continue our Lenten journey in the Youth Ministry, we will be looking at the theme of "Surrender" over the next several weeks. Jesus's journey to the cross models for us what it might look like to live out our faith despite all the distractions that surround us! Join us this Sunday evening from 5pm- 7pm at Inside Out as we delve into what it means to really surrender.