weekend wrap-up 01.27.08

Lesson Topic:
jr. hi. - Can I Know For Sure? -Faith - Trust - Grace
sr. hi. - God's Extreme Makeover - Self Control
Attendance: Average
'Fun Factor': Average - need more silliness!
Volunteer Involvement: Average
Music: above average -
Lesson Quality: Average
Length of Lesson: 20 minutes
Student Response: Average
jr. hi. - tyler riding in the wheel barrow was fun. helped to paint the metaphor about the difference between faith and trust. pulled in on the at old story about the tight-rope walker. There once was a famous tightrope walker who stretched a cable across Niagara Falls and was giving a demonstration of his ability. A crowd had gathered to watch and every time he went across the falls and back they would cheer wildly. One man in front yelled out to the tightrope walker "You are the greatest tightrope walker in the world!" The tightrope walker looked at the man and asked "Do you really think so?" The man answered, "Yes, I believe you are the greatest!" The tightrope walker smiled then asked the man "Do you think I could walk across that cable pushing a wheelbarrow?" The man replied, "Yes, I believe you could!" The tightrope walker replied, "Well, let's see." He then went to his truck, took out a wheelbarrow and proceeded to push the wheelbarrow across the falls and back. The man in the crowd cheered and yelled out, "I knew you could do it since you are the greatest in the world!" The tightrope walker smiled at the man and asked, "Do you think I could push this wheelbarrow across the falls with 150 pounds of weight in it?" The man replied, "Yes, I certainly believe you could!" The tightrope walker then looked at the man and said, "All right. Climb in!"

sr. hi. - finally got to finish the fruit of the spirit series. looked at the #1 choice that 90% of our students choose. interesting that we got to it on a day when we talked about porn in the big church. we walked a little bit into the topic of modesty & purity. used that clip from bruce almighty where evan baxter looses control shows us what it isn't about....gah..gah...p.p. good conversation about realizing that if we're going to learn to live this gift out we need to do it in the context of community. spent some time working through how we use many different things to keep us away...various addictions. wrapped up reminding us about the grace available through the power of the Holy Spirit if we live our lives with transparency.