School is back in session, summer is over, and I can finally breathe again. (haha).  In all seriousness I had an awesome summer and am so thankful for all the help I had with everything that we did.  There is no way that the youth ministry could accomplish so much and go on so many trips if not for the support we receive from all of you.  Due to the many trips during the summer we didn’t have breakout every week.  However, now that school has started back up again, we will again be having breakout every Wednesday night from 5:30-8:00.  We have also started something new during our Breakout time.  After we eat and have some time to hang out we have been singing a few worship songs to help get us in the right mindset as we go into our group lesson time.  Rachel Givens has stepped up to lead us in this endeavor and I am really excited to progress in this.  I really hope to continue growing our breakout sessions, so if you know of any teens that are not plugged in on Wednesdays encourage them to come and check it out.  

Finally we have some opportunities to serve this coming month.  On September 11th at the family carnival the youth are going to help out serving the food and in several other areas as well.  We are also going to be serving at the Community Kitchen on September 13th.  I would like to get some of the teens who have not helped at this before to come and help us.  So encourage your teen to help us serve this upcoming month.

In Christ’s service, Cory