December 9, 2018 – Dayspring Disciples

Not sure what else I would title this.

My friend Miriam sent me this photo. She said she couldn’t resist snapping it after she saw these two in conversation (while having a snack at a small reception at the church). I love that there is such a culture of intergenerational fellowship at our church. I am just as likely to find my kids visiting with someone 50 years their senior as I am to find them chatting with someone their own age. This goes for all my kids.

This summer, I heard a research article summarized on a radio broadcast. It said that young people who stayed involved in church into adulthood could identify 4 non-family member adults who they had friendships/relationships with at church as youth. At this point my kids could “boast” of way more than double that number. I am exceedingly grateful for this. We all but left our church in 2011, but God saw fit to direct us back. It’s worked out spectacularly.

It was a really busy day. But there was no better way to end it than to celebrate the season with a Christmas party for the youth group. We’d spent the fall walking through Jesus’ early ministry and the book of John and this time was set aside to be silly together.

The theme of the annual Youth Group Christmas Party was Your Favorite Movie or Song. Despite the fact we’d had weeks to prepare it was in the last few minutes before the party that we threw together costumes.

As the minutes ticked by, we came up with these:

Tab was Max from How the Grinch Stole Christmas.