We finally have had our 1st meeting of ourYouth Group. There were a few glitches (aren't there always) - Gary and I were late, who was to bring the cookie frosting was misunderstood, lighting in the building was still terribly dim!!! ------ but it WAS a success when we looked at the whole night.
Rob gave a super message on Temptation and how it can get a grip on us. But we need to look to Jesus and his power to save.......
Amber talked a little about the importance of Prayer - but we are going to hear more from her because we were running short on time.
We then moved to some Christmas gift making for the families involved.
These girls are grating bars of soap in preparation of making homemade laundry detergent. I didn't hear of any finger tips ending up in the soap.....
This young man made some really cute finger puppets for a little sister or brother. It was really neat to work with 5 young boys who really got into the puppets -- nice kids!!! And on that note - ALL the kids were very well behaved and respectful and just down right "good". We also had some fleece that the kids could pick for a scarf and then cut the ends and tie them.......also some bow tying (big Christmas bows) lessons (I need to get in on that one!!!). So lots of activities for the kids to get involved in.....oh yeah --- some cookie decorating also went on. But because of the mix-up in who was to bring the frosting --- the cookies were all devoured - and not saved for later.
And then, of course, there was snack time. EVERYONE enjoyed that part of it. Rob said "YUM - good supper" as he munched on several cookies and trail mix.
We all felt it was a successful evening and a "somewhat" count of numbers would be 12 kids. But that count came on the way home as we talked about the event.
We are looking forward to next Saturday.....
Thank you for keeping this in your prayers.
Gary and Barb
