Promotion Party

This week we promoted our graduating fifth graders into the Youth Group.  On Monday evening we gathered with them at the new church building to celebrate their entrance into the youth group.  We played games, ate lots of food, did some praise and worship, and handed out our official youth group T-shirts to ten kids.  We talked to them about the privileges of being in Youth Group, which includes fun events and the possibility of being in a D-group.  We also talked about the responsibilities of being in youth group, which include serving and cleaning up the meal at Tuesday Bible study and helping run kids club.  They were all very excited to finally be considered a part of Youth Group.  At one point I was eating ice cream with one of the girls and I asked if she was having fun.  She said, "This is the best day of my life!"

At the end of the night the girls were all huddled around me and I told them that we would be having a Baptism service soon.  So they started asking me questions about what baptism was.  One of the girls, Judy, was just baptized in our baptism service two weeks ago and she started telling them all about it.  I really enjoyed the few moments I had with the girls close around me talking about baptism.  I am looking forward to getting those girls into Discipleship groups sooner rather than later.  I am excited to see this group of kids grow over the next few years into our youth group leaders.