Sunday, July 25, 2010

City Church Student Ministry Retreat





In January, City Church Orlando launched it's Student Ministry. Roy and I have joined the team of volunteers and have been incredibly blessed by these middle school and high school students. It has been so wonderful to get to know them, love on and encourage them. This weekend we headed to Daytona Beach for a retreat and had a BLAST! We spent many hours on the beach soaking up rays, playing bocce ball, volleyball and football, having a sandcastle building contest, etc. We had tons of junk food and played lots of fun games... along with a "Worst Dance Moves" competition that got pretty intense :) It was a wonderful time for the 8 students and 5 leaders who were there. We had a few talks about Jacob and Leah and their desire for approval. It was wonderful for us all to search our hearts and begin to deal with our idol of approval. Oh how the Father loves us and gives us his complete approval. Why, then, do we continue to seek to earn not only His favor, but the favor of others? Please continue to pray for these students, that they would grow in the knowledge, wisdom, and love of the Father, and be among the next generation of Christian leaders.





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