Teens Care...

Last night we had a neat teen activity. We're friends with a pastor in the Midwest whose family is having some extraordinary trials right now, so we thought it would be a neat opportunity for the teens to minister to them by sending some encouragement in the form of a "care package". As the teens arrived Brennen had a slide show going with various pictures of the family included. To further acquaint the teens with them Brennen gave a brief synopsis of some of the difficult things this family has been facing over the last few months. Then we split the teens into small groups at various "stations" around the room. For instance, one station was dedicated to decorating the box that we'll be sending...another was for small groups of teens to pose for pictures that we'll send in the box...We even included some video footage so the family will know more about WHO is praying for them. =) Then we ate a delicious snack of chocolate/rice crispie/marshmallow bars that a mom of a teen made---yum---followed by a special time of prayer for each member of the family. It was neat to see the teens hearts softened and burdened for these complete strangers (to them). Their hearts are bonded to them because of Christ!

To close out the evening we played "Pictionary"---always so much fun!