Montreat Youth Sunday Service

4 of the high school kids from our church that went to the Montreat Youth Conference provided the church service yesterday. They focused on not waiting for the world to change, but to act and that any little thing you do can impact the world. One of the songs shown depicted how much money was spent or could be used in different areas of the world for that particular music vide. That video made our 7-year old son cry because other people are suffering, hungry, sick, poor, etc. I do not think that he could emotionally handle what has happened in Pearlington and the areas around it.

Their service focused on action and they changed the service around quite a bit from the normal Presbyterian service. You weren't watching and listening to the pastor at the service, but were asked to participate in the service. For the Prayers of the People, they suggested coming forward to pray or writing a prayer on posters at the back of the church. Our 7-year old went to the back and wrote in his own handwriting that he prayed for for the poor not to be poor. So, Margaret, Leigh, Harry, and Lauren and Dorothy and Russ and the other helpers, you had a pretty moving service. Can you find a way to keep that energy going and help spread your energy to others?

We face a similar challenge in keeping everyone interested in going back to Pearlington and highlighting the need for help there.