1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:03,000 Well, hey, good morning. We are so excited to celebrate 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:05,200 with you guys this morning, to worship with you. 3 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:07,120 So whether you're with us in person or you're joining us 4 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:08,880 online, go ahead and stand to your feet. 5 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:13,000 We're going to worship in together with one voice, with 6 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:15,080 one heart this morning. So come on, let's worship. 7 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:32,040 Worthy a baby so we get to see. Worthy of all the praise we can 8 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:38,920 ever breathe. Worthy of every breath we can 9 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:50,760 ever breathe. With every Jesus. 10 00:00:50,760 --> 00:01:20,240 The name above every other name. Holy, there is no like you, 11 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:27,000 there is no beside you whooping up my eyes. 12 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:38,800 They want to show me who you are and who me with your heart and 13 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:42,640 leave me. And you love to go around me. 14 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:55,080 Worthy of every song we could ever sing. 15 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:02,120 Worthy of all the praise we can ever breathe. 16 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:08,919 So worthy is worthy of every birth we can ever breathe. 17 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:21,840 If you did, breathe. Jesus, the name above every 18 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:28,680 other day. Jesus, the only one who could 19 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:36,640 ever see, worthy of every birth we could ever breathe. 20 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:38,120 Live for you. Live. 21 00:02:40,640 --> 00:02:46,280 For. You holy? 22 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:49,400 There. Is no one like you? 23 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:55,920 There is no beside you. Open up my eyes. 24 00:02:56,560 --> 00:03:05,240 They want to show me who you are and Billy with your heart and 25 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:11,560 leave me in your love to those around me. 26 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:21,000 And holy, there is no one like you, there is no one beside you. 27 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:31,320 Warming up my eyes in wonder and show me who you are and fill me 28 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:38,960 with your heart and leave me in your love to those around me. 29 00:03:55,080 --> 00:04:13,360 See, I will build my life, keep this up to you, my life on your. 30 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:06,480 I'll be shaking holy. There is no one like you. 31 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:14,960 There is none beside you. Open up my eyes and want to 32 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:21,840 ensure me who you are and who me with your heart. 33 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:30,760 And we, me and you have to lose around me and call me. 34 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:38,760 There is no one like you. There is none beside you. 35 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:47,920 Open up my eyes and I want to show me who you are and will we 36 00:05:48,280 --> 00:05:56,360 with your heart and weeping me and you love to those around me 37 00:05:56,840 --> 00:06:09,680 and I will will my life hold on. Your love is a poor foundation 38 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:24,200 if I will put my trust in you world and I will not be shaking. 39 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:31,400 You've got some praise. It was a really special time in 40 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:33,640 our youth retreat and these songs were inspired by that 41 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:36,320 time. Of the theme of forgiveness was 42 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:41,160 woven so far of kids receiving forgiveness from the Lord, but 43 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:44,160 also being willing to give it to those people in their life who 44 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:46,720 needed it. And it was really special to see 45 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:49,320 them working through that. So let's continue to worship. 46 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:54,560 Are you hurting and broken within? 47 00:06:56,520 --> 00:07:00,160 Overwhelmed by the weight of your sins? 48 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:09,680 Jesus is calling. Do you come to the end of 49 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:14,840 yourself? Do you thirst for a drink from 50 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:24,960 the well, as Jesus is calling, you know, come to. 51 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:43,560 The precious blood of Jesus Christ 52 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:59,560 to leave behind your regrets and stays. 53 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:04,680 Come today. There's no reason to wait. 54 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:13,480 So Jesus is calling. So bring your sorrows and trade 55 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:19,240 them for joy. From the ashes a new life was 56 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:22,800 born. As Jesus is calling. 57 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:35,440 O Come due the altar. The Father's arms are open wide. 58 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:45,160 Forgiveness was one with the precious blood of Jesus. 59 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:56,000 Rise O Come due the altar. The Father's arms are open wide. 60 00:08:56,320 --> 00:09:05,640 Forgiveness was born with the precious Lord of Jesus Christ. 61 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:49,800 Bow down before him, for he is Lord of all. 62 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:56,720 Sing Hallelujah, Christ is arisen. 63 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:11,760 Endure what I say. Is it He won the wonderful Sing 64 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:22,080 how they move here, rise in the winds, And lift them up, and bow 65 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:32,040 down before him, For he is Lord of all. 66 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:37,760 Sing how they move here, Rise in the wind. 67 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:55,080 No, come to the old. The Father's arms are open. 68 00:10:55,400 --> 00:11:05,040 Forgiveness was born with the precious blood of Jesus Christ. 69 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:14,600 Don't come to the old turn. The Father's arms are open wide. 70 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:24,120 Forgiveness was born with the precious night of Jesus. 71 00:11:57,200 --> 00:12:00,640 Bear you cross as you wait for the crown. 72 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:05,320 Tell the world of the treasure you found. 73 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:15,960 Father, we thank you, God, for who you are. 74 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:20,560 Father, we thank you that your arms are open wide, that we can 75 00:12:20,560 --> 00:12:24,040 leave our regrets, that we can trade sorrow for joy. 76 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:27,640 Father, we can walk in the freedom that only you can give 77 00:12:27,680 --> 00:12:29,840 us. So, Father, we invite you here. 78 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:31,720 Holy Spirit, would you move in this place? 79 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:34,640 Would you open our hearts, our ears, to hear what you have for 80 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:36,160 us today? Father, would you meet us here? 81 00:12:36,720 --> 00:12:40,520 Father, we're desperate for you. We're here for you today. 82 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:43,160 God, you and you alone. So Father, we love you. 83 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:47,880 We give you all the praise this morning in Jesus name, Amen. 84 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:51,400 Well, hey guys, we've got something exciting coming up 85 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:53,080 right now. I'm inviting our kids to the 86 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:55,240 stage. It is celebration Sunday. 87 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:58,320 We are so excited for these kiddos to come on up. 88 00:12:58,320 --> 00:13:01,320 They're going to worship with us for one last song, but come on, 89 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:02,480 we're going to turn up the volume. 90 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:04,480 We're going to turn up the energy in the room this morning. 91 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:08,080 I know these kids are super excited just to worship with you 92 00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:10,240 guys to celebrate. Celebrate with you guys today. 93 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:13,960 They've been practicing. They sing this song every day at 94 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:16,320 camp this summer. They know this well. 95 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:18,440 They've got all the moves down, all the words. 96 00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:23,360 They're excited just to worship with you guys this morning. 97 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:25,880 Are you guys excited to worship with them? 98 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:30,200 That's right. All right, kiddos, You ready? 99 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:32,480 You ready? All right, let's do it. 100 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:43,840 This is one true Fred. My God is always oil. 101 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:53,120 He always forgives. He is always showing me how to 102 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:59,320 be a servant. My God is a true friend. 103 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:09,640 My God is a true friend. I'm on the search, putting in 104 00:14:09,680 --> 00:14:12,280 the work. Oh, I want to learn. 105 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:16,960 Looking for that true friend. Yeah, the secrets are finding 106 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:21,040 out of the only ones that Yeah, I made a true friend. 107 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:47,520 He always forgives, He is always showing me how to be a Sir. 108 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:55,960 My God is a true friend. Oh my God is a true friend. 109 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:03,040 Oh, I'm on the search. Putting in the world. 110 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:06,880 Oh, I want to learn. I'm looking for that true woman. 111 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:08,440 Yeah, I'm on the the answers. I'm gone. 112 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:14,840 Oh, can we come look for that true woman? 113 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:20,720 Yeah, the secrets are finding out about it. 114 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:25,840 I spend my day searching. I'm investigating, investing in 115 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:27,080 the lesson that my best friend gave me. 116 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:28,960 I've been watching his life, studying his words. 117 00:15:28,960 --> 00:15:30,960 What I've come to find is he's been traced, searched. 118 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:33,600 We've seen him do something brand new, raise the game to I 119 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:35,240 Am Levi. I'm picking up please. 120 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:37,640 Discovering the evidence, magnify the pictures. 121 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:40,480 Zoom in, enhance never better. Pretzel true. 122 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:53,680 Let me spell it. Out for you Looking for that 123 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:59,120 true friend yet I'm on the There's a song running over here 124 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:02,960 we come Looking for that true friend yet she could shout 125 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:27,240 Running out the valley. Come on, let him hear it. 126 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:28,400 That's right. All right. 127 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:29,320 You have. To make your way back. 128 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:33,480 Man, that was awesome. Love seeing the energy you guys 129 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:36,800 are pumped turning up the volume this morning and the energy in 130 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:38,080 this place. Come on, let's give them one 131 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:39,600 last hand as they make their way back. 132 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:46,280 You guys killed it so awesome. Well, hey, today is Celebration 133 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:48,720 Sunday. We are going to just hear so 134 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:51,440 many stories of life change and all that God did through our 135 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:54,080 kids this summer. And hey, I just want to welcome 136 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:56,040 you here to Real Life Church. Whether it's your first Sunday, 137 00:16:56,040 --> 00:16:58,840 whether it's your 100th Sunday, whether you're with us in person 138 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:00,280 right here, you're joining us online. 139 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:02,640 You're like family here. And we are so glad that you 140 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:04,880 chose to spend your morning right here with us. 141 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:08,000 So hey, before you guys take a seat, take about 30 seconds, say 142 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:10,720 hey to somebody around you, make him feel welcome, and then take 143 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:52,040 a seat. All right, if you want to find 144 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:55,040 your way to your seats, hey, you want to take a second and talk 145 00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:57,920 to those of you who are newer in the room today. 146 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:00,120 If that is you, if you are newer with us this morning, thank you 147 00:18:00,120 --> 00:18:02,680 so much for being with us right here at Kentucky Trail. 148 00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:04,920 We're so honored that you chose to spend your morning with us. 149 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:07,720 We don't want anything from you this morning except for this, 150 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:09,680 and that is for you to introduce yourself to us. 151 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:10,920 We would just love to know that you're here. 152 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:14,440 We'd love to just just to know your name, say hey to you and 153 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:16,360 make you feel welcome here. If you could grab that 154 00:18:16,360 --> 00:18:19,000 connection card, it's on your seat, maybe on the seat next to 155 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,680 you by now, but fill out that information on the top section. 156 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:24,480 Just hold on to it. We'll share what to do with that 157 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:27,160 later in the gathering. And at Real Life Church, our 158 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:31,560 mission is simple and that is to see people far from God discover 159 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:34,160 their real life and purpose in Jesus. 160 00:18:34,360 --> 00:18:38,040 And each week we see people find hope lost, people come to know 161 00:18:38,120 --> 00:18:40,960 Jesus and start a brand new story. 162 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:43,640 That's why we do it here. Amen, Amen. 163 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:46,320 That's right, so good. Well, hey, coming up in just a 164 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:49,080 few short weeks, fall life groups are getting ready to get 165 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:51,280 started. I know summer's winding down, 166 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:54,680 but hey, it's going to be an exciting time this fall. 167 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:56,360 We're excited to connect with you in life groups. 168 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:59,280 It's the perfect time to get together to do life together. 169 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:02,280 That's where real relationships grow is in community when you're 170 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:04,400 connected to other believers. So we would love to see you out 171 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:06,040 for that. They're actually going to launch 172 00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:09,640 next Sunday for sign up so you can check them all out online. 173 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:10,680 You can check them out in the hub. 174 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:13,120 They won't start meeting till that first week of September, 175 00:19:13,360 --> 00:19:16,120 but we would love to see you guys in a life group this fall. 176 00:19:16,120 --> 00:19:19,480 So mark that down your calendars and look out for that for those 177 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:22,960 to go live next Sunday. Wait, today is celebration 178 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:25,480 Sunday. I am so pumped for you guys to 179 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:27,640 hear all the stories of all that God did. 180 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:31,040 Man, He really moved in some incredible and amazing ways 181 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:34,120 Through our youth retreat and kids summer camp this summer. 182 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:36,640 We saw a teen surrender to Jesus. 183 00:19:37,120 --> 00:19:40,840 We had kids understand and know Jesus in just such a different 184 00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:42,760 way that's going to shape their futures forever. 185 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:45,120 And this isn't just, I want you to get this part. 186 00:19:45,120 --> 00:19:47,960 This is not just a highlight reel of all that happened this 187 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:49,560 summer. This is life change. 188 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:53,160 These are teens finding Jesus offering forgiveness to those in 189 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:55,240 their lives that will shape their future forever. 190 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:58,760 It's kids understanding that Jesus is fun, that he loves 191 00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:01,600 them, that he is their true friend and their little 192 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:03,680 evangelist going out and inviting all their friends. 193 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:06,560 So we want you just to celebrate with us this Sunday. 194 00:20:07,120 --> 00:20:09,960 Just to lean in to hear these stories of life change that 195 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:12,240 you're about to check out and you're here in just a few 196 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:13,920 minutes. Christy Hardy's going to make 197 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:16,080 her way to the stage. She leads our kids ministry. 198 00:20:16,360 --> 00:20:19,360 She is amazing. She leads our kids ministry with 199 00:20:19,360 --> 00:20:22,920 so much passion, so much heart. She loves these kids so much. 200 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:25,440 Can you just make her feel so loved this morning? 201 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:30,320 Give her a hand. We love Miss Christy so much. 202 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:32,880 But hey, before she shares with you guys, I want you guys just 203 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:35,440 to get a quick glimpse of all that God did some fun. 204 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:38,280 This is just the hype, the fun that these kids had this week at 205 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:39,640 summer camp. So check out this video. 206 00:21:55,240 --> 00:22:43,360 Music. Isn't that awesome? 207 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:49,320 So we had an incredible week. It was we had the privilege of 208 00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:51,560 taking eighteen of our kids to kids camp. 209 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:54,720 This is a camp that we partner with and we partner with a 210 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:56,520 church in Lee's Summit called The Summit. 211 00:22:56,880 --> 00:23:01,680 And so it looks fun. It was fun. 212 00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:05,040 But like Holly said, what you see are kids that were their 213 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:08,080 lives were transformed. It is not every day as an 214 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:10,360 elementary student that you get the opportunity. 215 00:23:10,360 --> 00:23:14,440 It's like the hype of like the big kids camp, but it is for 216 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:17,960 elementary kids. So first, to make that all 217 00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:24,760 possible, I have a troop of people that serve alongside me. 218 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:28,520 If you serve in real life kids, could you please stand up? 219 00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:31,040 We would like to thank you. You can do it. 220 00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:40,440 So if you are a parent of a camper that went, can you please 221 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:41,880 stand up? We would like to thank you. 222 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:45,800 If you are a parent of a kid that went, give it up. 223 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:55,800 Oh, and now I also want to thank there are two people that made 224 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:59,000 this week absolutely possible. You saw them a lot in the 225 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:00,640 videos. You saw them dancing down here 226 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:03,800 with the kids. My daughter Alyssa and my sister 227 00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:06,920 Tanya went with me for camp this week. 228 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:09,520 And Tanya and I call each other sisters of our hearts. 229 00:24:10,120 --> 00:24:13,880 So we're not biological sisters, but she is my sister of my 230 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:15,880 heart. And those two made this week 231 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:17,520 happen. So I know you don't want to, but 232 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:19,960 will you please stand up so we can thank you Alyssa and Tanya. 233 00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:29,360 So this year at camp, I realized real quick that it was a real 234 00:24:29,360 --> 00:24:36,560 bad idea at almost 50 to go on a missions trip, to go to youth 235 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:38,720 camp and then to go to kids camp. 236 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:43,760 So I almost died. If it had not been for Tanya and 237 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:46,880 Alyssa, it would have been. There's no way you wouldn't have 238 00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:48,880 seen half the videos. You probably would have seen me 239 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:50,080 just like on the grass somewhere. 240 00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:54,160 So it was an amazing week, amazing week. 241 00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:59,240 But I want you to hear from our campers some amazing 242 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:00,960 testimonies. So before our campers miss 243 00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:04,520 Alyssa, I asked Alyssa if she would come up and if she would 244 00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:07,840 share and we can talk about how exciting it was and everything 245 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:10,200 they learned but to hear from them. 246 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:12,880 So we're going to have a video of them sharing their testimony. 247 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:17,280 But first, I asked Alyssa, who serves and leads our pre-K room 248 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:21,040 usually in the second gathering. Hi. 249 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:24,560 So yeah, I'm Melissa and I serving kids every week. 250 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:27,440 I serve in pre-K, but I'm also in aftercare. 251 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:29,000 So I know all of your kids pretty well. 252 00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:31,520 So I'm sorry for you guys about that. 253 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:36,320 But so I get to spend time with them every week and I love it. 254 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:38,640 But this was the first time that I was able to spend up for like 255 00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:40,560 a full week at kids camp with them. 256 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:44,200 So that was a lot, a lot of fun. The Holcombes and I got to 257 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:46,080 screaming each other about whose tribe was better. 258 00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:48,640 We got drew in on it. I taught him the Kava tribe 259 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:51,320 cheer and he went home and showed it to his kids. 260 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:55,280 So that made him really angry. Malia ate more snow cones than I 261 00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:57,480 ever thought would be possible actually. 262 00:25:57,480 --> 00:26:00,560 So that was that was a great we got to celebrate Emory's 263 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:02,800 birthday. I convinced the kids that my 264 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:06,480 name is Bagel Cream Cheese and that I'm faster than a peregrine 265 00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:09,160 Falcon. So just lots of fun that was 266 00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:12,280 going on. But the really amazing part was 267 00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:14,920 witnessing God get to work through these kids. 268 00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:17,680 So I saw them making connections about God's love for them. 269 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:20,480 They got to go outside their comfort zones and they learned 270 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:22,000 about what it meant to be a true friend. 271 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:25,120 Just in my group, I had Brooklyn, Emery and Malia. 272 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:30,080 So Brooklyn asked questions and she made new friends and she was 273 00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:31,880 so brave and she tried so many new things. 274 00:26:32,120 --> 00:26:34,520 Malia prayed out loud way more than once. 275 00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:37,000 I two or three times. She did such a great job. 276 00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:40,760 She asked questions and answered them and she was so good. 277 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:43,080 And Marie asked and answered questions too. 278 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:45,560 More than once. She recounted entire Bible 279 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:47,680 stories from memory, even when it wasn't asked of her. 280 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:49,400 So that was just mega impressive. 281 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:52,680 And she read out loud from the Bible from everyone. 282 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:56,040 So that was just in my group and just every time I walked in the 283 00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:59,000 hallway, I got to see another kid that I knew just making 284 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:02,480 connections and having so much fun and loving Jesus. 285 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:05,200 And I just, I saw so many amazing things. 286 00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:09,040 So these kids made connections and grew closer to Jesus and I 287 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:10,880 had the privilege to watch them and help them. 288 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:13,480 We weren't just eating snow cones and playing with shaving 289 00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:16,000 cream, but they're building foundations and they're learning 290 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:19,040 how to follow Jesus. So kids need community just like 291 00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:21,080 we do. And this opportunity let them 292 00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:23,840 establish those relationships. So I was so happy to be a part 293 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:25,320 of it. And thank you guys for letting 294 00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:26,600 me hang out with your kids every week. 295 00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:32,360 Thank you. I might be a little proud. 296 00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:37,080 So like I said, we're going to in just a second, we're going to 297 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:40,360 watch the kids share what they learned on my side. 298 00:27:40,360 --> 00:27:43,320 I had the amazing privilege of going around and I get to go to 299 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:48,280 every group and I get to watch. I saw Jack Petrie, I saw him 300 00:27:48,360 --> 00:27:50,600 having his Bible open and helping other kids around him 301 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:54,040 find versus the Holcomb kids. I saw them doing that too, going 302 00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:56,280 over and helping kids. You were too, OK, you were too. 303 00:27:57,000 --> 00:28:02,440 They're like me too, me too. And I saw just some lights come 304 00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:05,760 on, some transformation. We learned every day with a 305 00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:08,920 different truth on how Jesus is the ultimate true friend and how 306 00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:13,280 we can model our lives after him because he is the only example 307 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:15,080 that we need to be modeling our lives after, right? 308 00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:20,760 And to see that and to see the passion in these kids, I just 309 00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:23,440 encourage you when you let, when you watch this, if you have a 310 00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:27,720 kiddo that's an elementary age, start thinking now about camp 311 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:32,560 next year and planning ahead to send your kiddo to camp next 312 00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:36,240 year. It is infinitely worth what you 313 00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:38,920 will see of them having that community and having that time 314 00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:42,200 to step out of their comfort zone and out of their homes that 315 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:45,280 you know, just to spend like 8 to 5 with us just immersed in 316 00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:48,480 other kids that love Jesus. So we are going to hear from the 317 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:51,280 kids on how awesome and everything they learned from God 318 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:57,640 this week. My favorite part of camp was 319 00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:02,480 hugging Mommy and Christy. My favorite part of camp was 320 00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:06,040 your shit music. My favorite part of camp is 321 00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:07,680 worship. Worship. 322 00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:12,040 Archery, dodgeball worship and the science lab. 323 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:16,040 When we did Epic eats, Epic eats, Epic eats. 324 00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:21,080 You can make pizza and stuff. Getting to meet the other kids 325 00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:23,960 and getting to do different stuff that I don't usually do 326 00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:29,960 either craft country and or archery craft country because it 327 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:36,440 was really fun and it was just very crafty science worship and 328 00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:42,880 sleep time when we did nap time, nap time, nap time, archery 329 00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:48,280 lunch and nap time and nap time is, well, I'm not supposed to 330 00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:54,160 tell anybody, but it's like this secret agent stuff because like 331 00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:57,000 our theme was like true friend, but it's like we have to solve 332 00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:59,880 cases and stuff. So it's really not not time. 333 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:05,640 And one thing God showed me at camp is that true friends are 334 00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:09,880 loyal because God is loyal. What makes God a true friend is 335 00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:15,640 he's always there for you. God taught me how to be a true 336 00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:18,960 friend. I learned at camp like that 337 00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:26,640 about forgiveness and how we can forgive people even though they 338 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:29,920 did something wrong. He's a true friend. 339 00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:32,600 True friends are loyal because God is loyal. 340 00:30:32,600 --> 00:30:35,560 God is with you everywhere that you go. 341 00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:39,680 What a true friend is and what they can do to help you. 342 00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:44,080 That a loyal friend is always by your side. 343 00:30:44,080 --> 00:30:47,240 Like if you're sad, they'll always be there for you, to 344 00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:51,800 cheer you back, to cheer you up. How to be a kind person and 345 00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:57,000 enjoy life even if something's bad happening my God is my true 346 00:30:57,000 --> 00:31:02,240 friend told me to have be happy and smart, be a true friend. 347 00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:06,200 God showed me what loyal means. True friends forgive because God 348 00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:08,200 Forgives. One thing that made me 349 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:13,960 differently after I left camp was I learned new things and did 350 00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:17,040 awesome things. OK, when I get home from Kent, 351 00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:19,760 I'm camp. I'm probably going to read my 352 00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:22,960 Bible whenever I get home. I'm going to be nice to my 353 00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:26,360 sister when I get home. One thing I'm going to do 354 00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:29,480 differently is tell my friends that I love them. 355 00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:36,080 I'll tell people about how fun church camp is, ask my mom 356 00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:38,640 questions differently. Man, it has been such an 357 00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:40,960 incredible week. I am so proud of each and every 358 00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:43,840 one of our campers. They have just exemplified what 359 00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:47,320 it looks like to follow Jesus. Thank you so much for sending 360 00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:50,200 your kids to camp and if you played a part in that at all, we 361 00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:52,760 really appreciate it. God is so good and He is working 362 00:31:52,760 --> 00:32:02,720 in real life kids. You, mom and dad. 363 00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:11,280 I love you mom and dad. Wasn't that awesome? 364 00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:15,800 So we had different themes for the leaders every day. 365 00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:17,720 And that one was Christmas in July. 366 00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:21,760 So yeah, we had a lot of fun with that. 367 00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:27,280 So I want to thank you. I have the amazing privilege of 368 00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:33,000 being back with your kids every week and this week it just it 369 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:35,320 was awesome. Kids, people often they're like, 370 00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:38,160 you know, they're kids, They're they're going to be our future, 371 00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:41,680 but there are now they're not going to be our future. 372 00:32:41,680 --> 00:32:47,760 There are now and your children are a blessing from God and in 373 00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:52,240 real life kids, our mission is to see kids far from Jesus 374 00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:55,520 discover their their real life and purpose in Jesus. 375 00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:58,760 We have the same mission that all of you have. 376 00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:01,240 It is not different. We don't have a junior Holy 377 00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:04,720 Spirit where these kids are less than or they have just a little 378 00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:09,160 bit of Jesus. And I, I just can't stress 379 00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:12,120 enough of what we do in the kids department. 380 00:33:12,840 --> 00:33:15,400 We're not babysitters. We don't take your kids and we 381 00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:17,720 don't go back there and just play a couple games and throw 382 00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:20,160 some snacks on the floor. I mean, it might look like that 383 00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:25,320 after. That's not what we do, but the 384 00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:28,680 kids, they had that opportunity to step out and they keep 385 00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:31,160 talking about a true friend and what a true friend was and how 386 00:33:31,160 --> 00:33:32,600 to model their lives after true friends. 387 00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:36,840 And our kids face so much. They are coming at, things are 388 00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:38,680 just coming at them constantly right now. 389 00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:41,520 And it's just, it's, it's hard. It's really hard. 390 00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:44,120 So they were able to go and get this community and be closer to 391 00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:46,800 each other, just like when we have life groups and we get 392 00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:48,960 closer to our friends that we are in life groups with. 393 00:33:49,520 --> 00:33:53,360 So these were memories, yes, but they weren't just memories. 394 00:33:53,360 --> 00:33:57,240 These were spiritual milestones. Your kids learned some really 395 00:33:57,240 --> 00:34:00,800 deep truths and some really great things and all of the 396 00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:06,040 groups that we went through, but we can't like we can't do this 397 00:34:06,040 --> 00:34:08,159 alone. Real life kids is awesome. 398 00:34:08,360 --> 00:34:11,040 You saw everyone and there's people back there serving right 399 00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:14,400 now holding babies and and Lebanon preschoolers and telling 400 00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:16,920 them about Jesus. But we can't do it alone. 401 00:34:17,280 --> 00:34:20,960 If you have not sent your child back to real life kids, I 402 00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:24,920 encourage you to do so. We like kids and we think it's 403 00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:28,679 really fun and we get to teach them on their level about God. 404 00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:33,239 And kids come to know Jesus as their savior and they can accept 405 00:34:33,239 --> 00:34:36,360 Christ into their life, to change their life and to 406 00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:40,600 transform their life. So what you saw was not just 407 00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:44,280 some memories, was not just us having fun, which it was a 408 00:34:44,280 --> 00:34:48,800 blast. But today it starts when your 409 00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:51,280 kids can have these spiritual transformations. 410 00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:54,000 They're not too young, so I encourage you to do a couple 411 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:56,639 things if you already serve. Amazing. 412 00:34:56,800 --> 00:35:00,240 Thank you so much. Consider if it's not for you, 413 00:35:01,080 --> 00:35:05,880 then please don't. No one wants someone that's 414 00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:07,920 scared of kids holding their kids. 415 00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:13,520 But if it is for you and you do not serve in kids, come see me. 416 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:16,440 You also can play a part by praying for us. 417 00:35:17,320 --> 00:35:20,200 Pray for these kids. You saw all these amazing faces. 418 00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:23,160 Pray for them. So that's my encouragement. 419 00:35:23,240 --> 00:35:26,640 Send your kids if you don't already, join us if you want to 420 00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:29,120 and pray for us no matter what. That would be great. 421 00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:37,320 So now we are going to have our lovely pastor Sean join us on 422 00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:40,040 stage. But thank you for the privilege 423 00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:40,920 of being with your kids. Good. 424 00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:43,760 Job, Christy. Give it up for Christy. 425 00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:44,280 Come on. I love you. 426 00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:50,920 I love you. I've never been introduced as 427 00:35:50,920 --> 00:35:55,280 the lovely as the first for me. So Oh man, but man, how many 428 00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:57,000 guys are proud They have an awesome kids ministry? 429 00:35:57,280 --> 00:35:58,760 Amen. Pretty cool. 430 00:36:00,720 --> 00:36:03,520 How many guys grew up going to a kids ministry at church show 431 00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:06,280 hands. All right, so the rest of you 432 00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:08,960 didn't grow up because children mystery, right, And I'm one of 433 00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:11,560 those I I didn't grow up like all the stories are learning. 434 00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:14,880 My kids know verses and stories in the Bible I hadn't even heard 435 00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:18,080 of until I was in Bible college. And it's really cool to see this 436 00:36:18,080 --> 00:36:21,360 Holy Spirit move on these young people and come to Christ and 437 00:36:21,360 --> 00:36:22,760 these foundations and these truths. 438 00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:26,200 Those are solid for a lifetime. And it's our job to push back 439 00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:29,680 from really there's a St. has a huge agenda for our young kids 440 00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:32,840 and just to be a light and to to bring hope and be a foundation 441 00:36:32,840 --> 00:36:35,880 and teach biblical truth and to love on these kids the name of 442 00:36:35,880 --> 00:36:38,440 Jesus, Amen. It's something very special. 443 00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:42,240 So I would encourage you guys be praying for our for we have a 444 00:36:42,240 --> 00:36:43,880 chance to pray later, but be work it down. 445 00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:45,760 Pray for these kids, pray for these young people. 446 00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:49,200 There is so many battles in this generation that even different 447 00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:51,800 than the battles we faced and different schemes in different 448 00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:53,200 ways. But we're blessed to have an 449 00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:55,080 amazing kids program these amazing kids. 450 00:36:55,400 --> 00:36:57,840 And I love you guys. I'm encouraged by what God is 451 00:36:57,840 --> 00:37:00,400 doing this last summer. So we're going to transition. 452 00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:02,240 We had a second camp this summer. 453 00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:05,120 It was a youth camp. So it's absolutely crazy. 454 00:37:05,120 --> 00:37:07,840 You probably recognize all these crazy kids over here, these 455 00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:11,120 teenagers, and they're led by 1 crazy dude. 456 00:37:11,920 --> 00:37:13,840 His name is Logan. Give it up for Logan right back 457 00:37:13,840 --> 00:37:19,400 here. He's the bald teenager. 458 00:37:21,360 --> 00:37:22,960 He was bald when he was a teenager. 459 00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:26,360 He's like his dad. But it's gonna be good. 460 00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:27,840 So I want you guys to check out this video. 461 00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:30,280 I love you. Look, don't feel bad for Logan. 462 00:37:30,280 --> 00:37:31,520 Don't feel bad. Check out this video. 463 00:38:03,600 --> 00:38:24,040 None. The. 464 00:39:28,490 --> 00:39:39,360 Music. Give it up, give it up. 465 00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:45,920 You know, I'm, I'm torn on what I really have to say now because 466 00:39:45,920 --> 00:39:50,160 the guy that preceded me is introduced as the lovely and I'm 467 00:39:50,360 --> 00:39:53,160 reminded of my follicle impairment and it just threw me 468 00:39:53,160 --> 00:39:58,600 for a loop. It's ridiculous. 469 00:39:59,560 --> 00:40:01,120 Yeah. If it wasn't obvious enough from 470 00:40:01,120 --> 00:40:04,640 the video, we had a blast at the camp this year. 471 00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:08,240 We had awesome time. We we went boating, we went 472 00:40:08,240 --> 00:40:13,040 tubing, launched some jacks into the lake, gave him a minor, 473 00:40:13,480 --> 00:40:15,800 minor ear infection because of that. 474 00:40:15,960 --> 00:40:20,040 So I'm sorry, Jack. We had games beach time at 475 00:40:20,040 --> 00:40:22,280 Captain Ron's. We had margaritas. 476 00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:27,960 Virgin margaritas. Yeah, I know the tab. 477 00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:30,560 The tab said otherwise. I think some of the teenagers 478 00:40:30,560 --> 00:40:33,160 lied, but we'll see. We had a movie night. 479 00:40:33,160 --> 00:40:36,400 We had awesome worship. The band came down, abbreviated 480 00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:40,680 band came down devotions. We had the Bay box, which if 481 00:40:40,680 --> 00:40:43,280 you've never heard of the Bay box, you go up and ask the 482 00:40:43,280 --> 00:40:45,920 students. The Bay box made this a retreat, 483 00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:49,360 not only a fun in God, but also a retreat of romance. 484 00:40:49,920 --> 00:40:53,080 And there was some fiery romantic relationships that came 485 00:40:53,080 --> 00:40:55,440 into light that you would have never thought about. 486 00:40:56,480 --> 00:40:59,000 And a lot of, I'm not going to go into anywhere, but there's a 487 00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:02,360 lot of weird crossover strife stuff happening in that group. 488 00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:06,360 So make sure you're praying. And before we go any further, I 489 00:41:06,360 --> 00:41:08,520 just have, I have a lot of gratitude because we had a lot 490 00:41:08,520 --> 00:41:11,080 of fun at camp and there was a lot of people that made it 491 00:41:11,080 --> 00:41:13,760 happen. So I'm going to thank a few 492 00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:17,480 groups of people. So first, if you are a parent of 493 00:41:17,480 --> 00:41:20,360 a youth teenager here at this church, please stand up. 494 00:41:22,040 --> 00:41:23,520 Nope. Yeah, there's some parents in 495 00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:24,120 here. Yes. 496 00:41:24,120 --> 00:41:24,960 Give it up. Give it up. 497 00:41:27,040 --> 00:41:30,400 Thank you so much. Thank you so much for entrusting 498 00:41:30,400 --> 00:41:34,000 your teenagers to us for a week. It was more of a detriment to us 499 00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:36,120 than it was a detriment to them. But I still thank you for 500 00:41:36,120 --> 00:41:39,840 trusting us. Parents, thank you. 501 00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:43,280 Second group leaders, if you're a leader, please stand up. 502 00:41:44,520 --> 00:41:46,640 Give it up for the leaders. Give it up for the leaders. 503 00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:51,240 Our leaders here, they put their heart, they put their soul, they 504 00:41:51,240 --> 00:41:56,240 put blood, sweat, tears, A dash of BBQ all into your students 505 00:41:56,240 --> 00:41:59,000 this week. They gave us, they gave us their 506 00:41:59,120 --> 00:42:03,720 best effort the entire week. I like to thank we have Tori, we 507 00:42:03,720 --> 00:42:07,360 have Brett, we have Julie, Diane, Hawley, Kyle, Mandy, 508 00:42:07,360 --> 00:42:10,760 Lucas, Teresa. They all gave your students 509 00:42:10,760 --> 00:42:13,240 their very best this entire week and you guys are blessed to have 510 00:42:13,240 --> 00:42:15,920 them on our youth team. There's one more leader that I 511 00:42:15,920 --> 00:42:17,880 haven't talked about yet. And you know what I'm, I'm 512 00:42:17,880 --> 00:42:22,680 thinking about just not even doing this now, but Pastor Sean 513 00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:27,240 for this youth camp, Pastor Sean opened up his lake house to us. 514 00:42:27,560 --> 00:42:30,880 We brought bordering 40 people into his lake house. 515 00:42:30,880 --> 00:42:34,560 We had to bring out two campers. He brought his lake house. 516 00:42:34,560 --> 00:42:36,640 We peeled some leather off of his couch. 517 00:42:37,120 --> 00:42:40,880 We sacrificed for the sake of us having fun. 3 pairs of his 518 00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:45,480 sunglasses in one day. So in thankfulness of this, I'm 519 00:42:45,480 --> 00:42:49,520 going to ask Shawn to come up and we got Shawn a present for 520 00:42:49,520 --> 00:42:51,800 his sacrifice that he made during this camp. 521 00:42:52,880 --> 00:42:56,880 And in this present, Yes, yes. In this present we got him 522 00:42:56,880 --> 00:43:01,000 sunglasses and more importantly, a band so you never have to go 523 00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:04,040 through the heartbreak of losing sunglasses again. 524 00:43:04,600 --> 00:43:06,680 So thank you, Shawn, you for opening the lake house to it. 525 00:43:07,160 --> 00:43:08,880 Retreat. How do we feel about what Shawn 526 00:43:08,880 --> 00:43:13,000 did for us? Yes, yes. 527 00:43:13,720 --> 00:43:16,480 And finally, I want to thank the students. 528 00:43:16,960 --> 00:43:19,960 I want to thank you students for taking our time together so 529 00:43:19,960 --> 00:43:21,840 seriously. You know, before. 530 00:43:21,840 --> 00:43:22,760 Yeah. Give it up to the students. 531 00:43:22,760 --> 00:43:28,760 Give it up to the students. It's good. 532 00:43:30,080 --> 00:43:32,440 Before we left for the Ozarks, I told the students. 533 00:43:32,440 --> 00:43:34,920 I told them that they had a serious opportunity in front of 534 00:43:34,920 --> 00:43:36,640 them. They had an opportunity to 535 00:43:36,640 --> 00:43:40,040 change what would just could have been a weekend of fun and a 536 00:43:40,040 --> 00:43:42,720 weekend of late time. But the opportunity in front of 537 00:43:42,720 --> 00:43:47,120 them was that they had four days removed from school, removed 538 00:43:47,120 --> 00:43:49,200 from our daily schedules, removed from our daily lives to 539 00:43:49,200 --> 00:43:52,680 focus solely on God. And I'm happy to report that our 540 00:43:52,680 --> 00:43:54,760 students made the most of this opportunity. 541 00:43:55,240 --> 00:43:57,840 They poured themselves out over the course of our time spent 542 00:43:57,840 --> 00:43:59,840 together. We got into the word of God each 543 00:43:59,840 --> 00:44:02,360 day. We started our day in Scripture. 544 00:44:02,360 --> 00:44:05,920 We had worship together. We also had one of the most 545 00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:10,040 impactful things on our students, leader LED devotions. 546 00:44:10,520 --> 00:44:13,760 So I'm going to use this as an opportunity to really honor and 547 00:44:13,760 --> 00:44:17,520 really think 1 leader in specific whose devotions 548 00:44:17,880 --> 00:44:19,800 profoundly impacted our students. 549 00:44:19,800 --> 00:44:26,040 So would you guys give it up for Lucas, Odell Lucas? 550 00:44:27,040 --> 00:44:29,360 As Lucas comes up, he's going to share a little bit about his 551 00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:31,200 experience at camp. But I want to tell you about 552 00:44:31,200 --> 00:44:35,240 Lucas. Lucas has a huge heart for God. 553 00:44:35,480 --> 00:44:40,240 He has the heart of a servant. The BBQ skills of Gordon Ramsay, 554 00:44:40,640 --> 00:44:43,640 he brought down, He brought down his own smoker. 555 00:44:43,640 --> 00:44:46,160 He made us ribs, he made us pulled pork, baked beans, the 556 00:44:46,160 --> 00:44:49,080 whole thing. And he most importantly loves 557 00:44:49,080 --> 00:44:50,840 God. He loves on your students. 558 00:44:50,840 --> 00:44:54,000 You guys are blessed to have Lucas rubbing off on your 559 00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:56,320 teenagers whenever they come and hang out with us at retreats or 560 00:44:56,320 --> 00:45:00,080 just on Wednesdays in general. He is a man growing with God and 561 00:45:00,080 --> 00:45:02,880 he shared his personal testimony with the students over the 562 00:45:02,880 --> 00:45:04,680 course of the few days. And students, what did you think 563 00:45:04,680 --> 00:45:09,960 about Lucas's testimony? Yes, so Church, give it up for 564 00:45:09,960 --> 00:45:12,200 Lucas and we're going to hear a little bit about his experience 565 00:45:12,320 --> 00:45:20,480 at the youth camp. All right, so if anybody didn't 566 00:45:20,480 --> 00:45:26,360 know, I actually was saved one year and three days ago, so 567 00:45:28,880 --> 00:45:32,400 thank you. With that being said, this was 568 00:45:32,600 --> 00:45:38,480 my first ever youth retreat. So not only was this my first 569 00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:43,560 ever youth retreat, I I personally had a fantastic time 570 00:45:44,200 --> 00:45:49,120 every every bit about it. The tubing, the swimming, the 571 00:45:49,120 --> 00:45:53,720 worship, the scavenger hunt, if you could picture it. 572 00:45:53,720 --> 00:45:56,600 Logan and I were on a tube for a little while, the legs getting 573 00:45:56,600 --> 00:45:58,320 entangled, flopping around everywhere. 574 00:45:58,520 --> 00:46:04,440 It was a blast. The kids and the leaders trying 575 00:46:04,440 --> 00:46:07,760 to slingshot water balloons and throw water balloons at me to 576 00:46:07,760 --> 00:46:10,720 knock me off a paddle, Every bit of it. 577 00:46:10,720 --> 00:46:18,760 It was an absolute blast. Obviously fun is is a goal at 578 00:46:18,760 --> 00:46:23,040 youth retreat, but the main goal at youth retreat was getting 579 00:46:23,040 --> 00:46:25,480 closer with God strengthening that relationship. 580 00:46:26,000 --> 00:46:29,360 Now, as I did that myself, I also learned something about 581 00:46:29,360 --> 00:46:33,320 myself because I was given the opportunity to lead a couple 582 00:46:33,320 --> 00:46:36,320 devotionals. And I'm very grateful for it 583 00:46:36,320 --> 00:46:41,960 because not only did I ended up really enjoying it, I figured 584 00:46:41,960 --> 00:46:44,360 out that I was able to get closer with the teens by doing 585 00:46:44,360 --> 00:46:47,840 that, telling them my experiences about the different 586 00:46:47,840 --> 00:46:51,640 voices in my life, the forgiveness that, you know, I 587 00:46:51,640 --> 00:46:55,480 had to work on to find. And that was that was awesome. 588 00:46:57,160 --> 00:46:59,280 I didn't know what I was going to get out of that. 589 00:46:59,280 --> 00:47:06,600 And I filled my heart, but I was also, I was also able to do that 590 00:47:06,600 --> 00:47:10,040 through the DAILY GUIDE and me time, the life groups and 591 00:47:10,040 --> 00:47:13,040 getting, I had a lot of fun, but getting closer to these teens 592 00:47:13,040 --> 00:47:15,280 and breaking down those walls and stuff, that was the most 593 00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:17,560 fun, that was the most fulfilling part of it. 594 00:47:19,000 --> 00:47:22,280 And truly, you know, I learned just as much from these teens as 595 00:47:22,280 --> 00:47:26,040 they learn from me. They might not know it, but I 596 00:47:26,040 --> 00:47:32,320 really do, you know, every, every story that that we had 597 00:47:32,320 --> 00:47:35,160 heard from you guys about forgiveness, any team that deals 598 00:47:35,160 --> 00:47:38,400 with the same voices that we all deal with every day, I'm having 599 00:47:38,400 --> 00:47:41,920 the boldness and the courage to talk about stuff like that is 600 00:47:42,000 --> 00:47:46,200 very inspiring. Watching these guys form 601 00:47:46,320 --> 00:47:49,680 connections with other teens walking with God, you know, it 602 00:47:49,680 --> 00:47:52,360 just gives me hope that they can, you know, be with each 603 00:47:52,360 --> 00:47:55,120 other and help each other on their own spiritual journeys. 604 00:47:56,640 --> 00:47:59,400 I mean, the way God is moving through these teens is it just 605 00:47:59,800 --> 00:48:02,840 fills my heart with so much joy. I can't, I can't even really 606 00:48:02,840 --> 00:48:08,400 explain it, but I'm, I'm thankful for the whole 607 00:48:08,400 --> 00:48:11,800 experience. I'm thankful for the parent for, 608 00:48:11,840 --> 00:48:15,400 you know, allowing me to spend that time with their, with your 609 00:48:15,400 --> 00:48:19,640 guys kids and just, you know, being there for them and getting 610 00:48:19,640 --> 00:48:23,880 them closer, closer to God on their walk. 611 00:48:23,880 --> 00:48:28,440 And it was just, I can't say how fulfilling it was. 612 00:48:29,320 --> 00:48:33,360 With all that being said, I want to thank, first of all, I want 613 00:48:33,360 --> 00:48:37,080 to thank God, but I want to thank Diane and Sean for 614 00:48:37,080 --> 00:48:40,360 providing us a place and willingness for all this 615 00:48:40,360 --> 00:48:44,240 craziness and everything that happened to happen. 616 00:48:44,480 --> 00:48:47,680 I'm just being there. I want to thank Logan for the 617 00:48:47,680 --> 00:48:50,840 great messages that he delivered, but also for being 618 00:48:50,840 --> 00:48:53,920 someone that I can look to on my spiritual journey. 619 00:48:54,960 --> 00:48:58,360 And then, but lastly, definitely not least, I want to thank all 620 00:48:58,360 --> 00:49:04,240 the teams. I just, I just want to thank you 621 00:49:04,240 --> 00:49:07,320 guys for being there, for wanting to be there. 622 00:49:09,800 --> 00:49:12,880 You know, there's, there's probably other things that, you 623 00:49:12,880 --> 00:49:15,880 know, I can sit on my phone or hang out with my friends or, you 624 00:49:15,880 --> 00:49:18,840 know, do whatever, But you guys chose to spend this whole week 625 00:49:18,840 --> 00:49:21,600 and get close, get closer with God and that's awesome. 626 00:49:23,160 --> 00:49:28,760 But you know, having having the open mark, having the open minds 627 00:49:28,960 --> 00:49:31,920 and the open hearts for God to fill you guys, it is just just 628 00:49:31,920 --> 00:49:34,800 great. So that being said, I just want 629 00:49:34,800 --> 00:49:38,440 to thank you guys. I want to thank everybody and 630 00:49:38,440 --> 00:49:41,920 that's all I've got. General Lucas, a little bit 631 00:49:41,920 --> 00:49:45,520 louder. We appreciate you, Lucas. 632 00:49:45,520 --> 00:49:48,160 I look up to you, man. You have such a heart for God. 633 00:49:48,160 --> 00:49:49,520 You're, you have a heart of a servant. 634 00:49:49,520 --> 00:49:52,200 And that goes for you, Lucas. And that goes for all of our 635 00:49:52,200 --> 00:49:54,560 leaders. I'm so appreciative to be able 636 00:49:54,560 --> 00:49:57,640 to serve with you guys. I'm so appreciative to have an 637 00:49:57,640 --> 00:50:01,880 opportunity to just rub off on these students in the same way 638 00:50:01,880 --> 00:50:04,080 that you guys do. And you guys fill me up just as 639 00:50:04,080 --> 00:50:07,640 much as I make an impact on you. It is awesome to serve with you 640 00:50:07,640 --> 00:50:09,600 guys. And most importantly, again, 641 00:50:09,600 --> 00:50:12,080 thank you students. I was reader, Lucas says you 642 00:50:12,080 --> 00:50:15,840 guys did an amazing job showing out, paying attention and giving 643 00:50:15,840 --> 00:50:17,280 it your all. So like I said, you've heard, 644 00:50:17,280 --> 00:50:19,960 you've heard me talk, you've heard a leader talk, and now I 645 00:50:19,960 --> 00:50:22,600 think what you really care about is to hear what our students had 646 00:50:22,600 --> 00:50:24,920 to say. To hear first they're saying no, 647 00:50:24,920 --> 00:50:26,120 but you're going to hear it anyway. 648 00:50:26,840 --> 00:50:29,240 Hear first hand from our students how God was moving in 649 00:50:29,240 --> 00:50:30,440 their lives. Check out this video. 650 00:50:31,680 --> 00:50:33,760 We're live, welcome out to youth camp. 651 00:50:33,760 --> 00:50:36,320 We're at the Lake of the Ozarks and we have had a blast. 652 00:50:36,320 --> 00:50:38,880 We're on our last day, last leg of the camp and I just love to 653 00:50:38,880 --> 00:50:40,760 tell you a little bit about what we've been doing. 654 00:50:40,960 --> 00:50:43,480 We started with community night where the students had an 655 00:50:43,480 --> 00:50:46,760 awesome chance to kind of get to know where they are and where 656 00:50:46,760 --> 00:50:48,280 they have been LED in their Christian lives. 657 00:50:48,280 --> 00:50:52,160 As we get through life maps, we have talked about the voices in 658 00:50:52,160 --> 00:50:54,280 our lives and how it intimately forms how we walk with God. 659 00:50:54,280 --> 00:50:56,000 We've talked about forgiveness and we've talked about 660 00:50:56,000 --> 00:50:57,840 surrender. And I would love to give you 661 00:50:57,840 --> 00:51:00,840 guys the chance to hear about what God has done in the lives 662 00:51:00,880 --> 00:51:03,480 of our from our students, from our students themselves. 663 00:51:03,840 --> 00:51:08,560 Before camp, I got bullied a lot by my classmates and like a lot 664 00:51:08,560 --> 00:51:10,280 of people at school and stuff like that. 665 00:51:11,480 --> 00:51:15,280 And like I kept listening to those negative voices, like 666 00:51:15,320 --> 00:51:18,280 you're not good enough and just like stuff like that. 667 00:51:18,320 --> 00:51:22,640 So I've had a lot of negative voices in my life outside, 668 00:51:23,360 --> 00:51:27,680 outside voices and just me talking bad about myself in my 669 00:51:27,680 --> 00:51:32,160 own head before camp. There were these two girls that 670 00:51:32,160 --> 00:51:38,440 were really mean to me a couple years ago and it put me in a 671 00:51:38,440 --> 00:51:42,440 really rough stage of my life and it was really hard to 672 00:51:42,440 --> 00:51:44,800 forgive him. Before camp there was a burden 673 00:51:44,800 --> 00:51:49,160 on my heart that needed to be healed and during camp God 674 00:51:49,160 --> 00:51:52,800 personally on my heart that I knew I should probably do but I 675 00:51:52,800 --> 00:51:56,360 didn't want to do it. I was struggled with like a lot 676 00:51:56,360 --> 00:51:59,200 of things. Like mainly anger issues and 677 00:51:59,200 --> 00:52:02,560 forgiveness. And now, after camp, I realized 678 00:52:02,560 --> 00:52:05,640 that. I realized that God's the only 679 00:52:05,640 --> 00:52:09,280 one that I need to worry about and who I need to follow and 680 00:52:09,280 --> 00:52:13,280 listen to. But after I heard my mom 681 00:52:13,280 --> 00:52:17,080 Christie's story and Lucas's story of how they have forgiven 682 00:52:17,400 --> 00:52:21,040 their parents and stuff, I realized that I still haven't 683 00:52:21,040 --> 00:52:25,320 forgiven them and that I I should probably forgive him 684 00:52:25,320 --> 00:52:28,280 because if I don't that would just like weigh me down even 685 00:52:28,600 --> 00:52:33,600 longer than it already has been. And after that, when I heard 686 00:52:33,600 --> 00:52:36,800 their stories, we prayed. I forgave them finally. 687 00:52:37,600 --> 00:52:42,360 And then after camp, I am planning on doing what God has 688 00:52:42,360 --> 00:52:46,160 told me and to heal that burden that has been on my heart. 689 00:52:46,800 --> 00:52:51,240 And when I came to camp, they did a lot of lessons about those 690 00:52:51,240 --> 00:52:54,680 things. And when I heard Lucas and 691 00:52:54,680 --> 00:53:00,640 Christy talking about forgiving people in their lives that did 692 00:53:00,640 --> 00:53:05,200 things to them that rocked them, they really taught me about 693 00:53:05,200 --> 00:53:08,240 forgiveness. And I started forgiving people 694 00:53:08,600 --> 00:53:12,920 that they need to forgive and. Then coming into camp this time 695 00:53:12,920 --> 00:53:17,280 and two years ago it was just like a mental reset and I've. 696 00:53:17,720 --> 00:53:19,880 Been more. Positive ever since I first came 697 00:53:19,880 --> 00:53:25,400 to real life and being here always brightens up my day and 698 00:53:26,320 --> 00:53:28,120 kind of just shoes the bad thoughts away. 699 00:53:28,120 --> 00:53:32,800 I guess I've had to forgive a lot of people because a lot of 700 00:53:32,800 --> 00:53:35,800 people have wronged me, but I never forgot what they did to me 701 00:53:36,520 --> 00:53:40,360 and being at camp with the group that I've been with made me 702 00:53:40,360 --> 00:53:43,680 realize that you don't always have to forgive and forget. 703 00:53:44,360 --> 00:53:50,440 Sometimes it's OK to remember what they did to you but still 704 00:53:50,440 --> 00:53:51,760 being able to forgive the person. 705 00:53:51,920 --> 00:53:55,600 Forgiveness is for you. You don't have to have the 706 00:53:55,600 --> 00:53:59,400 clarity of them knowing that you forgive them. 707 00:54:00,000 --> 00:54:04,120 Because even if somebody like really wrongs you, you could 708 00:54:04,120 --> 00:54:06,400 always forgive them no matter how bad it is. 709 00:54:07,560 --> 00:54:10,760 Camp has been such an inspiration for me and before I 710 00:54:10,760 --> 00:54:16,120 was at Camp I didn't do a lot of things and then God has put so 711 00:54:16,120 --> 00:54:21,440 many things in my heart that I want to spread to the world and 712 00:54:21,880 --> 00:54:27,120 tell people. Give it up. 713 00:54:27,120 --> 00:54:29,080 That's huge. Give it up for God. 714 00:54:29,080 --> 00:54:31,120 Give it up for what God did in these students lives. 715 00:54:32,160 --> 00:54:34,520 This is big stuff. This isn't something to just 716 00:54:34,520 --> 00:54:36,240 gloss over. This isn't something to just 717 00:54:36,360 --> 00:54:38,120 file away. Like man, that was a really cool 718 00:54:38,120 --> 00:54:41,280 trip that these students have file in the back of your memory 719 00:54:41,280 --> 00:54:43,360 and just move on. No, this is this is something to 720 00:54:43,360 --> 00:54:46,040 capitalize on, right? There was a movement that 721 00:54:46,040 --> 00:54:50,280 happened in our group and I'm really, I'm really of two minds. 722 00:54:51,280 --> 00:54:53,520 I mean, I'm of three. No, I'm two. 723 00:54:54,000 --> 00:54:59,000 The first mind is that there was some, there was a lot of stuff 724 00:54:59,000 --> 00:55:02,320 that we covered in this camp and there was a lot of stuff being 725 00:55:02,320 --> 00:55:05,520 dealt with by our teens and being talked to between our 726 00:55:05,520 --> 00:55:08,520 teens and our leaders that you wouldn't see on the screen, like 727 00:55:08,520 --> 00:55:10,440 deeper stuff, a lot more personal stuff. 728 00:55:11,240 --> 00:55:13,720 And I'm of one mind of disappointment. 729 00:55:14,080 --> 00:55:16,200 I'm, I'm of the mind of appalling. 730 00:55:16,360 --> 00:55:19,920 I'm appalled that these students and these teens have to go 731 00:55:19,920 --> 00:55:22,840 through some of the things that they've gone through, stuff that 732 00:55:22,840 --> 00:55:24,680 I could never even begin to relate to because of the 733 00:55:24,680 --> 00:55:26,760 upbringing I had. And you know how lucky I was 734 00:55:26,760 --> 00:55:30,720 with the parents I was given and the circumstances I was given. 735 00:55:30,720 --> 00:55:33,320 But there's some students that we have that haven't had that. 736 00:55:34,120 --> 00:55:36,040 But in response to that, I'm of another mind. 737 00:55:36,640 --> 00:55:39,800 I'm of a mind of gratitude because the way that God has 738 00:55:39,800 --> 00:55:43,080 moved in the lives of our teens and the way that God has moved 739 00:55:43,080 --> 00:55:45,280 in the lives of our students as they've grappled with these 740 00:55:45,280 --> 00:55:48,640 things and face them head on, I could not have been more proud 741 00:55:48,640 --> 00:55:51,120 of. It is so obvious and it is so 742 00:55:51,120 --> 00:55:54,080 palpable the way that God has moved in the lives of our teens 743 00:55:54,080 --> 00:55:57,040 over this retreat. Talk to them, pull them aside 744 00:55:57,040 --> 00:56:00,200 for a conversation. It couldn't be more obvious that 745 00:56:00,200 --> 00:56:03,080 God is doing big things in the lives of each and every one of 746 00:56:03,080 --> 00:56:05,800 these students. And that's fruit to your guys's 747 00:56:05,800 --> 00:56:07,280 account. That's fruit to the effort that 748 00:56:07,280 --> 00:56:09,640 you guys put in and the vulnerability you showed the 749 00:56:09,640 --> 00:56:12,760 leaders and how seriously you guys took the messages and the 750 00:56:12,760 --> 00:56:14,360 devotions and the God in me time. 751 00:56:14,360 --> 00:56:17,440 You guys across the board, five stars, no notes. 752 00:56:17,440 --> 00:56:20,440 You guys did amazing. And church, I have a question 753 00:56:20,440 --> 00:56:22,400 for you. If this is something to be 754 00:56:22,400 --> 00:56:25,880 capitalized on, if the movement that is happening right here 755 00:56:25,880 --> 00:56:30,240 right now is valid and this isn't, this isn't varsity and 756 00:56:30,240 --> 00:56:33,160 youth isn't JV, but we're a whole church and we're a whole 757 00:56:33,160 --> 00:56:35,200 people and everything that's happening right now is extremely 758 00:56:35,200 --> 00:56:37,440 valid, then what are we going to do about it? 759 00:56:37,840 --> 00:56:41,400 Because I'm asking a question, how do we move forward as a 760 00:56:41,400 --> 00:56:44,080 church in support of these students and how do we move 761 00:56:44,080 --> 00:56:46,200 forward as a church in support of this ministry? 762 00:56:46,920 --> 00:56:49,040 Is it through generosity? For a lot of you that might be 763 00:56:49,040 --> 00:56:50,760 the case. That might be amping up the 764 00:56:50,760 --> 00:56:54,160 generosity. And for some of you, a few of 765 00:56:54,320 --> 00:56:57,080 you right here right now, I really do believe that that 766 00:56:57,080 --> 00:56:59,920 answer is serving. I really do believe that as 767 00:57:00,080 --> 00:57:03,640 Christie and the same opportunity we have in the kids 768 00:57:03,680 --> 00:57:06,600 youth ministry, we have in the youth ministry, we have a lot 769 00:57:06,600 --> 00:57:12,880 more room for, for adults that care about shepherding and 770 00:57:12,880 --> 00:57:17,160 rubbing off, not on just students, but on people, people 771 00:57:17,160 --> 00:57:18,480 growing with God. And if that sounds like 772 00:57:18,480 --> 00:57:21,480 something you'd be interested in, find me or find Sean after 773 00:57:21,480 --> 00:57:24,120 this gathering and we can find out if this ministry is a good 774 00:57:24,120 --> 00:57:26,960 fit for you to serve in. Because I'm just going to 775 00:57:26,960 --> 00:57:29,520 reiterate what was already said, but this isn't the future 776 00:57:29,520 --> 00:57:31,920 generation, right? This isn't like we're not laying 777 00:57:31,920 --> 00:57:34,720 out the trail for them to follow, but they're side by side 778 00:57:34,720 --> 00:57:36,280 with us laying out the trail as we go. 779 00:57:36,720 --> 00:57:40,520 There's kids from our mission, our youth team that went on 780 00:57:40,520 --> 00:57:43,200 missions trips. There's kids from our team that 781 00:57:43,200 --> 00:57:46,440 serve with you guys. These are the students that are 782 00:57:46,480 --> 00:57:49,840 working hand in hand with us right now as we speak. 783 00:57:49,960 --> 00:57:52,240 And the question is what we want to do with it moving forward. 784 00:57:52,640 --> 00:57:55,080 And we have big goals. If, if I need to sell you even 785 00:57:55,080 --> 00:57:57,560 further on why you should want to serve on this team, we have 786 00:57:57,560 --> 00:58:00,160 big goals. We have a God size vision from 787 00:58:00,160 --> 00:58:03,720 the moment that our student checks in to the youth group and 788 00:58:03,720 --> 00:58:04,880 from the moment that they graduate. 789 00:58:04,880 --> 00:58:06,280 We want them to know a few things. 790 00:58:06,760 --> 00:58:08,880 And we're at we have a book at our youth group. 791 00:58:08,880 --> 00:58:10,440 It's called the seven Checkpoints and we use it as a 792 00:58:10,440 --> 00:58:14,520 tool for discipleship, but in this book, it clearly lays out 793 00:58:14,520 --> 00:58:17,440 what we believe to be the goals of our youth group from the time 794 00:58:17,440 --> 00:58:19,440 that they get in and the time they graduate. 795 00:58:19,440 --> 00:58:22,200 I'm going to vision cast you the goals from what we want from our 796 00:58:22,200 --> 00:58:23,720 students and our time they spend with us. 797 00:58:24,000 --> 00:58:25,720 We want them to carry an authentic faith. 798 00:58:26,000 --> 00:58:27,920 We want them to hone spiritual disciplines. 799 00:58:27,920 --> 00:58:30,760 We want them to set moral boundaries, find meaningful 800 00:58:30,760 --> 00:58:33,400 friendship, make wise choices, submit to the ultimate authority 801 00:58:33,400 --> 00:58:37,240 of God and put others first. And I'm, I'm running out of 802 00:58:37,240 --> 00:58:38,880 time. I don't have time to cast the 803 00:58:38,880 --> 00:58:42,080 whole grand vision that I have for youth group and what it 804 00:58:42,080 --> 00:58:43,760 could be. But I promise you that you want 805 00:58:43,760 --> 00:58:46,320 to be alongside with it. And that can look like serving. 806 00:58:46,480 --> 00:58:47,720 That can look like being generous. 807 00:58:47,720 --> 00:58:50,440 And that can simply also look like, and it's not simple, but 808 00:58:50,440 --> 00:58:53,680 praying over our students as they're getting ready to 809 00:58:53,680 --> 00:58:56,440 capitalize off of the things that happened in their lives 810 00:58:56,680 --> 00:58:59,320 during this youth retreat. So again, I just like to thank 811 00:58:59,320 --> 00:59:01,680 the parents, I'd like to thank our leaders. 812 00:59:01,680 --> 00:59:03,400 I'd like to thank Sean, Diane, every. 813 00:59:03,800 --> 00:59:05,760 I thank all of you that prayed over these students. 814 00:59:06,160 --> 00:59:08,080 And finally and most importantly, I'd like to thank 815 00:59:08,080 --> 00:59:11,760 the students themselves for taking it seriously, giving God 816 00:59:11,760 --> 00:59:16,080 the glory during this trip, and making my time as their youth 817 00:59:16,080 --> 00:59:19,760 leader more rewarding than I would have ever guessed. 818 00:59:20,080 --> 00:59:21,760 So thank you, students. Thank you for the opportunity to 819 00:59:21,760 --> 00:59:24,360 speak today, and I hope that you consider serving with us at 820 00:59:24,360 --> 00:59:33,200 Every Life Youth. Who's blessed by today? 821 00:59:34,080 --> 00:59:37,520 He's blessed, huh? I kept thinking God isn't just 822 00:59:37,520 --> 00:59:42,240 good, he's so, so good and just here in Logan, man, Heartfelt 823 00:59:42,240 --> 00:59:44,000 gratitude to have a man like that lead our group. 824 00:59:44,000 --> 00:59:45,920 Amen. I mean, just a passion for 825 00:59:45,920 --> 00:59:49,560 teenagers, a love of God. He's grown as it goes, but he 826 00:59:49,640 --> 00:59:51,200 always surpasses my expectations. 827 00:59:51,200 --> 00:59:53,960 So thank you, Logan, for being faithful to God and preaching 828 00:59:53,960 --> 00:59:55,800 and sharing the lead. And so give up for Logan. 829 00:59:56,400 --> 00:59:59,640 Fantastic. It's fun watching God move in 830 00:59:59,640 --> 01:00:01,480 young people's lives to do some credible stuff. 831 01:00:01,840 --> 01:00:03,360 No temptation. Today was a call it next 832 01:00:03,360 --> 01:00:06,480 generation Sunday, but it's really not the next generation 833 01:00:07,040 --> 01:00:08,840 like their, their, their greatest mission fields right 834 01:00:08,840 --> 01:00:09,960 there. They're actually walking into it 835 01:00:09,960 --> 01:00:11,480 this week. They're walking into their 836 01:00:11,480 --> 01:00:14,280 schools this week with new friends, new classmates, new 837 01:00:14,280 --> 01:00:18,040 seating charts, new places sit for for cafeteria time, all the 838 01:00:18,040 --> 01:00:20,440 different things. And we're walking in. 839 01:00:20,880 --> 01:00:23,000 Into those mission fields where they're not going to see them 840 01:00:23,000 --> 01:00:25,320 maybe the rest of their life. And I would encourage you guys, 841 01:00:25,320 --> 01:00:28,360 and this is my challenge for you guys to be faithfully praying 842 01:00:28,400 --> 01:00:31,920 for the the kids and the teenagers as they step back into 843 01:00:31,920 --> 01:00:33,760 the season. God has spoke to them very 844 01:00:33,760 --> 01:00:35,120 clearly in a lot of different areas of life. 845 01:00:35,120 --> 01:00:38,000 You heard about forgiveness. I was in a group of young men 846 01:00:38,000 --> 01:00:41,760 that none of them really had like a, a healthy relationship 847 01:00:41,760 --> 01:00:44,080 with their father. Some of them even know their 848 01:00:44,080 --> 01:00:46,520 father's name and it's heartbreaking. 849 01:00:46,880 --> 01:00:49,880 And you see that you you see how like the families have been 850 01:00:50,120 --> 01:00:53,000 broken apart, how it affects young people's identities and 851 01:00:53,000 --> 01:00:55,840 their passion and who God is. And there's a lot of forgiveness 852 01:00:55,840 --> 01:00:57,320 that happened. And I want to say thank you, 853 01:00:57,320 --> 01:01:01,080 Lucas, for being so authentic. Just keeping it real, man. 854 01:01:01,080 --> 01:01:03,720 He, he just, I'm telling you there's a gift and a hand on his 855 01:01:03,720 --> 01:01:05,640 life as well. But I would encourage you guys 856 01:01:05,640 --> 01:01:09,680 to be praying and I'd be so bold to ask you to fast if you guys 857 01:01:09,680 --> 01:01:13,400 could skip a meal a week this coming week and pray as these 858 01:01:13,400 --> 01:01:17,120 teenagers and young people go into school and ask God to move. 859 01:01:17,520 --> 01:01:20,160 Prayer always proceeds of movement and with the ability 860 01:01:20,160 --> 01:01:22,400 maybe you're not going to be serving with the teens and the 861 01:01:22,640 --> 01:01:25,760 the kids with the ability to pray and ask God to move. 862 01:01:26,120 --> 01:01:27,800 And so do you only spend a little time in prayer. 863 01:01:27,880 --> 01:01:30,360 You guys have seen the faces you saw, heard the stories. 864 01:01:30,360 --> 01:01:34,680 And I want you to divide God and the Holy Spirit to empower these 865 01:01:34,680 --> 01:01:37,640 young people right now and their generation to do something 866 01:01:37,800 --> 01:01:41,720 outside of the normal, outside of just fitting in, to bring the 867 01:01:41,720 --> 01:01:44,400 gospel and the light to the city and to their friends and to 868 01:01:44,400 --> 01:01:46,640 strengthen them. And so, Father, come before you. 869 01:01:46,720 --> 01:01:50,360 God, we pray for every teenager, God, every student, every kid 870 01:01:50,360 --> 01:01:53,000 who went to camp. God, I pray that you make them 871 01:01:53,000 --> 01:01:55,920 stand firm this semester. God, that you'd give them the 872 01:01:55,920 --> 01:01:59,520 boldness and the courage. Got to walk in the light to 873 01:01:59,520 --> 01:02:02,720 stand up when everybody tells him to shut up to live for you. 874 01:02:03,480 --> 01:02:05,600 So you have the the right, the reason and responsibility to 875 01:02:05,600 --> 01:02:08,920 share the gospel and be bold with that and not to try to fit 876 01:02:08,920 --> 01:02:11,680 in and be whatever else wants them to be, but be what you want 877 01:02:11,680 --> 01:02:13,600 to be. God help us to steward our young 878 01:02:13,600 --> 01:02:16,160 people well. God thanks for the leaders that 879 01:02:16,160 --> 01:02:20,080 are shepherding and caring and leading and challenging and 880 01:02:20,080 --> 01:02:23,400 stepping into difficult circumstances and conversations 881 01:02:23,920 --> 01:02:25,920 where the cards are maybe stacked against the things of 882 01:02:25,920 --> 01:02:27,680 God that you show up and do a miracle. 883 01:02:28,040 --> 01:02:32,880 Got things for a man like Lucas a year and three days 368 days 884 01:02:32,880 --> 01:02:35,720 into journey of Jesus and you see him using his life. 885 01:02:36,240 --> 01:02:39,520 God thank you for the ability to see you move and that the the 886 01:02:39,560 --> 01:02:41,800 the promise of the Holy Spirit God, I pray you would fill this 887 01:02:41,800 --> 01:02:46,240 place fill every young person God to to stand firm in you got 888 01:02:46,240 --> 01:02:47,560 that to be a work that comes through them. 889 01:02:47,560 --> 01:02:51,160 God, I pray that they would be little missionaries, apostles, 890 01:02:51,640 --> 01:02:54,000 God, their schools and their friendships and their families 891 01:02:54,240 --> 01:02:57,120 that are inviters of their neighbors and friends and 892 01:02:57,120 --> 01:03:00,000 neighbors that come to church. They come to you, Lord. 893 01:03:00,520 --> 01:03:02,240 And so we thank you for what you're doing this generation. 894 01:03:02,240 --> 01:03:04,640 God, you're moving. God, we won't play a part of it. 895 01:03:04,640 --> 01:03:06,120 We do play a part of it together. 896 01:03:06,360 --> 01:03:10,240 Ask that our church would fast and pray as they enter the 897 01:03:10,240 --> 01:03:12,440 school year. God that you do something only 898 01:03:12,440 --> 01:03:14,800 you get the glory for by the time it's done and pray Jesus 899 01:03:14,800 --> 01:03:18,320 name, Amen. Well, I think Logan did a pretty 900 01:03:18,320 --> 01:03:20,600 good job vision casting why you should serve with kids and 901 01:03:20,600 --> 01:03:23,040 teens. I thought that was about 10 out 902 01:03:23,040 --> 01:03:24,640 of 10. I thought I probably should 903 01:03:24,640 --> 01:03:26,160 retire. I think I got a guy that can 904 01:03:26,160 --> 01:03:29,480 cast that vision and I thought it was pretty good, man. 905 01:03:29,600 --> 01:03:32,360 Like you've seen the hearts and faces and maybe God just pulling 906 01:03:32,360 --> 01:03:34,400 your heart a little bit. You know, you don't have to be 907 01:03:34,520 --> 01:03:37,200 qualified or feel like you have all the you don't have to be hip 908 01:03:37,200 --> 01:03:38,320 and cool and all these different things. 909 01:03:38,520 --> 01:03:43,000 You have to love kids, love teens and love Jesus and there's 910 01:03:43,000 --> 01:03:44,880 room. You know, we're not, we're not 911 01:03:44,880 --> 01:03:46,200 begging for help. Trust me. 912 01:03:46,600 --> 01:03:48,600 We want the people that God sends this way. 913 01:03:48,880 --> 01:03:51,440 But if you feel like God's put a call in your heart to, to play 914 01:03:51,440 --> 01:03:54,760 part of the story, whether it's young people or your kids. 915 01:03:55,320 --> 01:03:57,000 And really, you know, we were complicated slots. 916 01:03:57,000 --> 01:03:59,640 Sometimes you get her head. And ultimately it's just us 917 01:03:59,640 --> 01:04:02,000 loving on them. And it's not, it's not what you 918 01:04:02,000 --> 01:04:03,120 don't know, it's what you do know. 919 01:04:03,480 --> 01:04:07,040 And if you know Jesus, I mean, Lucas started serving in youth 920 01:04:07,040 --> 01:04:11,000 ministry, I would say about 3 or 4 weeks after he came to Christ. 921 01:04:11,640 --> 01:04:15,200 And it's incredible. And he's, he's grown through 922 01:04:15,200 --> 01:04:16,920 that. And you always get more than 923 01:04:16,920 --> 01:04:19,520 you, you, you give. So when you're pouring out, 924 01:04:19,600 --> 01:04:21,800 God's pouring in. And that's how you get in the 925 01:04:21,800 --> 01:04:24,400 game and God shapes you. It's oftentimes you think ready, 926 01:04:24,400 --> 01:04:26,880 set, go is the mentality. Like when I get ready, then I'll 927 01:04:26,880 --> 01:04:29,120 go. And it's actually try, fail, 928 01:04:29,120 --> 01:04:33,000 learn, try, fail, learn, try, fail, learn, try, fail, learn. 929 01:04:33,000 --> 01:04:35,280 And if you want to grow with Jesus, I'll encourage you to get 930 01:04:35,280 --> 01:04:38,200 into serving and a place you can pour yourself out. 931 01:04:38,560 --> 01:04:41,080 Then you'll start to grow. And so maybe you guys put in 932 01:04:41,080 --> 01:04:43,640 your heart to serve if you'd like to or be interested in, if 933 01:04:43,640 --> 01:04:46,640 you take the connection card and just put your kids ministry, 934 01:04:46,640 --> 01:04:47,800 real life youth, just right on there. 935 01:04:47,800 --> 01:04:49,920 I'm interested in serving. We'll follow up with you, 936 01:04:49,920 --> 01:04:53,120 connect with you, help you. There is a huge movement 937 01:04:53,120 --> 01:04:54,360 happening. They're packing out the Hope 938 01:04:54,360 --> 01:04:56,760 Center, which means we got to build something. 939 01:04:57,520 --> 01:04:59,680 Amen. I mean, it's just what it is, 940 01:04:59,720 --> 01:05:01,840 I'm telling you. And so we're, we're excited for 941 01:05:01,840 --> 01:05:04,160 what God's doing. So I want to encourage you guys 942 01:05:04,160 --> 01:05:05,880 that are new today and maybe your family or friends, 943 01:05:05,880 --> 01:05:07,440 whatever. I will say thanks for being 944 01:05:07,440 --> 01:05:08,520 here. We love you being here. 945 01:05:08,520 --> 01:05:11,680 We'd love to see you next week. Amen Real life, I'd love to see 946 01:05:11,680 --> 01:05:13,680 you out next week. I'd encourage you just to what 947 01:05:13,680 --> 01:05:16,280 God's going to do in your life. It is absolutely encouraging and 948 01:05:16,400 --> 01:05:18,560 our church is very connected, has a lot of fun, but ultimately 949 01:05:18,560 --> 01:05:20,600 just to experience Jesus and we'd love to see that in your 950 01:05:20,600 --> 01:05:22,120 life. If you've got real life home, 951 01:05:22,440 --> 01:05:25,160 20% of what you give in real life goes directly to these two 952 01:05:25,160 --> 01:05:27,840 ministries. So between personnel, between 953 01:05:27,840 --> 01:05:30,360 all the activities, going to camp, all the overhead, 954 01:05:30,360 --> 01:05:32,280 everything we invest the next generation. 955 01:05:32,720 --> 01:05:34,960 So a fifth of our budget is pouring into these. 956 01:05:35,240 --> 01:05:37,440 And so I encourage you guys to be faithful as God leads. 957 01:05:37,440 --> 01:05:39,720 If you've never given, today is a great day to give Amen. 958 01:05:39,720 --> 01:05:42,600 It's a great day to play a part of the story and I would 959 01:05:42,600 --> 01:05:45,160 encourage you guys to do that. And so there's numerous ways to 960 01:05:45,160 --> 01:05:47,280 give. You've seen it, you've heard it 961 01:05:47,280 --> 01:05:50,120 many times, but giving boxes in the back, we've got buckets that 962 01:05:50,120 --> 01:05:52,920 come down the aisles. You give online all different 963 01:05:52,920 --> 01:05:54,200 things. I would encourage you if you 964 01:05:54,200 --> 01:05:56,640 need help, maybe your season, and there's a lot of seasons 965 01:05:56,640 --> 01:05:57,680 right now. People are hurting. 966 01:05:58,000 --> 01:05:59,960 If you need food, clothing or shelter, just reach in the 967 01:05:59,960 --> 01:06:02,840 giving bucket and take out, you know, there's cash, you see and 968 01:06:02,840 --> 01:06:04,800 or just come out, talk to me and we'll help you out. 969 01:06:04,800 --> 01:06:07,000 Amen. And so if I come before you pray 970 01:06:07,000 --> 01:06:09,200 bless this time. God, thank you for just the work 971 01:06:09,200 --> 01:06:12,360 that's being done week in and week out, really day after day. 972 01:06:12,360 --> 01:06:13,880 It's not a week to week ministry. 973 01:06:13,880 --> 01:06:16,160 It's a daily ministry. Thanks for those leaders you've 974 01:06:16,160 --> 01:06:19,320 called to step in the gap. But like Ezekiel, like a clean 975 01:06:19,320 --> 01:06:22,360 hand watchman got people who just step in the fray, got to 976 01:06:22,360 --> 01:06:23,760 proclaim your truth, got to pray. 977 01:06:23,760 --> 01:06:26,440 Give them boldness and strength. I pray for every student and 978 01:06:26,440 --> 01:06:29,640 teen God, you'd let them remind them, God the truths you set in 979 01:06:29,640 --> 01:06:32,920 their heart as they walk into a new school or new situation. 980 01:06:32,920 --> 01:06:34,320 God give them boldness and courage. 981 01:06:34,320 --> 01:06:36,800 I pray for her parents. Give them the courage to lead 982 01:06:36,800 --> 01:06:39,600 for you. Teach them God to to humbly lead 983 01:06:39,600 --> 01:06:41,960 their family. Do some Bible studies, pray with 984 01:06:41,960 --> 01:06:45,560 their family just to be the culture that our teenagers, our 985 01:06:45,560 --> 01:06:48,120 young people catch. God help us God to follow you. 986 01:06:48,120 --> 01:06:50,480 God we give the glory. Pray bless this time pray Jesus 987 01:06:50,480 --> 01:06:54,680 name Amen. Well, hey, did you all enjoy 988 01:06:54,720 --> 01:06:57,000 this morning? That's right, man, what a 989 01:06:57,000 --> 01:07:00,760 blessing it is just to hear how God moves and how He's shaping 990 01:07:00,760 --> 01:07:02,280 the lives of our students and our teens. 991 01:07:02,280 --> 01:07:04,880 It has just been a great celebration Sunday with you 992 01:07:04,880 --> 01:07:06,640 guys. Well, hey, before you go, I've 993 01:07:06,640 --> 01:07:09,160 got one quick thing for you coming up. 994 01:07:09,160 --> 01:07:12,680 September 7th we have our Sporting Kansas City night. 995 01:07:12,760 --> 01:07:15,400 We decided to do this again. So last year was our first year 996 01:07:15,400 --> 01:07:16,880 doing it. We had so much fun. 997 01:07:16,880 --> 01:07:18,160 We're like, hey, let's do it again. 998 01:07:18,360 --> 01:07:20,880 So this is our second annual Sporting KC night. 999 01:07:21,080 --> 01:07:23,880 It is for our youth group that is on Sunday, September, 1000 01:07:24,120 --> 01:07:25,880 September 7th. You can scan that. 1001 01:07:25,880 --> 01:07:29,040 Q Could get all the details, but we'll be sitting together in the 1002 01:07:29,040 --> 01:07:31,000 South stands at Children's Mercy Park. 1003 01:07:31,400 --> 01:07:35,360 We will watch Sporting KC play Austin Football Club and it is 1004 01:07:35,360 --> 01:07:38,400 going to be just of last. So if you are 6th through 12th 1005 01:07:38,400 --> 01:07:40,880 grader in this space, if you know a 6th through 12th grader, 1006 01:07:40,880 --> 01:07:42,840 hey, sign them up. We'd love for them to come. 1007 01:07:43,040 --> 01:07:44,480 Tickets are free for our students. 1008 01:07:44,480 --> 01:07:47,160 It is a great time for them just to come out, to connect with 1009 01:07:47,160 --> 01:07:50,000 each other, to hang out, just have some fun as the school year 1010 01:07:50,000 --> 01:07:51,320 starts. So they're not going to want to 1011 01:07:51,320 --> 01:07:53,480 miss that. Once again, scan that QR code. 1012 01:07:53,480 --> 01:07:56,200 I will say space is limited, so don't wait till the day, day 1013 01:07:56,200 --> 01:07:58,200 before to do that. Go ahead and scan that. 1014 01:07:58,200 --> 01:07:59,880 If you're interested, sign up your team. 1015 01:08:00,160 --> 01:08:02,400 It's going to be a blast. We would love to see them there. 1016 01:08:03,120 --> 01:08:05,760 And hey, if you need prayer this morning for anything, we would 1017 01:08:05,760 --> 01:08:07,400 love to pray with you, to pray for you. 1018 01:08:07,600 --> 01:08:09,400 You can head on up to the front of the stage after the 1019 01:08:09,400 --> 01:08:10,840 gathering. We would love to do that for 1020 01:08:10,840 --> 01:08:13,120 you. We'd love also to see you back 1021 01:08:13,360 --> 01:08:16,560 next Sunday right here at 9:15 or 10:45. 1022 01:08:16,560 --> 01:08:20,600 And remember, whoever finds Jesus discovers real life and 1023 01:08:20,600 --> 01:08:22,479 purpose. Have a great week guys. 1024 01:08:25,319 --> 01:08:26,960 This is the end of this. 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