Yesterday we attended our first college volleyball game! Not that we really ever have “former” youth group kids as they will ALWAYS be a part of our life, but one of our youth group girls who graduated last year, is playing for Bethel College. Her parents and Kari’s sister were heading out there and we…
The past 3 Saturdays have become a new “normal” for us in the spring and fall. The biggest fundraiser that our youth group does is take out docks/boat lifts for various people, on various lakes. Moving out to Minnesota, I hadn’t really heard much about this “job.” Living near Lake Michigan, the docks were permanent,…
Last Monday at 5:00AM, we headed out from Unity CRC in Prinsburg, MN, and drove the 11 hours to Stevensville, Michigan, for the Solid Rock Youth Group Mission Trip. Why our hometown? Because of the short amount of time we have been here and because most organizations need applications in at least by March, we…
On Tuesday, we headed up to St. Cloud, MN for our annual middle school retreat. This is something both Dan and I were looking so incredibly forward to because we feel when you get out of the “normal” setting of life, you can really build relationships. That is exactly what happened. We absolutely LOVED this…
Another one of the seminars we sat in on at the youth ministry conference (also by Chap Clark), was on boundaries. Do you ever struggle with boundaries? I do! List your priorities. If you have to make two lists, make two. Make one list with what you WANT your priorities to be and the other…
Why do you do what you do? When we were at the youth ministry conference, one of the seminars we sat in on talked about what a “calling” is. Chap Clark who led the seminar, said that often times we see Matthew 28 as the Great Commission (rightfully so because that is what it is…
