Did I hear someone say CAMP?

Well get ready! T's are in, (they will be passed out this Wednesday...that's tomorrow).

In case you've forgotten, our team color is red, so red up! t-shirts, bandanas, hair dye (be sure to get permission first), flags, caps, anything to show your spirit.

The BIG BUS will leave the Church parking lot at 10:00 am, Tuesday, July 7th. Don't be late!

It will be good to see some of our old friends again, (like Kacy & "Grandpa" Ken) and meet some new ones.

I AM EXCITED!!!

Where has it gone?

This past weekend our "son", whom Sandy and I have tried to raise in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, walked across the stage and received his high school diploma. As I watched, as best I could through tear clouded eyes, a young man that once occupied a vast majority of our lives, began a new phase of his.

Amidst the swelling of the chest to button popping proportions, and quiet, but very noticeable tears, I realized, again, that not only was his life about to change, but ours was as well.

As he left Sunday afternoon for his new job at a youth camp, I walked into his now vacant room, and wondered if I had done the job that God entrusted to me years ago. It seemed like it was only yesterday that he was taking his first steps, and blowing out a single candle on a birthday cake.

It's in these times that our minds race with thoughts, not of wondering if our children are going to disappoint us, but have we disappointed them? Have we done all we could do to prepare them for what God has in store? Have we missed some important teaching opportunity? Will they be able to face this ever changing world with confidence and purpose?

Then I think of the many students in our youth group, and wonder the same things about them. What will they take with them into the coming years?

As I say so long to a fantastic group of graduates, wondering where the time has gone, I say hello to another group of kids who are wide with expectations, and excitement of becoming a part of our youth group.

It's with these thoughts spinning in my head, that I find both comfort and challenge in the timeless truth of God's Word, "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it."

But still, I don't know where the time went and if the lessons were adequate. So I will simply, "Trust in the Lord with all my heart and lean not unto my own understanding and in all my ways acknowledge Him and He will direct mine and their paths."