This morning was one of my proudest moments in ministry. It didn’t have anything to do with the amount of students we had this morning, the number of students we baptized this morning, or that I taught some life changing message from the stage. This morning I had the opp0rtunity to release a high school senior into ministry. Let me give you a little back ground to help you with the story.
Four years ago our student ministry took a bold step in challenging our high school students to not just learn about their faith but to live out their faith weekly in our Sunday morning environments in what we call MaxImpact. Each week we see high school students serving all over our campus, from preschool, children, and student ministries, or being the first face many people see as a greeter/usherand in our world cup cafe or to making sure people have an incredible experience in our worship environment for adults by being apart of our tech crew.
About a year ago I approached a student who was serving in a ministry area where she wasn’t being stretched in her ministry. Her name was Lauren. I told Lauren I really believed God could do some amazing things with her in serving middle school students on Sunday morning. To be honest I think she thought I was crazy because of how quiet and shy she could be at times. All of last year it was incredible to see Lauren stretch herself by stepping up to help the adult in the room, or by substitute teaching when the teacher would be gone.
At the end of last school year Lauren challenged me to allow her to take her own class to teach this year. She told me she knows the material and was ready to teach. This morning Lauren started just that. She had her first class of students. She came up to me this morning telling me what all she had studied and what supplies she needed. To be honest she was more prepared than many adult workers I have seen before. Thank you Lauren for stepping up and serving. I know this year will be amazing for the students you serve, and the example you set for your adult helper in your class room :)
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