Clowns

I've never fancied myself as someone who feels called to work with youth and it's never really been on my "radar" to oversee a youth group so I was surprised when I felt called to help direct the new Clown Troupe service. To get started I gathered some other members of the church to help come up with a new service with a few new ideas. Well, after hours of rehearsal time, some lengthy discussions about "change" and a lot of prayer, they led worship last weekend at all 3 services at Hopeful. I am proud of the work they did.

Here are some observations of the past 3 months:

+We have a wonderful congregation at Hopeful for without their vision, trust and faith this type of worship would not be possible. For that I am truly thankful.

+Our youth are not afraid to work, have fun, listen and give their opinions. This service is a combination of work from adults as well as a lot of input from the youth. Many ideas within the service came from them whether they know it or not. They gave it all they had and it showed.

+We have some dedicated parents in our church. Without them this amount of work could not be accomplished. They choreographed, directed, provided food, helped make props and just jumped in where needed.

+This service is still emotional for me even after seeing it over and over during the rehearsal period. It really talks to today's and yesterdays congregational members. After all, the music might be different but the message isn't.

As we prepared for service on Saturday night there were some concerns about how it would all come together and as we joined together in prayer I reminded them to trust God, not fear and all would be good.

And it was.

Greg