Our Agreement

We met in the shelter house this week and reviewed the Youth rules. But the actual rules were the least significant part of our discussion. Because we have agreed upon group norms, we have very few specific rules. So I’ve arranged things here to reflect our agreement of how we treat each other at Youth. […]

Sex

As teenagers, you think about sex a lot. And let me let you in on some insight – as adults, you’ll still think about sex a lot. Sex is a powerful and important act. So thankfully, the Bible gives ample insight into sex. The overriding portrayal of sex in the Bible is how wonderful it […]

Sledding Trip

We took an impromptu trip to take advantage of 10+ inches of snow at my parent’s property in southern Indiana. It was a quick trip – leaving Saturday morning and returning Sunday afternoon. We sled down the hill behind their house. In the afternoon the hill provided some good sledding with some moderate jumps. We […]

Fall Retreat 2024

Eight of us traveled to my parents farm in southern Indiana for a retreat focused on relationships – with each other and with God. As the poster below indicates, we only used our phones 1 hour each day. I was surprised at how easily we all did without our phones. The bus rides were louder, […]

Songs

Last night you shared a song that is meaningful to you – and your reasons why. In case you want to go back and listen to someone else’s song, here are all the songs that were shared. If you weren’t able to come last night, but want to share your song, just let me know […]

West Virginia Trip

Nine of us spent last week in Pineville, WV. We performed service projects, helped with VBS and did lots of other fun stuff. It was a comfortable drive there with only 7 hours of travel time. We rented a 15 passenger van for the trip. Lots of sleeping during the ride – and of course, […]

Summer Kickoff

Last night at Youth we celebrated the end of school and beginning of summer break. 14 of us hopped in the minibus and went to the obstacle course in Huntington. We timed teams to determine the winner: fourth place team [Megan, Alexis, Ella & Tenley], third place team [Anna, Madeline, Kaylee & Brooklynn], second place […]

Days

So teach us to number our daysthat we may get a heart of wisdom. Psalms 90:12 We followed the psalmist’s advice literally last night and numbered our days. The photo below shows how many days each of us in attendance have been alive. I asked how many great days you remember – days when you […]

Lock – IN 2024

Twenty one of us stayed up all night on Friday (8 pm to 8 am) – here’s the rough schedule we followed: We also had fun with a giant beachball. This was the winning video from the short film contest. And the runner-up winners… Thank you to everyone who attended – for your good attitudes […]

Afraid

What would you do for God if you weren’t afraid? That’s the question we tackled. You took several minutes to think and write down your answers. The majority of answers fell into two themes: 1) “I would talk about God much more than I do” – with friends in normal conservation and through difficult conversations, […]

Isaiah 55

We started the lesson with a reminder that headings listed in your Bible aren’t inspired by God, they are recent additions by the editors of whatever translation you are reading. Here are some of the headings given for Isaiah 55: If I were to write a heading for Isaiah 55 it would be: When you […]