Youth group happenings

We've had a number of things going on this week. We had about 12 high school students over to our house Tuesday night to grill out, which was a great time to hang out, make fun of each other (read: Alysa), and speak longingly about the mission trip. Last night our middle school group went to Plymouth for a $5 receipt challenge and finished with a trip to Chester's. We also wrapped up our Play It! series from the retreat by talking about Perfection. We talked about how the world wants us to be perfect, but we simply can never live up to that. Surprisingly, God also wants us to be perfect, but instead of watching us fail he perfects us when we die. God also helps make certain things we do in life perfect (like helping others or being a good friend) if we ask God to help. The biggest item on everyone's radar now is the high school mission trip to Houma, LA. We leave Saturday at 7:00am from the church parking lot. We will spend the week in Houma, a city damaged by two hurricanes, doing some repair work as well as ministering to children at a day camp program. Our group will conclude a hard week of working in extreme heat with a day at the beach in Gulfport, MS. Please pray that God will really use our group and help us all to grow spiritually throughout the week. Keep checking here for updates from LA (if possible) and for many entries and pictures once we return.