Wednesday, August 14, 2013

about our Journey-filled weekend

Hi.

It's oh-so-wonderful to be at home. And to be here. Aaron and have agreed that we can't quite have the same crazy summer schedule that we just had again. Surely there is a healthy middle ground.

It was fun-filled, of course.

But it was draining.

And we have never been so glad to be home. And be working even.

I had to agree with Aaron last Friday when he said he was excited to go back to work. It just felt like we had been missing out on so much by not being there.

So, since Friday, we've definitely been re-entering "Journey mode."

Friday, Aaron and I began the task of doing all of the work online to make our promotion weekend go smoothly. Let me just say, our church database, CCB, does not mess around with promotion. They are so serious.

THERE IS NO UNDO.
It warned us of that twice more before we finished. I mean, it's good I guess. It would be a pain in the you-know-what to mess up the promotion of 1,600 people to the next year/grade...

Thankfully, everything was correct, and we were able to start the weekend off on Saturday with our two new services.

For Journey Kids, the services went....

Well, they happened.

Really, they went well. Anything brand new like that always takes some time for everyone to get used to. Kids heard about Jesus and that's all that really matters. We had a lot of brand new volunteers that jumped in with no clue what they were doing, but they did awesome

It was a lot of fun. Hey, if Aaron and I could always do Saturday night, we totally would. You have most of your Saturday free, and then you still have a whole Sunday to rest. It's the way to go. You should attend on Saturday. Do it. But make sure you serve for one service!

Anyway, Sunday was wonderful as well, especially because we did not have our normal third service. Everyone got to sleep in a little later and leave a little earlier. It's a nice break for the next few months.

To end the weekend, we also kicked off a brand new season of Journey Students. Aaron and I still love that we get to help out with student ministry. There was great turn out (although the free pizza and ice cream may have had something to do with it).

MSO (Middle School Only)

3:12 (High School)
We were exhausted at the end of Sunday night, but it was definitely in the best way possible. There's no place else we'd rather be.


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