Wow!

Movie in the Park was a lot of fun, and we had a great turnout for our 1st one ever. I really believe this is because many of you were praying for this event, and we had an incredible team of adults who devoted to praying for Movie in the Park everyday last week. Due to all of the faithful prayer and because of our prayer-answering God, we had 54 teenagers show up and we were able to build connections with 12 unchurched teenagers. If you pitched in to help with Movie in the Park, thank you so much. Your time and effort is so appreciated, and it paid off...God is good!

Now, to change gears a little... (I shared this with a student already, but as I was sending the email I realized I should share it with you all.) I was reading in Acts 14 this morning and it spoke about Paul and Barnabas strengthening and encouraging the disciples in different cities. And as I think, you are disciples of Christ that God has placed in my path so I just want to be an encouragement to you today. Stay strong in your faith. I know it might get boring sometimes and it is really hard to make time for God, but keep holding on. God is using you guys to do awesome things, so keep going, relying on Him for strength, power, and boldness. Many things are going to be hard, but press into Him and keep going. Make time for Your Creator (who is your friend) today! Hope to see you @ Encounter on Wednesday for a crazy, good time!